This is the information page about the shipwreck Cambank, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 26.72 N,4 9.913 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

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7. Cambank
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45. Rothsay castle
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47. Tijl uilenspiegel
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50. Wern (possibly)

 

Name: CAMBANK

Length 98.5 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3112 ton
Load: chemicals,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-raithmoor. built in 1899 by j readhead & sons, south shields. owned at time of loss by merevale shipping co ltd, cardiff. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 278 nhp, single shaft. passage huelva for garston. torpedeod by u-30. four men lost, 21 recovered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 47 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20210814

Details measurements/cartography: H3684/23 28.5.23 LEAST DEPTH 11FMS IN 532640N, 040954W. MARKED BY UNLIT RED & BLACK CASK AND BARREL BUOYS. (TH, TELECON). INS AS WK 11FMS (1923).

- NM ACTION. H6886/29 23.12.29 AMEND TO WK 14FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN).

- NM ACTION. H6238/23 10.9.23 WRECK MARKED BY GREEN CAN BUOYS. (BOT). H6022/39 14.8.39 LEAST DEPTH 17FMS. (HMS GLEANER). H2050/53 27.3.53 AMEND TO NDW. NC 1826. H2704/59 22.5.59 AMEND TO WK 14FMS. NC 1977. H3077/70 17.5.71 LOCATED IN 532644N, 040950W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 24.3, FOUL AT 25MTRS. GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. (HMS WOODLARK, HN 2/71). H3077/70 1.9.71 EXAM'D 20.4.71 IN 532644N, 040950W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 24.3MTRS, FOUL AT 25MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.2 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. SCOUR 6MTRS DEEP. APPEARS TO LIE 050/230 DEG. LENGTH ABOUT 380FT. (HMS WOODLARK). AMEND TO WK 13FMS 2FT.

- NM 729/71. 2.11.73 AMEND TO SW 24.3MTRS. NC 1977. 13.11.78 AMEND TO WK 24MTRS. NC 1121. H3814/78 6.7.79 LEAST DEPTH 13FMS 2FT IN GEN DEPTH 17FMS. SCOUR 19FMS. (E GILES, 2.7.79). NCA. H3838/86 20.8.87 H3838/86 20.8.87 LOCATED IN 532642N, 040951W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 26.7MTRS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS FAWN, HI 357). NCA. H3838/86 28.3.88 EXAM'D 30.9.87 BY HMS BULLDOG WITH HYDROSEARCH. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.7 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 7MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.2MTRS; HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 9.6MTRS, SHADOW HT 9.3MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEG WITH BOW SW. LENGTH 109MTRS, BEAM 16.5MTRS. DEEP SCOUR DISTORTS THE SONAR PICTURE. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS FAWN, HI 357). NCA. HH100/351/01 5.5.89 WK STANDS 6 TO 7MTRS HIGH, IS UPRIGHT AND MOSTLY INTACT. (K. HURLEY, 10.4.89). HH100/351/04 3.5.91 DIVED IN JULY 1989. BOW SECTION INTACT AND LYING ON PORT SIDE. STERN SECTION IS WELL BROKEN UP. THERE IS A 40FT DEEP SCOUR. (J BOYLETT). HH100/351/04 29.8.91 BELL RECENTLY RECOVERED FROM THIS WK. ENGRAVED 'SS RAITHMOOR 1899', PREVIOUS NAME FOR THE CAMBANK. (K HURLEY, 23.8.91). SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 14.08.2021; IN 5326.720N, 0409.913W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.87MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. LENGTH 110.5MTRS, WIDTH 24.1MTRS, HEIGHT 11.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 047/227 DEGS. DEGRADED WRECK, UPRIGHT AND PARTIALLY BURIED WITH VISIBLE STRUCTURES, BOW AND STERN. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7331). AMEND DW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Degraded wreck, upright and partially buried with visible structures, bow and stern.

Position: 53 26.72 N,4 9.913 W

 

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