This is the information page about the shipwreck Charing cross (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 8.795 N,0 1.694 W (54.1465833, -0.0282333)

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.

Name: CHARING CROSS (POSSIBLY)

Length 91.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.3, tonnage 2534 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1892 by palmers co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the charing cross ss co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 236 hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for blaye. cargo coal. torpedoed on stbd side by ub-40. only one man injured. vessel abandoned and later sank.

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 36 cm

Known since: 1997, last detected: 20160218

Details measurements/cartography: H242/610/08 4.6.97 WK IN 540846N, 000143W [?WGD]. LENGTH 67MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS. (MV VEGA, HI 730, HN DTD 26.5.97). AWAIT SURVEY DETAILS. NCA YET. HH090/730/01 19.12.97 EXAM'D 29.7.97 IN 540848.4N, 000140.8W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.0 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS. LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 038/218 DEGS. LARGE WELL DEFINED WK. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. DEBRIS SCATTERED AROUND AREA. SWEEP OBSTRUCTED BY STATIC FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 730). INTACT AND UPRIGHT. INS AS WK 34MTRS. BR STD. 19.2.01 THIS COULD BE CHARING CROSS. (R YOUNG). SEP 2016/000007250 16.06.16 EXAM'D 18.02.16 IN 5408.795N, 0001.694W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. LENGTH 88 MTRS, WIDTH 18.4MTRS, HT 13.1MRS, ORIENTATION 036/216. SCOUR LENGTH 18.7MTRS, 1.6MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 031 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WRECK IS MAINLY INTACT. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 31MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly intact

Position: 54 8.795 N,0 1.694 W

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