This is the information page about the shipwreck Cheapside (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.437 N,3 56.641 W (50.123950, -3.944017)

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: CHEAPSIDE (POSSIBLY)

Length 69.5 meter, width: 10.5 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1218 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1901 by mackie & thompson. owned at time of loss by f s holland. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 135 nhp, single shaft. passage the tyne for waterford. sank following collision with hms king alfred (curiser, 14100 tons). one man lost.

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 144 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H1280/76/31 1.4.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500728N, 035635W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. H2063/82 29.3.83 EXAM'D 7.12.82 IN 500721N, 035636W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53.9 IN GEN DEPTH 62.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7.3MTRS, LENGTH 77MTRS, BEAM 9.6MTRS. LYING 160/340DEGS, PARTLY BURIED WITH BOW BROKEN AND POINTING UPWARDS. GIVES PRONOUNCED SONAR SHADOW FOR'D, MIDSHIPS & AFT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 134). CHART AS WK 53MTRS. BR STD. H4287/77 16.5.84 LOCATED USING MAGNETOMETER IN 500728N, 035635W [OGB] USING DECCA. (J BOWEN, TELECON). NCA. H2063/82 6.8.84 POSN CONFIRMED AS 50725N, 035636W [OGB] USING HIFIX. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 134). BR STD. HH091/059/01 6.5.05 EXAM'D 19.7.04 IN 5007.437N, 0356.641W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.9 IN GEN DEPTH 63.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. LIES 144/324 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 324 DEGS. MODERATE MAGENTIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 57MTRS. BR STD. 3.7.07 3.7.07 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THE WK OF AN SS OF APPROX 1200GRT. SUBSTANTIALLY BROKEN UP WITH 3 MAIN AREAS OF WRECKAGE. BOW LIES TO THE S AND STANDS ABOUT 5MTRS. AN ANCHOR LIES ON THE PORT SIDE. IN THE CENTRE OF THE WK, ON THE STBD SIDE, IS A LONG CYLINDRICAL DONKEY BOILER CLOSE TO THE MAIN BOILER. LARGE, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE LIES ON THE STBD SIDE. AFT OF THE ENGINE IS THE THRUST BLOCK AND PROP SHAFT. AFTER HOLD AREA IS DISPERSED AND THE STERN IS A MASS OF WRECKAGE. PROP CAN BE SEEN WITH THE UPPERMOST BLADE MISSING A LARGE PIECE. SCOUR TO 68.5MTRS. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 7.9.07 7.9.07 THIS COULD BE 'CHEAPSIDE'. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED, BOWS NW

Position: 50 7.437 N,3 56.641 W

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