This is the information page about the shipwreck City of glasgow (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 16.789 N,5 39.19 W (52.0291, -5.7756166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Arcadian (possibly)
2. Cite d'aleth
3. City of glasgow (probably)
4. Clydesdale
5. Cymrian
6. Daru (possibly)
7. Egda (possibly)
8. Elsena (possibly)
9. Empire panther (probably)
10. Ennistown (possibly)
11. Ethel
12. Gresham (possibly)
13. Halberdier (possibly)
14. Highcliffe
15. Kassanga (possibly)
16. Ladoga (possibly)
17. Landonia (probably)
18. Maggie
19. Mesaba (probably)
20. No worries
21. Pentwyn (possibly)
22. Port townsville (probably)
23. Prins frederik hendrik (possibly)
24. Rotula (possibly)
25. Soreldoc (possibly)
26. Spenser (possibly)
27. St patrick (possibly)
28. Strathnairn (possibly)
29. Tweed (possibly)
30. U 1169 (possibly)

 

Name: CITY OF GLASGOW (PROBABLY)

Length 135 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 6544 ton
Load: ballast,water

Cause: built in 1906 by workman, clarke & co ltd, belfast. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines ltd. five boilers, quadruple expansion engine of 481 nhp, single shaft. passage manchester for montreal. had been taken over by the government in 1914 as a british expeditionary force troopship. torpedoed by ub-118. 12 men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 96 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 1980

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 15.1.45 H0109/45 15.1.45 L 100FT, H 54FT. (WESTERN APPROACHES, AUBD 319/135). SUNK 21 MILES E 1/4 N OF TUSKAR ROCK. (DODS). H3058/53 18.5.33 H3058/53 18.5.33 INS AS NDWPA IN 521700N, 053800W. NC 1410. H3058/53 25.5.66 H3058/53 25.5.66 NDW FOUND IN PA 521639N, 053906W. (HMS ULSTER). 9.11.77 9.11.77 AMEND TO USCPA 55MTRS. NC 1787. H1950/76 11.11.80 H1950/76 11.11.80 EXAM'D 24.4.80 IN 521646N, 053908W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78.5 IN GEN DEPTH 96MTRS. DCS3 HT 17MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. APPROX LENGTH 100MTRS. LYING N/S. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). APPARENTLY BROKEN IN TWO. AMEND WK 78MTRS. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5216.789N, 0539.190W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLY IN TWO PARTS

Position: 52 16.789 N,5 39.19 W

 

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