This is the information page about the shipwreck Claverley (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 9.207 N,3 26.452 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: CLAVERLEY (POSSIBLY)
Length 106.7 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3829 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1907 by w doxford & sons. owned at the time of loss by sutherland ss co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 310nhp, single shaft. passage the tyne for genoa. torpedoed by ub-38. 10 men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2001
Details measurements/cartography: H4620/24 8.7.24 H4620/24 8.7.24 SANK 4M SE OF EDDYSTONE LT. (WW1SL). CHART AS NDW PA (1917). NOTE. 19.2.40 19.2.40 WK IN 500918N, 032548W. (CONFIDENTIAL PORTSMOUTH GENERAL ORDERS). H095/39 15.1.41 H095/39 15.1.41 WK IN 500918N, 032548W. (WESTERN APPS LIST). H03526/44 15.11.44 H03526/44 15.11.44 WK IN 500918N, 032548W. LISTED AS DOUBTFUL. (PLYMOUTH LIST). H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 25.3.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500918N, 032612W. SMALL NON SUB CONTACT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). 30.1.45 30.1.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500918N, 032548W. (ESCORT GROUP 30). H2502/51 24.4.51 H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 500915N, 032618W. DEPTH OVER WK 25FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 33FT. (HMS SEAGULL). BR STD. 22.7.55 22.7.55 POSN AMENDED TO 500910N, 032623W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1613. 23.9.70 23.9.70 AMEND TO WK 46MTRS. NC 1613. H4514/76 16.11.77 H4514/76 16.11.77 LOCATED 28.8.77. LEAST E/S DEPTH APPROX 28FMS IN GEN DEPTH 32FMS. (T ALLEN). NCA YET. H1310/87/16 20.5.87 H1310/87/16 20.5.87 ONE DIVE ONLY IN POOR VISIBILITY. A 3 ISLAND TYPE SS. UPRIGHT. HOLDS EMPTY. BOWS AND STERN NOT SEEN. APPEARS TO BE WW1 VINTAGE. STANDS 7-8MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. (A HILLGROVE, 9.4.87). HH090/912/01 7.2.01 HH090/912/01 7.2.01 EXAM'D 18.7.00 IN 5009.207N, 0326.452W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.3 IN GEN DEPTH 61.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 91MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.2MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS WITH BOWS 080 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. UPRIGHT, BROKEN WITH STERN MISSING. POSSIBLE NETS ON WK. (GARDLINE, HI 912). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: 3 ISLAND VESSEL, UPRIGHT, STERN MISSING, BOWS E
Position: 50 9.207 N,3 26.452 W