This is the information page about the shipwreck Commonwealth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 11.551 N,0 0.207 W (54.1925167, -0.00345)

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: COMMONWEALTH

Length 100.6 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 3353 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: Torpedoed by submarine 14 lives lost.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160219

Details measurements/cartography: H9148/18 POSN 541130N 000030W (PA), OR ABOUT 5.5MILES NE(MAG) FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H3752/26 11.6.26 INS AS NDW (1918) IN 541130N, 000030W. BR STD. H4593/59 10.11.59 AMENDED TO NDW. NC 1200. 21.6.72 AMENDED TO NDWPA. NC 129. 5.12.74 AMENDED TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 129. H4791/76 4.11.76 LOCATED 7.9.76 USING 541134N, 000006W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41MTRS BUT GOOD SIDESCAN TRACE INDICATES MAST STILL STANDING APPROX 15MTRS ABOVE SEABED GIVING APPARENT LEAST DEPTH OF APPROX 35MTRS. LYING NW/SE. APPROX LENGTH 250FT. POSSIBLY BROKEN IN TWO OR SECOND WK CLOSE BY. (DECCA SURVEY LTD). AMENDED TO WK 35MTRS. BR STD. H5970/69 16.1.80 LOCATED IN 541132.4N, 000005.5W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. NOT INVESTIGATED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.6 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG HI 46/79). NCA. HH090/730/01 17.12.97 EXAM'D 9.8.97 IN 541133.1N, 000012.1W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 39.5, FOUL 40.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.6 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11.0MTRS. LENGTH 114MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. CARGO HATCHES AND COLLAPSED SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE ON DCS3 RECORDS. MINOR DEBRIS ALONGSIDE. SLIGHT SEDIMENT BUILD UP. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 07.06.16 EXAM'D 19.02.16 IN 5411.551N, 0000.207W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. LENGTH 100.6MTRS, WIDTH 14.9MTRS, HT 10.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 112/292. PARTIALLY INTACT, SOUTHERN SECTION DEGRADED. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact.

Position: 54 11.551 N,0 0.207 W

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