This is the information page about the shipwreck Dalewood (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 47.945 N,5 9.849 W (53.666316666667, -4.9048666666667)

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: DALEWOOD (PROBABLY)

Length 106.7 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 2420 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u 105, while en route from cardiff to scapa flow.

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 22 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 1984

Details measurements/cartography: 23.4.69 23.4.69 NDW, 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 35FMS, IN 534812N, 051000W. POSN BY DECCA. (MANIERES BOOK). H2112/75 12.12.76 H2112/75 12.12.76 WK LOCATED 27.10.76 IN 534756N, 050947W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56.0 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. LENGTH 104MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.3MTRS. LIES NNE/SSW WITH THE SCOUR IN A NE DIRECTION FROM THE WRECK. A LARGE VESSEL GIVING A WELL DEFINED TRACE. TRACE SHOWS RAISED FX AND AX AND RAISED SUPERSTRUCTURE MIDSHIPS. (HMS FOX, HI 43/75).

- NM 203/77. H5982/82 5.8.83 H5982/82 5.8.83 FF (SERIOUS DAMAGE) SHOWN IN 534808N, 050956W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS C-PLOT C22, [1983]. H2057/82 17.1.84 H2057/82 17.1.84 LOCATED. NOT FULLY INVESTIGATED. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 56.6MTRS. ORIENTATION CONFIRMED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 128). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DCS3 SHOWS INTACT '3 ISLAND' VESSEL

Position: 53 47.945 N,5 9.849 W

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