This is the information page about the shipwreck Deptford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 14.559 N,0 10.648 W (54.24265, -0.1774667)

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: DEPTFORD

Length 70.1 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1208 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Mined 3m off scarborough. 1 life lost. (ww1sl) mined 3m e by n of scarborough. (ll ww1) built 1912 in blyth with 2 cylinder compound engine of 170hp, 2 boilers, single shaft. owned at time of loss by william cory & son ltd. passage granton for chatham. 1 life lost. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 199 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: H2534/74 23.1.80 WK REPD IN 541413N 000935W. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS VOL.1). NCA. HH100/351/06 16.3.93 WK LOCATED IN 541433N, 001032W [OGB] USING GPS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH090/730/01 19.11.97 EXAM'D 3.8.97 IN 541432.7N, 001039.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 37.3, FOUL 37.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.0 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 020/200DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK. UPRIGHT. AREA OF MINOR DEBRIS SURROUNDS WK. FISHING EQUIPMENT IN IMMEDIATE AREA. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. HH100/351/19 19.9.02 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A STERN ENGINED COASTER WITH ACCOMMODATION BLOCK AND WHEELHOUSE IN PLACE. TWO HOLDS FWD WITH 2 WINCHES MIDSHIPS BETWEEN. BROKEN MAST. RAISED FORECASLE WITH ANCHORS AND CHAIN. STEM POST STANDS 6 FEET CLEAR OF FORECASLE. TOTALLY INTACT. INCLUDES COMINGS STILL ON THE SIDE OF THE HOLDS. (S OLD, E-MAIL DTD 19.9.02). NCA. 1.4.09 WK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DEPTFORD, BASED ON MATCHING MACHINERY, CORY CROCKERY RECOVERED AND AN ENGINE MAKER'S PLATE INSCRIBED "G CLARK LTD. SUNDERLAND NO.954, (SOUTHWICK ENGINE WORKS)". KNOWN LOCALLY AS INTACT CORY COLLIER OR MAGNET BY LOCAL FISHERMEN. (CARL RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 30.3.09) NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 13.06.16 EXAM'D 22.02.16 IN 5414.559N, 0010.648W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.7TRS IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. LENGTH 69.4MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 10.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 199/019. SCOUR LENGTH 28MTRS TOWARDS 031. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, THE WRECK IS ALMOST INTACT, NORTH EAST EDGE STRUCTURELY DAMAGED, SCOUR SOUTHERN TIP. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 36MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck intact

Position: 54 14.559 N,0 10.648 W

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