Wreck: Dundee (probably) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Dundee (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20.904 N,5 35.007 W (50.348400, -5.583450)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: DUNDEE (PROBABLY)

Length 76.2 meter, width: 13.2 meter, draught: 7.2, tonnage 2290 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1906 by caledon sb & e co., dundee. canadian flag, home ort hamilton. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 175 hp. single shaft. passage london for swansea in ballast. torpedoed and sunk by u55.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H2379/69 9.10.69 H2379/69 9.10.69 TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY SUBMARINE EN-ROUTE FROM LONDON TO SWANSEA IN 502200N, 053600W. (LL WW1). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. 12.2.71 12.2.71 REPORTED LOST 10M N BY W FROM ST IVES HEAD. (WW1SL). GIVES POSN 502200N, 053600W. NCA. 12.11.75 12.11.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 15FMS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NE 2649. 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 35MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 1178. HH090/799/01 20.12.00 HH090/799/01 20.12.00 EXAM'D 7.8.00 IN 5020.904N, 0535.007W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.0 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. LIES 065/245 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. SEABED SAND WITH ROCK OUTCROPS AND PROMINENT RIDGES. INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1008, HI 799). AMEND TO WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.6.01 25.6.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. GENERALLY INTACT AND LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH BOWS SW. BOW AND FOCSLE INVERTED. KEEL RIPPLED. ANCHORS IN PLACE. ONLY ONE BOILER SEEN. TRAWL GEAR AND ANGLING GEAR ON WK. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON). NCA. 2.7.01 2.7.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. TWO MAIN AND ONE DONKEY BOILER SEEN. STERN INVERTED. BOW LIES AT 90DEGS TO REST OF WK. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL ON PORT SIDE, BOW & STERN INVERTED, BOW SW

Position: 50 20.904 N,5 35.007 W

 

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