This is the information page about the shipwreck Eastfield, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 14.221 N,4 42.241 W (49.993283333333, -4.6426333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Afric
2. Alexander kennedy
3. Almond branch (possibly)
4. Andromeda
5. Antoinette (probably)
6. Beatrice (possibly)
7. Ben rein
8. Benito
9. Carolus
10. Dionne marie
11. Eastfield
12. Elisabeth (possibly)
13. Eric calvert (possibly)
14. Eskdale
15. Foylemore (possibly)
16. Hera
17. Hmcs trentonian
18. Hms almond (after part)
19. Hms almond (bow part)
20. Hms comet
21. Hms lady of the isles
22. Hms narwhal
23. Hms rinovia
24. Hms torrent
25. Jersey queen (possibly)
26. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
27. Kantoeng (part of)
28. King harry (probably)
29. Kremsertor
30. Kwester
31. Lancaster
32. Lauwerzee
33. Lord snowden (probably)
34. Lucent (possibly)
35. Mary
36. Mourne (probably)
37. Orchis
38. Par time and tide bell
39. Pegasus
40. Penelope jane (possibly)
41. Rosehill
42. Shoal fisher
43. Silver laurel
44. Spital
45. St andre (possibly)
46. St stanislas
47. Sunik (probably)
48. Tregenna (possibly)
49. Twilight water
50. Ub 113
51. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
52. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
53. Western coast (possibly)
54. Wilhelmina maria

 

Name: EASTFIELD

Length 87.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2145 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1901 by osbourne, graham & co, sunderland. passage newport for dieppe. torpedoed about 7m ese of dodman pt. (ww1sl, ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 173 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20190801

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 REPD LOST ABOUT 7M ESE OF DODMAN PT OR 501300N, 044230W APPROX. (ADMIRALTY). NCA. 11.6.71 WRECK FOUND CLOSE NW OF ROSEHILL IN 501400N, 044200W APPROX, MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW. (R DAVIS). H378/67 29.6.71 POSN 501406N, 044206W BY HSA. (R DAVIS, 21.6.71). BEST ESTIMATE FROM INCOMPLETE FIX. CHART AS NDW. NC 1267. H5051/70 2.7.71 POSN GIVEN AS 501406N, 044148W. (R DAVIS, 2.7.71). H3193/70 15.6.73 POSN 501408.5N, 044205.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. LENGTH 250FT, HEIGHT 40FT. LYING N BY E/S BY W. (R DAVIS & C WILLIAM, 24.6.73). AMEND TO WK 38MTRS. NE 1267. H3110/72 27.11.73 NOT LOCATED AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCH. CONSIDER WK IS IN 501403.6N, 044101.8W. (HMS HECATE NO 435/73). DELETED. NE 1267. H2979/74 14.5.74 LOCATED IN 501406N, 044206W [OGB] USING DECCA. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MR GILES, 17.4.74). RE-INSERT AS FOUL IN 501406N, 044206W [OGB]. NE 1267. H1280/76/31 26.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 501357N, 044209W USING DECCA. (LTR DTD 29.1.76). NCA. H1285/77/215 9.6.77 REPD TO BE IN 501416N, 044152W. (J WHITE, 1.6.77). NCA. H1310/81/16 13.7.81 LOCATED IN 501406N, 044206.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDING 8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. LYING E/W, ABOUT 250FT LONG, WITH BOWS, HOLD AND MIDSECTION CABINS INTACT, BUT INTERNAL BULKHEADS COLLAPSED. ENGINE AND 2 BOILERS IN PLACE. STERN SECTION MISSING. HOLD EMPTY, BUT FILLING WITH SILT. CABINS CONTAIN LAYER OF COAL OVER FLOOR. (I C PAYNE, BRENTWOOD SAC, 6.7.81). AMEND TO WK 47MTRS IN 501406N, 044206W [OGB]. BR STD. HH100/351/15 31.3.00 DIVED IN 5014.255N, 0442.262 [WGD] USING DGPS. ALMOST INTACT BUT SLOWLY BREAKING UP. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 8MTRS. BOWS E. STERN SECTION STANDS QUITE HIGH. CARGO OF COAL AROUND THE STERN AREA. (J ROSEAVEARE). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2020/000031258 13.2.20 EXAM'D 01.08.2019; IN 5014.221N, 0442.241W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.64MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS, LENGTH 89MTRS, WIDTH 15.3MTRS, HEIGHT 10.56MTRS, ORIENTATION 173/353 DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT, ALMOST INTACT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1560). AMEND NDW 39.64MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 1395/20. STANDING UPRIGHT, ALMOST INTACT

Position: 50 14.221 N,4 42.241 W

 

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