This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire bay, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 41.154 N,1 8.734 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Atlas (possibly)
4. Atwing (possibly)
5. Aurora
6. Azira
7. Balzac
8. Blairhall
9. Blue dawn
10. Braconash (possibly)
11. Burnhope (part of)
12. Cairnglen
13. Carlo
14. Carmarthen coast
15. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
18. Clare (possibly)
19. Clavering (part of)
20. Corsham
21. Cranford (possibly)
22. Denham (probably)
23. Dimitris
24. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
25. Eagle iii
26. Elemore
27. Empire bay
28. Fawn (probably)
29. Fervent
30. Gateshead (possibly)
31. General havelock
32. Gran
33. Grit
34. H a brightman
35. Harraton
36. Hartley
37. Harvest
38. Hawkwood
39. Hebble (probably)
40. Heckler
41. Helene
42. Helvetia (possibly)
43. Hendrika
44. Hms ben ardna (probably)
45. Hms euston
46. Hms fairplay 2
47. Hms loch naver
48. Hms ruthin castle
49. Hms snaefell (probably)
50. Hms summer rose
51. Hogarth
52. Humber
53. Ida duncan
54. Ilios (possibly)
55. Ilious
56. Intent
57. Inverlane (part of)
58. Inverlane (stern section)
59. Jenny m (possibly)
60. John miles
61. Kasko
62. Kilkis (possibly)
63. King james (possibly)
64. La basiase (la bastaise)
65. Linden (probably)
66. Llwyngwair (possibly)
67. Loch-na-gar (probably)
68. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
69. Maindy bridge (possibly)
70. Margaret sutton
71. Mayoress pelican
72. Mile end (possibly)
73. Montauban
74. Narcissus (possibly)
75. Nordheim (possibly)
76. Ocean
77. Orion (probably)
78. Ottoland (possibly)
79. Pathfinder
80. Patria
81. Pitwines (probably)
82. Poltava (possibly)
83. Povena
84. Presto (possibly)
85. Presto (possibly)
86. Quillota
87. Ravensbourne (possibly)
88. Ravnanger (probably)
89. Rfa creosol
90. Richard de larrinaga
91. Rising sun (part of)
92. Rising sun (part of)
93. Rosella (probably)
94. Rotha
95. S t wallsend
96. Saga (possibly)
97. Stag 5 (probably)
98. Staithes (possibly)
99. Stangate
100. Stora-korsnas-link i
101. Suavity
102. Sunniva (possibly)
103. Swiftly
104. Talisman (possibly)
105. Tatiana (possibly)
106. Teal (probably)
107. Teesdale (possibly)
108. Thames (probably)
109. The stewarts court (probably)
110. Uc 32 (probably)
111. Vestra
112. Vianna (possibly)
113. Vianna (probably)
114. Victory
115. Wayside flower
116. Winga
117. Winga (possibly)
118. X.l.
119. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: EMPIRE BAY

Length 94.6 meter, width: 13.5 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 2824 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1940 by w grey & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by the ministry of war transport. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 255hp, single shaft. machinery aft by central marine engineering works, west hartlepool. passage hartlepool for london. 3800 tons general cargo. bombed by german aircraft. sank next night without loss of life.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 338 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20180111

Details measurements/cartography: H0578/42 14.3.42 SUNK BY BOMBS ON 15.1.42. DW IN 544108N, 010836W [OGB], MARKED BY G CONL BUOY. (NOIC HARTLEPOOL).

- NM 567/42. H0578/42 23.11.46 DISPERSED IN 1946 BY ADMIRALTY WRECK DISPERSAL ORGANISATION WHEN MUCH OF DISPERSED REMAINS WERE STILL LYING ON THE BOTTOM. LEAST DEPTH 6FMS 1FT [11.1MTRS]. (HARTLEPOOL PORT AND HARBOUR COMMISION, 5.11.46).

- NM 3826/46. H2534/74 5.11.81 POSN CONFIRMED USING HI-FIX. (HMS IVESTON, HN DTD 22.10.81). NCA. H3768/83 7.11.84 SHOWN IN 121DEGS, 2352MTRS FROM HEUGH LTHO. ON TEES & HARTLEPOOL SURVEY OF 1981 [K9124/1 (2)]. NCA. 15.3.19 SEEN ENGINE AND BOILER WITH DISRPERSED WRECKAGE IN VICINITY. (DAVE PATTERSON, DIVED 2018). NFA. SEP 2018/000017129 31.5.18 EXAM'D 11.01.18; WK LOCATED IN 5441.154N, 0108.734W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.76MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS, PRIENTATION 338/158 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 98.7MTRS, 1MTR DEEP TOWARDS 350 DEGS. WRECK DEBRIS SCATTERED WITHIN SCOUR. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1543). AMEND DW 11.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 41.154 N,1 8.734 W

 

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