This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire newcomen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 15.462 N,1 2.047 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Algarve
3. Amberley
4. Ambrose fleming
5. Antiope
6. Aquarius (possibly)
7. Baron ailsa
8. Birtley
9. Blackburn
10. Burgos
11. Carrier
12. Chatwood (possibly)
13. Chelsea (possibly)
14. Chevychase
15. Clan morrison
16. Cormarsh
17. Czestochowa
18. Empire newcomen
19. Empress
20. Fireglow
21. Fittonia (possibly)
22. Flashlight (probably)
23. Francois trixier
24. George royle
25. Giorgio ohlsen
26. Harden
27. Heathfield
28. Hjordis
29. Hms arley
30. Hms cap d'antifer
31. Hms cape spartel (probably)
32. Hms cobra
33. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
34. Hms kylemore
35. Hms pintail
36. Hms queenworth
37. Hms solomon
38. Hms st donats
39. Hmsm umpire
40. La combattante (stern section)
41. Lanterna (probably)
42. Laurium (possibly)
43. London
44. Minorca
45. Mirabel
46. Nimrod (probably)
47. Ogono
48. Ottar jarl
49. P.l.m. 25
50. Pacific
51. Pontfield (forepart)
52. Rimac
53. Robert w pomeroy
54. Rosalie (possibly)
55. Royal scott
56. Schieland
57. Shepherd lad
58. Siri maria
59. Sitona
60. Sverre (possibly)
61. Tayjack 1 (part of)
62. Tayjack 1 (part of)
63. Trajan
64. Traviata (possibly)
65. Trignac (possibly)
66. Vera (probably)
67. Virgin de lourdres
68. Welsh prince
69. Western mist (possibly)
70. Westland
71. Wimbledon
72. Zephyr
73. Zor

 

Name: EMPIRE NEWCOMEN

Length 96 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2840 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1941 by william gray & co ltd, west hartlepool. used at time of loss by the ministry of war transport. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. a 'scandanavian' class empire ship with '3 islands'. passage london for sunderland. in ballast. torpedoed by e-boats. ten men lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 13 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20210911

Details measurements/cartography: H04146/41 6.2.42 SUNK IN 531533N, 010208E. MARKED BY G CON LT BUOY. (ADMIRALTY). INS AS DW WITH BUOY.

- NM 30/42. H04146/41 20.3.43 DISPERSED. CLEAR AT 31, FOUL AT 33FT [MLWS]. POSN 531531N, 010219E. (HMS FRANKLIN, 1942). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 1FT WITH G CON LT BUOY.

- NM 582/43. H04146/41 1.6.49 AFTER FURTHER DISPERSAL OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 48FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 63FT. POSN 531533N, 010208E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1949). BUOY DELETED. (TH). AMEND TO WK 8FMS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1103/49. H332/62 29.5.63 LOCATED 14.11.62 IN 531545N, 010233E. POOR A/S CONTACT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 65FT. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY REPORT 1962). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 26.11.74 SHOWN AS WK 18MTRS. AMEND TO WK 14.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH090/593/01 10.1.94 EXAM'D 19.8.93 IN 531526.5N, 010210.3E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.5, FOUL AT 15.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8 IN GEN DEPTH 18.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 18.9MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.9MTRS, LENGTH 84MTRS, BREADTH 74MTRS. BROKEN WK LYING 070/250 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. RSDRA2022000040808 27.10.22 EXAM'D 11/9/2021: WRECK LOCATED IN 5315.462N, 0102.047E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.55MTRS, GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 39MTRS, HT 2.3MTR, ORIENTATION 013/193 DEGS. WELL DEGRADED WITH POSSIBLY CARGO REMAINS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1728 - H525-9302). AMEND DIST REMAINS OF WK 15.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 15.462 N,1 2.047 E

 

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