This is the information page about the shipwreck Eskdale, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.196 N,4 54.768 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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 (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Arab
8. Arvor
9. Atlantis (possibly)
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Bamse (probably)
12. Bay of panama
13. Beatrice (possibly)
14. Bellucia
15. Ben asdale
16. Ben rein
17. Benito
18. Bjornvik (possibly)
19. Brest
20. Bretonne (probably)
21. Cape finisterre (probably)
22. Carmarthen
23. Caroline
24. Carolus
25. Caroni river
26. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
27. Centurion (possibly)
28. Cieszyn
29. Citrine
30. City of ghent
31. Clan apline
32. Clan malcolm
33. Cromdale
34. Cyrenian
35. Czar
36. Dionne marie
37. Dispatch (possibly)
38. Eastfield
39. Elisabeth (possibly)
40. Epsilon
41. Erato
42. Eric calvert (possibly)
43. Eskdale
44. Forde
45. Foylemore (possibly)
46. Ganymede
47. Gap
48. Godolphin
49. Gunvor
50. Hanover
51. Hansy
52. Happy returns (possibly)
53. Hera
54. Hmcs trentonian
55. Hmml 380
56. Hms almond (after part)
57. Hms almond (bow part)
58. Hms brandlebas
59. Hms comet
60. Hms gloaming
61. Hms javelin (stern section)
62. Hms kurd
63. Hms lady of the isles
64. Hms narwhal
65. Hms primrose
66. Hms rinovia
67. Hms roche bonne
68. Hms torrent
69. Hmy sappho (possibly)
70. Hnlms brielle
71. Ilston
72. Jersey queen (possibly)
73. John
74. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
75. Juno
76. Kantoeng (part of)
77. Karen marie
78. Kerris reed
79. King harry (probably)
80. Kremsertor
81. Krosfond
82. Kwester
83. La suippe
84. Lady dalhousie
85. Le vieux tigre
86. Leander
87. Leon martin (part of)
88. Libourne
89. Lord snowden (probably)
90. Lucent (possibly)
91. Lydie
92. Mary
93. Merle
94. Mina cantiquin
95. Mitera marigo
96. Mohegan
97. Mosel
98. Mountby
99. Mourne (probably)
100. N g petersen
101. Normand
102. Nyassa
103. Ocklinge
104. Omer denise
105. Par time and tide bell
106. Pearl (possibly)
107. Pegasus
108. Penelope jane (possibly)
109. Pindos
110. Plantaganet
111. Poljames
112. Poljames
113. Ponus
114. Port chalmers
115. Queen (possibly)
116. Rigmor (possibly)
117. Robert
118. Rock island bridge
119. Rosehill
120. Royal anne galley
121. Shoal fisher
122. Silver laurel
123. Spital
124. Spyridion vagliano
125. Stanwood
126. Tregenna (possibly)
127. Twilight water
128. U 95
129. Ub 106 (possibly)
130. Ub 112 (possibly)
131. Ub 113
132. Ub 128 (possibly)
133. Ub 86 (possibly)
134. Ub 97 (possibly)
135. Uc 66
136. Ula
137. Veritas
138. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
139. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
140. Violet
141. Volnay
142. War tune
143. Wilhelmina maria
144. Wyndcliffe
145. Zebra

 

Name: ESKDALE

Length 85.3 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 1087 ton

Cause: built in 1942 for the royal navy but lent to norway. was torpedoed and sunk by a german mtb off the lizard while escorting a convoy. (dods).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 17 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H67/43 14.4.43 SUNK IN 500330N, 045600W OR 060 DEGS 12M FROM LIZARD PT. (CINC PLYMOUTH, 14.4.43). H4239/73 15.8.74 NOT LOCATED. (HMS HECATE, 1974). H2979/74 18.2.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500326N, 045624W. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES, HYDROSERVE LTD. LTR DTD 29.1.76). H3110/72 9.1.73 WK FOUND IN 500310.6N, 045442.3W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59.0 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. FLAT BOTTOM AREA. SEABED OF MUD, SAND, BROKEN SHELL & GRAVEL. (HMS HECATE, 1972).

- NM 1002/74. HH100/351/12 3.4.97 DIVED IN 500318.5N, 045442.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK FOUND TO BE THAT OF THE NORWEGIAN DESTROYER `ESKDALE'. SHE LIES IN 70MTRS ON HER STARBOARD SIDE WITH THE STERN LYING 100MTRS TO THE EAST. BOWS W. (G J POUND). HH100/351/14 13.8.99 DIVED IN 5003.227N, 0454.742W [WGD] USING GPS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SILT. (J ROSEVEARE). AMEND TO WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/22 16.6.05 LISTS TO STBD SIDE WITH STERN SECTION LYING 100MTRS E. EXTERIOR SECTIONS OF HULL ROTTED LEAVING ENGINES AND INTERIOR EXPOSED. MUNITIONS STILL ON WK. (L BISHOP). SEP 2014/000153151 19.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 5003.196N, 0454.768W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.7 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 017/197 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. TWO ADDITONAL SECTIONS LIE 50MTRS & 80MTRS NE. (MMT, HI 1455). COLLAPSED. RETAIN WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, ?BOWS SW, DEBRIS LIES NE

Position: 50 3.196 N,4 54.768 W

 

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