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 (50.053267, -4.912800)

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.

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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