This is the information page about the shipwreck G a savage (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 30.723 N,4 14.818 W (54.223483333333, -4.3862)

 

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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. Acacia
2. Adc 527 (possibly)
3. Albatross
4. Angle
5. Argo (possibly)
6. Aty (possibly)
7. Ben veg
8. Boy anthony ii
9. Cevic
10. Crown
11. Elizabeth hyam
12. Fire king ii
13. G a savage (probably)
14. Glendun
15. Inkosi
16. Jasper
17. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
18. Lembas (probably)
19. Leon jeanine
20. Merisia
21. Neils john
22. Ocean hunter
23. Onward fisher
24. Passages
25. Playmate (possibly)
26. Polarlight
27. Queen of the isles (probably)
28. Rian
29. Riverside (possibly)
30. Robert dee
31. Sustain
32. Teasel
33. Tetsuko
34. The quiet man
35. Theresa marie
36. Valhalla
37. Viking

 

Name: G A SAVAGE (PROBABLY)

Length 43.7 meter, width: 7.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 357 ton

Cause: built in 1900 by ailsa sb co ltd, troon. owned at time of loss by zillah shipping & carrying co ltd. compound engine by ross & duncan, govan, for 10 knots. passage workington for swansea. cargo pitch. disappeared whilst on passage. assumed to have been torpedoed.

Year of registration: 1996

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1996, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/11 21.2.96 HH100/351/11 21.2.96 WK IN 543050N, 041439W. (K HURLEY). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/13 12.8.97 HH100/351/13 12.8.97 WK DIVED IN 543043.5N, 041450.7W [OGB] USING GPS. WK HT 4MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES NW/SE. GEN DEPTH AT BOW 44MTRS, AT STERN 46MTRS. INTACT, FALLEN OVER TO PORT SIDE. BOW TO THE SE. WRECKAGE OF SS OF SOME 300 TO 400 TONS. CIRCA 1890 TO 1920. ENGINE AND BOILER AT STERN. WELL DECK DESIGN WITH NO SUPERSTRUCTURE PRESENT. WRECKAGE ON SEABED TO PORT SIDE OF WRECK. CINC REQUESTED UNTIL DIVING IS COMPLETE. (A CORKILL, FAX DTD 12.8.97). AMENDED TO USC 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/728/02 16.9.98 HH090/728/02 16.9.98 EXAM'D 30.4.98 IN 543043.4N, 041449.1W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.1 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.4MTRS. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. (NP 1008, HI 728). INTACT, PROBABLY PARTIALLY BURIED. BR STD. HH100/351/16 1.8.00 HH100/351/16 1.8.00 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. DIVE COMMENCED 30MTRS FROM STERN IN AN AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE WITH THE VESSEL APPARENLY ON HER SIDE. AT THE STERN IS A LARGE RUDDER AND PROPELLER TOGETHER WITH THE REMAINS OF THE HULL PLATING IN THE CLASSIC COUNTER STERN. DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT THE NUMBER OF HOLDS, BUT THE BOILER SEEMS SET BACK FROM THE STERN. PORCELAIN BAROMETER FACE OF THE PERIOD 1860-1890 RECOVERED. MAKER WAS WHYTE, THOMPSON OF GLASGOW. RIBS ETC STICKING UP. STERN AREA CONTRASTS WITH THE BOW AREA WHICH IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. NO SIGNS OF ANY CARGO. ESTIMATED SIZE OF THE VESSEL IS 800 - 1500 TONS, DATING FROM 1870 - 1890. RETAIN CINC. (A CORKILL, LTR DTD 30.7.00). NCA. HH100/351/19 24.9.02 HH100/351/19 24.9.02 DIVED IN 5430.723N, 0414.748W [WGD] USING GPS. WK SITS ON KEEL. SECTIONS FWD OF THE BOILER ARE FAIRLY COMPLETE WITH HULL PLATES JUST BEGINNING TO FALL OFF THE FRAMEWORK. THE BOW IS LARGELY INTACT AND HAS A LARGE WATER TANK. HOLD EMPTY OF ANY CARGO. REAR THIRE OF SHIP BADLY DAMAGED. HEAVY LIST TO PORT AND AT THE VERY STERN THE HULL, RUDDER AND PROP ARE LYING IN A HEAP. SEEMS LIKELY THAT TORPEDO STRUCK ON THE PORT SIDE ABAFT THE FUNNEL. CONSIDER THIS TO BE G A SAVAGE. RETAIN CINC. (A CORKILL, EMAIL DTD 19.9.02). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT SIDE. BOWS SE, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER

Position: 54 30.723 N,4 14.818 W

 

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