This is the information page about the shipwreck Garthclyde (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 55.117 N,5 39.313 W (50.083916666667, -5.4343333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: GARTHCLYDE (POSSIBLY)
Length 85.4 meter, width: 12.7 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2124 ton
Load: coal
Cause: 14.10.1917 built in 1917 by river clyde sb co ltd. owned at time of loss by w garthwaite. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage glasgow for bordeaux. sailed mount's bay 14.10.1917. torpedoed by uc-79 and sank one hour later. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1954
Water depth above wreck: 71 meter, Height above seabed: 136 cm
Known since: 1954, last detected: 2004
Details measurements/cartography: H2137/54 22.6.54 H2137/54 22.6.54 LOCATED BY SV 'HELP' FEB/ MAY 1954 IN 495512N, 053918W USING DECCA OR 104DEGS, 6.2 MILES FROM WOLF ROCK. DEPTH OVER WRECK 39FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEA BED 25FT. NOT EXAMINED. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 23.5.54). CHART AS NDW. NC 777. 6.6.75 6.6.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC 55.0MTRS. NE 777. H2590/76 25.2.76 H2590/76 25.2.76 LOCATED IN 495506.78N, 053857.01W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65 IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). BR STD. H1286/76 22.6.76 H1286/76 22.6.76 LEAST DEPTH 212FT [65MTRS]. (T E CAKEBREAD, 31.5.76). H2979/74 22.3.78 H2979/74 22.3.78 THREE FFS REPD IN 495504N, 053917W [OGB]; 495516N, 053907W [OGB]; AND 495524N, 053858W [OGB]. POSNS BY DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. H5982/82 21.4.83 H5982/82 21.4.83 WK SHOWN IN 495527N, 053855W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)7 [1982 EDN]. POSN BY DECCA. NCA. HH100/351/21 20.8.04 HH100/351/21 20.8.04 DIVED IN 4955.11N, 0539.30W [WGD]. WRECK HAS COLLAPSED SIDEWAYS FROM PORT TO STBD AND CONSISTS OF A FLAT PILE OF HULL PLATES AND BROKEN DECKING. THERE ARE TWO BIG BOILERS APPROX MIDSHIPS BUT LITTLE OTHER STRUCTURE CAN BE SEEN. COAL SCATTERED IN THE WRECKAGE. ESTIMATED TO BE A COLLIER OF APPROX 2000GRT. POSSIBLY 'GARTHCLYDE'. (N R CHIPCHASE). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 8.4.05 HH091/059/01 8.4.05 EXAM'D 25.9.04 IN 4955.117N, 0539.313W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 65.7 IN GEN DEPTH 71.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 111MTRS, WIDTH 29MTRS, HT 6.0MTRS. LIES 136/316 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 65MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, PILE OF HULL PLATES AND BROKEN DECKING
Position: 49 55.117 N,5 39.313 W