This is the information page about the shipwreck Garthwaite, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 28.568 N,0 29.281 W (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amsteldam
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Angelo rose
8. Ard aidhm
9. Ardens (probably)
10. Ardgantoch
11. Athelstane
12. Athos
13. Audax
14. Avance (probably)
15. Balfron (probably)
16. Ballater
17. Ballogie
18. Battersea
19. Beaumanoir (probably)
20. Berwick (possibly)
21. Black prince (possibly)
22. Bonhomme richard
23. Botha (possibly)
24. Brentwood
25. Bur
26. Cap palos (part of)
27. Castleford (probably)
28. Commercial
29. Constantia
30. Corsican prince
31. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
32. Creteblock
33. Crimdon (possibly)
34. Defiant
35. Disperser
36. Doris burton (probably)
37. Eaglescliffe (probably)
38. Earl percy
39. Eli
40. Ellida (probably)
41. Erich lea
42. Ferruccio
43. Florence (possibly)
44. Florentia
45. Fred everard
46. Garthwaite
47. Gem (bow section)
48. Gem (stern section)
49. Gimle
50. Glamorganbrook
51. Glengarry (probably)
52. Glow (part of) (possibly)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Gwalia (possibly)
55. Hannah
56. Harrow (probably)
57. Hercules
58. Highgate
59. Hms banyers
60. Hms desire (possibly)
61. Hms desire (possibly)
62. Hms dromio
63. Hms garmo (probably)
64. Hms locheil
65. Hms lord ridley
66. Hms swallow
67. Hms thalia
68. Hornsund (probably)
69. Houghton
70. Hurstwood
71. Jane
72. Lady ann
73. Lady helen
74. Lampada (probably)
75. Lanthorn
76. Leersum (probably)
77. Lerwick (probably)
78. Linaria (probably)
79. London
80. Lowtyne (possibly)
81. Lucy
82. M c holm
83. Madame renee
84. Manx queen
85. Marchioness of londonderry
86. Marie stuart
87. Martina
88. Melanie (probably)
89. Membland (possibly)
90. Merrie islington
91. Modemi (possibly)
92. Moorlands
93. Moorwood (possibly)
94. Namorado field jacket
95. Norenda (possibly)
96. Norhilda
97. Novillo
98. Oakwell
99. Onslow
100. Pandora
101. Paul
102. Phare (probably)
103. Philander (probably)
104. Polanna
105. Polruan
106. Princess olga (possibly)
107. Quaggy (probably)
108. Rikard nordraak
109. Runswick
110. Rutil
111. Saint ninian
112. Sapphire (probably)
113. Sarah thinnesen
114. Schaldis (possibly)
115. Scotia
116. Sir francis
117. Sixty-six
118. Skane
119. Sna ii
120. Southborough
121. Springhill
122. Sumus (probably)
123. Suntrap (probably)
124. Tangistan
125. Taurus (probably)
126. Trelyon
127. Ub 30
128. Ub 41
129. Ub 75
130. Uc 70
131. Vaaren
132. Vaaren (possibly)
133. Victo (bow section)
134. Victo (stern section)
135. Victoria (probably)
136. Wallsend
137. Westowrie
138. Woodstock (bow section)
139. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: GARTHWAITE

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 5690 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1917 by w dobson & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by sir william garthwaite, glasgow. three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage the tyne for new york. in ballast. torpedoed and sunk by ub 22. sank in four minutes. 14 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 142 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: H4069/72 4.12.75 WK LOCATED IN 542833N, 002905W USING DECCA. STANDS 42FT ABOVE SEABED. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). INS AS WK 42MTRS.

- NM BLOCK. H5103/83 12.9.86 FASTENERS IN 542837N, 002905W AND 542840N, 002917W. (KINGFISHER OBSTN BOOKLET - WHITBY AREA). H1311/88 11.10.88 WK IN 542833N, 002924W. (M FREEMAN, 30.9.88). H6331/87 25.1.89 EXAM'D 21.5.88 IN 542833N, 002910W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 38.6, FOUL AT 39.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.2 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS, LENGTH 150MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEG, IN ONE PIECE BUT BROKEN. HAS SEVERAL HIGH POINTS - HIGHEST AMIDSHIPS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). BR STD. HH100/351/13 18.3.98 IDENTIFIED AS 'GARTHWAITE' FROM BOILER AND ENGINE DETAILS, OVERALL SIZE AND GUN CONFIGURATION (1 X 4.7 INCH AND 2 X 7.5 INCH). (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY, LTR DTD 12.3.98). HH100/351/21 4.6.04 A VERY LARGE WK WITH A LARGE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND THREE BOILERS AMIDSHIPS. ON AN EVEN KEEL WITH THE DOUBLE BOTTOM TAKNS CLEAR TO SEE. THERE ARE STILL SOME CROSS MEMBERS AND UPRIGHT BRIDGE SUPPORT SPARS OVER THE BOILERS AND THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. A CLEARLY DEFINED PROP SHAFT RUNS AFT AND IS COVERED OVER BY THE TUNNEL IN PLACES. ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE LENGTH, A LITTLE TO STBD, IS A COMPLETE HIGH-ANGLE GUN ON ITS PLINTH. STERN IS WELL COLLAPSED BUT THE FOUR-BLADED PROP IS IN PLACE. FWD OF THE BRIDGE THE CARGO HOLDS HAVE COLLAPSED AND ARE DECAYED BUT THE DOUBLE BOTTOM TANKS ARE MORE COMPLETE THAN AT THE STERN. AT THE BOW THE STEM POST IS PARTLY STANDING WITH PLATING SCATTERED ABOUT. POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FROM THE BELL WHICH WAS FOUND IN THE BOW AREA, HIDDEN UNDER PLATING AND PARTLY BURIED IN THE SAND. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 24.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5428.568N, 0029.281W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.47MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. LENGTH 122MTRS, WIDTH 23.5MTRS, HT 6.93MTRS, ORIENTATION 142/322 DEGS. WK SEVERELY DEGRADED, BOILERS AND ENGINE VISIBLE MIDSHIPS. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 28.568 N,0 29.281 W

 

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