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 (54.4542667, -0.3978333)

 

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