This is the information page about the shipwreck Glamorganbrook, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 20.096 N,0 14.588 W (54.3349333, -0.2431333)

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: GLAMORGANBROOK

Length 60.7 meter, width: 9.5 meter, tonnage 805 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-else, ex-schulte '45, ex-worthtown, ex-empire worthtown. built in 1939 by john lewis & sons, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by the williamstown shipping co. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage blyth for cowes. cargo coal. had been sunk at dunkirk during the evacuation and later salvaged by the germans. served under the german flag in ww2. handed over to the ministry of war transport with 90 other ships captured as prizes of war and subsequently sold. took water and headed for scarborough. sank 30 minutes after the last distress call. turned over within 7 minutes and sank.

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 346 cm

Known since: 1990, last detected: 20160220

Details measurements/cartography: HH242/351/01 25.10.90 WK DIVED ON IN 542005N, 001438W. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 46 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. ENGINES AFT CONFIGURATION. BRASS LAMP, DATE STAMPED 1925, RECOVERED. PROBABLY WW II LOSS. (A C JACKSON, 16.10.90). CHART AS USC PA 45MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 2.3.93 LOCATED IN 542005N, 001429W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND TO WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/730/01 17.11.97 EXAM'D 11.7.97 IN 542005.3N, 001434.8W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. WELL DEFINED, BADLY BROKEN AND DECOMPOSED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (GARDLINE, HI 730). RETAIN WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/17 25.4.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH THE BOW INTACT BUT COVERED IN TRAWL NET. BROKEN UP MIDSHIPS AND HAD A FWD BRIDGE STRUCTURE. STERN INTACT AND LIES OVER TO PORT. ENGINE ROOM IS STILL ENCLOSED BUT VISIBLE. WW2 GERMAN COMPASS LOCATED IN BRIDGE AREA, TOGETHER WITH LENGTH AND HULL CONFIGURATION CONFIRM THE IDENTITY. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 16.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5420.096N, 0014.588W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. LENGTH 57.3MTRS, WIDTH 19.5MTRS, HT 7.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 346/166. THE FEATURE APPEARS TO BE DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 41MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Degraded and partially buried

Position: 54 20.096 N,0 14.588 W

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