This is the information page about the shipwreck Glenarm head (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.619 N,0 11.426 W (50.64365, -0.1904333)

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: GLENARM HEAD (POSSIBLY)

Length 109.7 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 3908 ton
Load: armament

Cause: 4.1.18 torpedoed and sunk 4.1.18 5m sw by s from brighton ltv whilst en route from southampton to boulogne. (ww1sl & ll ww1). 5.1.18 torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub-30 on 5.1.18. (der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 5 MILES SW BY S FROM BRIGHTON LTV. (WW1SL). H1965/76 9.7.79 DCS3 CONTACT, CLASSIFIED WK, LOCATED IN 503835N, 001120W [OGB]. LYING N/S, LENGTH 100MTRS. NOT EXAM'D. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). WK LOCATED 24.6.75 IN 503838N, 001122W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). CHART AS WK 36MTRS IN HMS BULLDOG'S POSN. H1965/76 11.12.79 EXAM'D 17.10.79 IN 503836.7N, 001122.3W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.9 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. SCOUR 4MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 7.6MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, BEAM 22MTRS. LYING 060/240DEGS. LARGE WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/79). NCA. H1965/76 27.11.80 EXAM'D 24.10.80 IN 503838N, 001121W [OGB]. REPD AS UPRIGHT, NO SIGN OF MASTS 4 HOLDS - 2 EITHER SIDE OF 'MIDSHIPS' SUPERSTRUCTURE. LYING WITH BOWS SW. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). NCA. H1310/84/32 6.9.84 DIVED ON IN 1984. INTACT & UPRIGHT. ABT 90MTRS LONG. LYING WITH BOWS SW. 2 HOLDS FOR'D & AFT OF CENTRAL SUPERSTRUCTURE, WHICH HAS COLLAPSED. GUN MOUNT ON STERN, BUT NO GUN. BOXES OF LIVE READY-USE AMMUNITION BELOW MOUNTING. PART OF BINNACLE GIVING MAKERS NAME LIFTED. (T W BENNETTO, 4.9.84). NCA. H1310/86/10 3.4.86 EXAM'D JUN '85. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'NORTH EASTER'. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES, WK NO 045). H1310/88/30 28.6.88 WK OF 'PORTHKERRY' [PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE THIS WK] HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY BELL IN 503746N, 001846W [SEE 20238]. THIS WK IS LARGE AND MUST HAVE BEEN ARMED. BRASS AMMUNITION ROUNDS HAVE BEEN FOUND, INCLUDING ONE WHICH HAD BEEN EXPENDED, MARKED '18 PDR. 1916'. GUN NOT FOUND. A DIVER WAS LOST WHEN DIVING THIS WK IN 1986 AND WAS NEVER FOUND. (P A VAN DER BOON).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 38.619 N,0 11.426 W

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