Wreck: Glenarm head (possibly) (Steam ship)
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 35.036 N,0 13.285 W (50.5839333, -0.2214167)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: GLENARM HEAD (POSSIBLY)
Length 109.7 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 3908 ton
Load: solid fuel,foodstuffs: solid,armament
Cause: Built in 1897 by workman clarke. owned at time of loss by g heyn & sons ltd, (head line). triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage southampton for boulogne. torpedoed by ub-30 and sank in five minutes. 2 men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1980
Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 104 cm
Known since: 1980, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: 1918 WRECK IN 503400N, 001200W. (DOCKET M1767). SUNK 5 MILES S.W BY S FROM BRIGHTON LTV. (WW1SL). H1965/76 4.12.80 WK EXAM'D 23.2.80 IN 503500N, 001311W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.7 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS DEEP. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 109.2MTRS, BEAM 7.4MTRS, HT 13.6 MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN UP. LYING 102/282DEGS IN AREA OF SANDWAVES, WITH LARGE SCOUR TO ENE & WSW. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 42MTRS. BR STD. 24.4.14 EXAM'D 21.1.14 IN 5035.036N, 0013.285W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.0 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. SCOUR 5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 174MTRS TOWARDS 071 DEGS. LENGTH 119MTRS, WIDTH 21.8MTRS, HT 15MTRS (FROM BOTTOM OF SANDWAVE). LIES 104/284 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ON A SANDWAVE, PARTIALLY BURIED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1435). UPRIGHT, BOWS E, BOW AREA COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS ESE, BOWS COLLAPSED
Position: 50 35.036 N,0 13.285 W
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