This is the information page about the shipwreck Glenartney (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.852 N,0 25.449 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: GLENARTNEY (POSSIBLY)
Length 125 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 8.7, tonnage 5201 ton
Load: grain
Cause: Torpedoed by german submarine 4 miles s of royal sovereign ltv whilst on passage bangkok to london and liverpool. (ww1sl & ll ww1). vessel, built in 1911 by c connell & co., glasgow and owned at the time of loss by caledonia ss co. ltd., was torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u-34. (dods).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 20150701
Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 15.4.75 WK LOCATED 22.10.74 IN 503814N, 002528E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.6 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. SONAR LENGTH 250FT. (HMS BEAGLE, H525 1.1.75, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 21.6MTRS [11FMS 5FT].
- NM 1531/75. H4959/73 20.5.76 POSN 503814N, 002528E QUOTED ON HMS BEAGLE'S H525 IN ERROR. HIFIX COORDS GIVE 503849N, 002532E. THIS AGREES WELL WITH THAT SHOWN ON FAIR SHEET. (W.O.). AMEND TO WK 21.5MTRS [12FMS] IN 503849N, 002532E [OGB].
- NM 1080/76. H4121/76 28.7.76 WK NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.1MTRS. (SOISS, SIG DTD 14.6.76). AMEND TO SW 19.1MTRS [10FMS 2FT].
- NM 1547/76. H4121/76 5.8.76 EXAM'D 26.5.76. HMS BEAGLE'S HIFIX POSN CONFIRMED AS 503849N, 002533E [OGB]. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.1, FOUL AT 20MTRS. LIES 125/305DEGS, LENGTH 120MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). NFA. H2979/74 24.11.76 LOCATED USING MAGNETOMETER. LIES E/W, WITH STERN TO W, VERY DISPERSED AND ON STBD SIDE. HIGH POINT AMIDSHIPS STANDING 25FT HIGH. ONLY ONE HOLD AND BOILERS RECOGNISABLE. (E GILES, SUBSERVS, 13.11.76). NCA. HH100/351/05 24.4.92 LOCATED IN 503836N, 002540E [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). SEP 2015/000083465 26.11.15 EXAM'D 01.07.15, WK SHOWN IN 5038.852N, 0025.449E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.37MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30.4MTRS. LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 31MTRS, HT 10MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 1476). AMEND DW 20.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 38.852 N,0 25.449 E