Wreck: Glengarry (probably) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Glengarry (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 20.913 N,0 20.488 W (54.348550, -0.341467)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: GLENGARRY (PROBABLY)

Length 49.4 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 409 ton

Cause: iron vessel built 1865 by backhouse & dixon, middlesborough. steam compound inverted engine of 75hp by w king & c, glasgow, single shaft. owned at time of loss by j.m. lennard & sons, middlesborough. foundered about 3m n of scarborough, after cargo shifted in heavy seas, with loss of 2 of 14 crew. (c racey)

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 156 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 20160220

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/84/22 1.8.84 WK LOCATED IN 542052N, 002018W USING RADAR RANGES. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS [HWS]. (P.J. LASSEY, 19.7.84). INS AS WK PA 32MTRS. BR STD. HH090/730/01 17.11.97 EXAM'D 8.8.97 IN 542055.1N, 002031.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 39.0, FOUL 39.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.9 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. LIES 156/336DEGS. STATIC FISHING GEAR PREVENTED DETAILED DCS3 INVESTIGATION. (GARDLINE, HI 730). INTACT AND DECAYED, PROBABLY UPRIGHT. BR STD. 15.2.10 OLD DECAYED WRECK OF IRON CONSTRUCTION WITH LITTLE OF HULL REMAINING. LARGE COMPOUND ENGINE AMIDSHIPS & TWO SCOTCH BOILERS WITH DOMED TOPS. STERN SECTION IS OFF LINE FROM MAIN WK. LARGE OLD TRAWL NET ROUND STERN. PORT HOLES BY H WATSON OF NEWCASTLE. IN EARLY 1980'S A COPPER TOILET WITH PORCELAIN BOWL, A WHISTLE AND ENGINE ROOM TELEGRAPH WERE RECOVERED BY LOCAL DIVERS. WK HAS BEEN DIVED SEVERAL TIMES AND IS CONSIDERED TO PROBABLY BE THE GLENGARRY. IT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE TRAWLER LACONIA AS PREVIOUSLY LISTED. (C RACEY, E-MAIL 15.2.10) IDENTITY AMENDED, LACONIA NOW POSSIBLY THE WK IN 5405.890N, 0002.040E [SEE 6499]. NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 13.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5420.913N, 0020.488W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. LENGTH 59.2MTRS, WIDTH 17.1MTRS, HT 13.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 156/336. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, INTACT, APPEARS TO HAVE COLLAPSED AND DEBRIS SPREAD. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 30MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact

Position: 54 20.913 N,0 20.488 W

 

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