This is the information page about the shipwreck Glocliffe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.112 N,3 17.353 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Aldershot
2. Angelena bm 271
3. Ann marie (possibly)
4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Berar
9. Bleamoor (probably)
10. Blue marlin
11. Bokn (possibly)
12. Boma
13. Bretagne
14. Bretton hall
15. Broadmayne (part of)
16. Brunhilda
17. Buesten
18. Bull steamer (possibly)
19. Chateau yqem
20. Chorley
21. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
22. City of swansea (probably)
23. Claverley (possibly)
24. Colorado (possibly)
25. Dudley rose
26. Elsa
27. Elsa (possibly)
28. Emma
29. Emsstrom
30. Farn
31. Galicia
32. Garm (possibly)
33. Gefion
34. General leman (possibly)
35. Girl barbara
36. Glocliffe
37. Greatham
38. Greleen
39. Greta c
40. Gro
41. Hms amazon
42. Hms benton castle
43. Hms bittern
44. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
45. Hms formidable
46. Hms harstad
47. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
48. Hms lord hailsham
49. Hms manor
50. Hms picton castle
51. Hms savage
52. Hmsm d1
53. Irma germaine (possibly)
54. Isbjorn
55. Jade star gypsy
56. Jordan a
57. Karen marie (probably)
58. Kendal castle
59. Kongshaug (probably)
60. La blanca (possibly)
61. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
62. Lct 381
63. Les mercenaires
64. Lofoten (probably)
65. Lord stewart
66. Marie des isles
67. Marjolene
68. Medina
69. Modavia
70. Motano (probably)
71. Mudstomper (probably)
72. Nil desperandum (probably)
73. Northville (possibly)
74. Ocean vagabond
75. Pergo
76. Peronne
77. Pomella
78. Quest
79. Radaas (probably)
80. Rayder
81. Renilde
82. Rota
83. Rotorua
84. Sarah jayne
85. Sevilla
86. Shirley betty
87. Ster de zee (possibly)
88. Tandil (probably)
89. Two sisters
90. Uc 49 (probably)
91. Ursa (probably)
92. W h dwyer
93. Waikawa (possibly)
94. Warsaw
95. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: GLOCLIFFE

Length 87.5 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2211 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1915 by craig, taylor & co ltd, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by globe shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 214 nhp, single shaft. machiney by ne marine engine co ltd, sunderland. passage barry for southampton. torpedoed by ub 40. two men lost. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 9M ENE FROM BERRY HEAD. (WW1SL). H0113/45 25.3.45 POSSIBLE WK IN 502742N, 031700W. L 90FT, H 36FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). 21.1.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 502742N, 031700W. L 90FT, H 30FT. (HMS WILD GOOSE, 21.1.45 & 15.2.45, AUBD 303/80). H2502/51 24.5.51 WK LOCATED IN 502702N, 031712W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14FMS. STANDS 38FT HIGH. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). BR STD. H3971/52 8.10.52 EXAM'D IN 502703N, 031716W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14FMS, FOUL AT 15FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 91FT IN GEN DEPTH 21 TO 22FMS. SCOUR 5FT DEEP. SEABED HARD WITH FINE SAND COVERING. LENGTH 300FT. LIES NW/SE. SHOALEST PART TOWARDS THE W END STRONG A/S CONTACT. (HMS SCOTT, SCES, 18.9.52). CHART AS WK 14FMS IN REVISED POSN. H3950/70 22.9.70 NOW CHARTED AS SW 25MTRS. NC 1613. 28.6.82 IDENTIFIED AS GLOCLIFFE BY LOCAL DIVERS. (M SKELSEY, CHART BRANCH). NCA. H5982/82 4.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502704N, 031713W USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 16.11.84 EXAM'D 11.6.84 IN 502705N, 031717W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.5MTRS, FOUL AT 25.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 13MTRS, LENGTH 95MTRS, BEAM 13MTRS. LYING 122/302DEGS, APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE AND IN A REASONABLY WELL PRESERVED STATE. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/01 25.8.89 LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH GUN ON STERN. (A HILLGROVE, 19.7.89). NCA. 2.5.13 EXAM'D 17.1.13 IN 5027.112N, 0317.353E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.0 IN GEN DEPTH 39.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 94MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 12MTRS. LIES 115/295 DEGS. INTACT, ON PORT SIDE WITH TWO LARGE HOLES IN THE HULL. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). BOWS ESE. AMEND WK 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT SIDE, 1/3 IN SAND, INTACT, BOWS ESE

Position: 50 27.112 N,3 17.353 W

 

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