This is the information page about the shipwreck Glow (part of) (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 23.244 N,0 22.793 W (54.387400, -0.379883)

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: GLOW (PART OF) (POSSIBLY)

Length 71.7 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.4, tonnage 1141 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine. on passage newcastle to london. (ww1sl). ex- monkwood, built 1900 by j blumer & co., sunderland, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 179hp, 2 boilers, single shaft. machinery by j. dickinson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by w france, fenwick & co. ltd. passage tyne for london. torpedoed by german submarine ub 21, which blew off most of the stern of the vessel. 1 of 18 crew lost.

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 344 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 20160220

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/06 23.2.93 WK, KNOWN AS 6 MILE STERN, LOCATED IN 542314.5N, 002241.5W USING GPS. RADAR RANGES: 6.00M FROM N CHEEK, 2.60M FROM NEAREST LAND. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). INS AS WK 40MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 6.9.04 LIES IN 5423.241N, 0022.808W [WGD]. THIS IS THE STERN SECTION ONLY OF A MERCHANT VESSEL. THE PROP SHAFT IS LYING ON THE SEABED AND RUNS OUT TO NOTHING. NO ENGINE OR BOILERS SEEN. NO GUN OR CARGO SEEN. KNOWN LOCALLY AS '6 MILE STERN'. (A C JACKSON, EMAIL DTD 2.9.04). AMEND POSN. BR STD
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 23.244 N,0 22.793 W

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