This is the information page about the shipwreck Hamsterley, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 52.06 N,2 12.526 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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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Name: HAMSTERLEY

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2160 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1925 by smith's dock co. owned at time of loss by hartley steamship co. triple-expansion engine of 228 nhp. passage london for hartlepool. sank after collision with 'accrington'. (dods).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 162 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20190106

Details measurements/cartography: H0243/39 9.12.39 UNCONFIRMED REP FROM PORT FISHERY OFFICER, LOWESTOFT OF WK 016DEGS, 8MILES FROM SMITHS KNOLL BUOY. (C-IN-C NORE MESSAGE 8.12.39). NCA. H0243/39 21.12.39 FO IN C YARMOUTH MESSAGE. - PFNM 2874/39. H0243/39 14.4.40 REPD STRANDED 1.5MILES NW BY W OF WEST SMITHS KNOLL BUOY. (TH 1939). NCA. H0243/39 31.1.40 PART OF HULL VISIBLE ABOVE HW POSN 525230N, 021300E.

- NM 263P/40. H0259/40 14.5.40 REPD AS ST. (ADMIRALTY). INS ST.

- NM 1179/40. H0243/39 28.8.42 NOTHING VISIBLE ABOVE HW IN 525236N, 021242E. (FOIC YARMOUTH 26.8.42). H0259/40 12.9.42 AMEND DW.

- NM 1972/42 H3730/69 29.5.69 EXAM'D IN 525204N, 021248E [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST. E/S DEPTH 33FT IN GEN DEPTH 25FT. SCOUR TO 45FT. LIES IN A DEEP NARROW SCOUR RUNNING E/W. NOT PROMINENT IN SCOUR, PROBABLY DEEPER THAN SURROUNDING SEABED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 111/68). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 3FT. BR STD. 20.11.72 SHOWN IN 525227N, 021238E [EUR] ON NETH FISHERIES CHART 1954 [RECD 7.11.72]. NCA. HH090/616/01 22.11.94 NOT LOCATED. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMENDED TO DEAD. SEP 2020/000100123 22.5.20 EXAM'D 06.01.19; IN 5252.060N, 0212.526E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.03MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS, LENGTH 16MTRS, WIDTH 9.3MTRS, HEIGHT 2.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 162/342 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 8.6MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, 0.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 199 DEGS. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). ONLY TWO SMALL PARTS OF THIS WRECK LEFT. THE LARGER SECTION APPEARS TO BE PART OF THE HULL - POSSIBLE THE BOW SECTION. INSERT DW 9MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 52.06 N,2 12.526 E

 

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