This is the information page about the shipwreck Hartley (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 23.926 N,1 48.62 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)
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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: HARTLEY (POSSIBLY)
Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2147 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1924 by smith's dock co ltd, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by hartley ss co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 229nhp for 10 knots, single shaft. passage barry for ghent. sank during a severe sw gale. of 20 crew, 18 were lost.
Year of registration: 1924
Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 44 cm
Known since: 1924, last detected: 2002
Details measurements/cartography: H8070/24 29.11.24 REPD SUNK IN APPROX 502200N, 015000W. (LL, 28.11.24, BOT 36/687). CHART AS NDW PA (1924). BR STD. H8070/24 17.12.55 WK EXAM'D IN 502351N, 014831W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18 IN GEN DEPTH 20FMS. FAIR SONAR RESPONSE OBTAINED. SEABED CORAL. (HMS SCOTT, 7.9.55). AMEND TO WK 18FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H3950/70 6.10.70 NOW CHARTED AS WK 32MTRS [LAT] [17FMS]. NC 2615. HH100/351/07 11.6.93 LOCATED AND DIVED ON IN 502332N, 014821W [OGB]. APPEARS TO BE FAR TOO SMALL TO BE THE 'HARTLEY'. LENGTH ONLY ABOUT 170FT AND ABOUT 1000 GRT MAXIMUM. HAD RIVETTED HULL AND ONLY BOILER REMAINS INTACT. NO EVIDENCE OF COAL FOUND. (D FAIRCLOUGH, 4.4.93). NCA. HH090/962/01 10.12.02 EXAM'D 5.7.02 IN 5023.926N, 0148.620W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.0, FOUL 32.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.3 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.3MTRS. LIES 044/224 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN WK
Position: 50 23.926 N,1 48.62 W