This is the information page about the shipwreck Hawkwood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 39.249 N,1 10.046 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: HAWKWOOD
Length 81.6 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.3, tonnage 2024 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1934 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by w france, fenwick & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 202hp, single shaft. machinery by the ne marine eng co, sunderland. passage blyth for london. cargo coal. broke in two after grounding. later dispersed.
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 230 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 20180111
Details measurements/cartography: H067/42 27.1.42 BROKE IN TWO AFTER GROUNDING IN 543916N, 010945W. (NOIC HARTLEPOOL, 27.1.42). NCA YET. H3913/49 21.7.49 DISPERSED SHORTLY AFTER SINKING BUT SOME WRECKAGE STILL EXISTS JUST ABOVE THE GENERAL LEVEL OF THE SHORE, JUST BELOW LW MARK, ON THE BEACH IN 543915N, 010957W [OGB], OR 317DEGS, 0.48M FROM SEAWARD END OF NORTH GARE BREAKWATER. MARKED BY G CAN BUOY 047DEGS, 0.26M FROM WRECKAGE. (TEES CONSERVANCY COMMISSION, 28.6.49). CHART AS ST WITH BUOY. BR STD. H4181/64 8.4.68 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TEES & HARTLEPOOL PORT AUTH, 28.3.68). BR STD. 16.2.84 SHOWN AS STF ON PHOTOPLOT PG 1648 [1977 PHOT]. NCA. SEP 2018/000017129 30.5.18 EXAM'D 11.01.18; WK LOCATED IN 5439.249N, 0110.046W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DRIES 1.162MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS. LENGTH 39.4MTRS, WIDTH 13.7MTRS, HEIGHT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 230/50 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 23.4MTRS, 1.5MTRS TOWARDS 040 DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1543). AMEND ST DRIES 1.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 39.249 N,1 10.046 W