This is the information page about the shipwreck Helmsman (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 54.769 N,0 14.584 E (53.610900, 0.264850)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Agnes
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Appolonia
5. Arcona champion
6. Beaconsfield
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Biesbosch
10. Boys own
11. Brema
12. British councillor
13. British prince
14. Briton (possibly)
15. Cadmus
16. Cambrai
17. Canada
18. Caroline
19. Chant 63
20. Charing cross (possibly)
21. Chicago
22. Chloris (possibly)
23. Coastal fort no-1
24. Commonwealth
25. Corhampton
26. Corinth (possibly)
27. Cyclope
28. Dana (possibly)
29. Diana
30. Diana
31. Dido
32. Dryade
33. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
34. Elfrida
35. Empress (probably)
36. Feltre
37. Forest queen
38. Francis
39. Frithof eide
40. Georgios
41. Gerhardt (possibly)
42. Giuseppe
43. Goodwood
44. Graafjeld
45. Grangemouth
46. Hannah louisa
47. Harnis (probably)
48. Helmsman (probably)
49. Hms benvolio
50. Hms botanic
51. Hms dirk
52. Hms fairy
53. Hms falcon (stern section)
54. Homer
55. Horsted
56. Hugh taylor
57. Ida
58. Ionic (probably)
59. J b paddon
60. Jane (possibly)
61. Janet helen (possibly)
62. John rettig (probably)
63. Kalo (probably)
64. Kieldrecht (possibly)
65. Kilrea
66. Kilrea (probably)
67. Kimberley (possibly)
68. Kingston cameo
69. Knuthenborg
70. Laconia (possibly)
71. Ladas (possibly)
72. Lady anstruther (probably)
73. Lady josyan
74. Laurel (possibly)
75. Leonora
76. Lifeguard (possibly)
77. Longbenton (probably)
78. Lyra (bow section)
79. Magdalyn ann
80. Maggie
81. Manchester engineer (probably)
82. Marian francis
83. Markersdall (probably)
84. Marshall (probably)
85. Merchiston
86. Modig
87. Modiva (possibly)
88. Nadod (possibly)
89. Nautilus
90. Nitedal
91. Norfolk coast
92. Onward (possibly)
93. Ophir ii (possibly)
94. Orsa
95. Otis tetrax
96. Our lorraine
97. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
98. Paraciers
99. Peebles (possibly)
100. Peggotty
101. Portia
102. Realf
103. Revello
104. Revi
105. River don (part of)(probably)
106. Riviere
107. Saltoun
108. Sna iii
109. Sota eduardo
110. Stanburn
111. Storm drift
112. Tees
113. Togston (possibly)
114. Tredegar hall
115. Uc 39
116. Uc 47
117. Uc 75
118. Umbe
119. Upminster (possibly)
120. Varangmalm (possibly)
121. Ville de valenciennes
122. War crocus (possibly)
123. Wayside flower (possibly)
124. Whitemantle (possibly)
125. Winga

 

Name: HELMSMAN (PROBABLY)

Length 36.8 meter, width: 6.6 meter, draught: 2.8, tonnage 167 ton
Load: oil

Cause: ex- lochside, built 1905 by smith's dock co. ltd. (t & w smith), middlesborough, with 2 cylinder compound engine of 50nhp, by shields engine co ltd., single boiler and single shaft. converted into a tanker in 1927 by clelands yard, tyne. owned at time of loss by c rowbotham & sons. passage medway to stockton. foundered in severe gale with loss of all 8 crew. photo of vessel. (wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 311 cm

Known since: 1979, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: H5084/77 17.3.80 EXAM'D 27.11.79 IN 535445N, 001441E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.2 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS. LYING 145/325DEG ON RIPPLED SANDY SEABED OVERLYING GRAVEL. INTACT WK. NO SCOUR BY E/S BUT EVIDENCE OF ONE ON SONAR TRACE RUNNING 160DEG FROM WK. (HMS EGERIA, HI 64/79). BR STD. 6.5.04 EUT POSN: 5354.766N, 0014.578E. NE 121. 3.2.10 VERY INTACT STEAM COASTER FITTED WITH TANKS IN FORWARD HOLD. UPRIGHT WITH BOWS N. DECK STILL IN PLACE, WITH ROOFED LOWER WHEEL HOUSE OR CHART ROOM IN PLACE. MANY ARTIFACTS RECOVERED, DIMENSIONS AND MACHINERY DETAILS, MEAN WRECK IS PROBABLY HELMSMAN. (C RACEY, E-MAIL 2.2.10) NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 11.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5354.769N, 0014.584E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.02MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS, LENGTH 40.9MTRS, WIDTH 9.2MTRS, HEIGHT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 311/131 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL FULLY INTACT WITH STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 53 54.769 N,0 14.584 E

 

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