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 (53.6109, 0.26485)

 

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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. Albatross
5. Angelo rose
6. Avance (probably)
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Bonhomme richard
10. Brabant
11. Brema
12. British councillor
13. British prince
14. Briton (possibly)
15. Cadmus
16. Canada
17. Caroline
18. Carson
19. Chant 63
20. Chloris (possibly)
21. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
22. Cook s26
23. Corhampton
24. Corinth (possibly)
25. Cyclope
26. Dana (possibly)
27. Diana
28. Diana
29. Dido
30. Dryade
31. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
32. Elfrida
33. Empress (probably)
34. Feltre
35. Forest queen
36. Francis
37. G.3
38. Georgios
39. Gerhardt (possibly)
40. Girl ita
41. Giuseppe
42. Grangemouth
43. Greltoria (probably)
44. Hannah louisa
45. Harnis (probably)
46. Helmsman (probably)
47. Hercules
48. Hms akranes
49. Hms benvolio
50. Hms botanic
51. Hms dirk
52. Hms fairy
53. Hms falcon (stern section)
54. Hms falmouth
55. Hms silicia
56. Hms thalia
57. Homer
58. Horsted
59. Hugh taylor
60. Hvitveis
61. Ida
62. Ionic (probably)
63. J b paddon
64. Jane (possibly)
65. Janet helen (possibly)
66. John rettig (probably)
67. Kalo (probably)
68. Kernoozer
69. Kieldrecht (possibly)
70. Kilrea (probably)
71. Kimberley (possibly)
72. Kingston cameo
73. Knuthenborg
74. Ladas (possibly)
75. Lady anstruther (probably)
76. Laurel (possibly)
77. Leonora
78. Lifeguard (possibly)
79. Lyra (bow section)
80. Magdalyn ann
81. Maggie
82. Malvina (fwd part)
83. Manchester engineer (probably)
84. Manx queen
85. Marian francis
86. Marie l
87. Markersdall (probably)
88. Meeuw
89. Merchiston
90. Middlesborough
91. Modig
92. Modiva (possibly)
93. Mongolian
94. Nar
95. Nitedal
96. Norfolk coast
97. Onward (possibly)
98. Ophir ii (possibly)
99. Orsa
100. Otis tetrax
101. Our lorraine
102. Paraciers
103. Peebles (possibly)
104. Portia
105. Realf
106. Revello
107. Revi
108. River don (part of)(probably)
109. Saltoun
110. Seistan
111. Sergei
112. Sirajah
113. Sna iii
114. Sota eduardo
115. Stanburn
116. Storm drift
117. Tees
118. Thea
119. Togston (possibly)
120. Trongate
121. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
122. Uc 39
123. Uc 47
124. Uc 75
125. Umbe
126. Upminster (possibly)
127. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
128. Varangmalm (possibly)
129. Ville de valenciennes
130. Violet (probably)
131. Wayside flower (possibly)
132. Whitemantle (possibly)
133. 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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