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 (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Acklamd (possibly)
5. Action
6. Adgillus
7. Afton
8. Agnes
9. Airdrie (possibly)
10. Albatross
11. Alliance
12. Amber rose
13. Amicus
14. Amsteldam
15. Amstelland
16. Anastasia
17. Angelo rose
18. Ardbeg (probably)
19. Argo (possibly)
20. Ariel (possibly)
21. Aurora
22. Avance (probably)
23. Ballina
24. Barrister (possibly)
25. Bassa
26. Be ready (probably)
27. Bella
28. Bellerophon
29. Ben cruachan
30. Ben rein (ex-starling)
31. Benmacdhui
32. Bessie
33. Beursplein
34. Blanche (possibly)
35. Bonhomme richard
36. Brabant
37. Brema
38. Briar
39. British councillor
40. British prince
41. Briton (possibly)
42. C s parnell
43. Cadmus
44. Calista (probably)
45. Canada
46. Cardea
47. Carley marie
48. Carmelite (possibly)
49. Caroline
50. Carson
51. Casanare
52. Chant 63
53. Chloris (possibly)
54. Chrysopolis
55. Citrine
56. Clan macmaster
57. Clan menzies
58. Clwyd (probably)
59. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
60. Conargo
61. Conargo
62. Conisbro castle
63. Coniston (probably)
64. Connemara
65. Conovium (probably)
66. Cook s26
67. Coral bank
68. Corhampton
69. Corinth (possibly)
70. Corrientes
71. Counsellor iii
72. Cressado
73. Creteboom
74. Crois bhride
75. Crusader (possibly)
76. Cyclope
77. Dalewood (probably)
78. Dana (possibly)
79. Darro
80. Dawn waters
81. Diana
82. Diana
83. Dido
84. Don boscoe
85. Doris b
86. Downshire (possibly)
87. Downshire (possibly)
88. Downshire (probably)
89. Dryade
90. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
91. Dunavil forth (possibly)
92. Dundalk
93. Dunstaffnage
94. Eilean glas
95. El oso
96. Eleanor
97. Elfrida
98. Embassage
99. Emerald dawn
100. Empire airman
101. Empire of peace
102. Empire wind
103. Empress (probably)
104. Empress eugenie
105. Endymion
106. Feltre
107. Fenella ann
108. Florence
109. Flowerette
110. Flying meteor
111. Forest queen
112. Francis
113. G-azjy
114. G.3
115. George & mary
116. Georgios
117. Gerhardt (possibly)
118. Ginette michel
119. Ginger
120. Girl ita
121. Girl sylvia
122. Giuseppe
123. Glencona
124. Glenford
125. Glenmaroon (possibly)
126. Globe trotter
127. Grangemouth
128. Greltoria (probably)
129. Grinder
130. Hannah louisa
131. Harnis (probably)
132. Hebe
133. Heemskerk
134. Helmsman (probably)
135. Herbie
136. Hercules
137. Hibernian
138. Hms akranes
139. Hms benvolio
140. Hms botanic
141. Hms dirk
142. Hms fairy
143. Hms falcon (stern section)
144. Hms falmouth
145. Hms racehorse
146. Hms silicia
147. Hms thalia
148. Homer
149. Horsted
150. Hugh taylor
151. Hvitveis
152. Ida
153. Ionic (probably)
154. Irene chalmers
155. J b paddon
156. Jane (possibly)
157. Jane brown
158. Janet helen (possibly)
159. Jeanette
160. John rettig (probably)
161. Kalo (probably)
162. Kernoozer
163. Kieldrecht (possibly)
164. Kilcoan (probably)
165. Kilrea (probably)
166. Kimberley (possibly)
167. Kingston cameo
168. Knuthenborg
169. Labora (possibly)
170. Ladas (possibly)
171. Lady anstruther (probably)
172. Lady louisa
173. Lagun
174. Largo (possibly)
175. Laurel (possibly)
176. Leeds (probably)
177. Leonora
178. Lifeguard (possibly)
179. Lily
180. Limesfield
181. Linda blanche
182. Lindum
183. Liverpool
184. Lough fisher
185. Lucy
186. Lunevale
187. Lurigethan
188. Lyra
189. Lyra (bow section)
190. Madge wildfire
191. Magdalyn ann
192. Maggie
193. Maja
194. Malaguena
195. Malvina (fwd part)
196. Manchester engineer (probably)
197. Manx queen
198. Marguerite
199. Marian francis
200. Marianne toft (possibly)
201. Marie l
202. Markersdall (probably)
203. Marshall (probably)
204. Mary heeley
205. Mayfield
206. Mazeppa
207. Meeuw
208. Megawatt
209. Melfort
210. Merchiston
211. Mfv polaris
212. Mhari l
213. Middlesborough
214. Miriam thomas
215. Modig
216. Modiva (possibly)
217. Mongolian
218. Montreal
219. Moonlight
220. Moonlight (possibly)
221. Murielle
222. Nadejda (possibly)
223. Nalon
224. Nar
225. Nautilus
226. Nichola ann
227. Nitedal
228. No.163
229. Noel du marin
230. Nora
231. Norfolk coast
232. Ocean harvest ii
233. Octavia
234. Old haws pt lt or west pile
235. Onward (possibly)
236. Opal (possibly)
237. Ophir ii (possibly)
238. Orsa
239. Otis tetrax
240. Our golden promise
241. Our lassie
242. Our lorraine
243. Pacific (possibly)
244. Paraciers
245. Peebles (possibly)
246. Peru (probably)
247. Peveril
248. Portia
249. Potomac
250. Princess victoria
251. Pt1 or pt2
252. Realf
253. Rebecca
254. Residu
255. Retriever
256. Revello
257. Revi
258. Ringwall
259. River don (part of)(probably)
260. Rosa
261. Roussalka
262. Rudyard kipling
263. Saint mirren (possibly)
264. Salaminia (probably)
265. Saltaro (fwd part)
266. Saltaro (fwd part)
267. Saltaro (fwd part)
268. Saltoun
269. Samaria
270. Sarpfos
271. Scathros
272. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
273. Scorpio
274. Sea dog
275. Seagull
276. Seamew (possibly)
277. Seistan
278. Sergei
279. Silver crest
280. Silver dee
281. Silver quest 2
282. Sirajah
283. Skerries
284. Skomer
285. Sna iii
286. Sota eduardo
287. Sote (aft part)
288. Speedwell
289. St elwyn
290. Stamila
291. Stanburn
292. Storm drift
293. Sulairia
294. Sunbeam
295. Sunrise (possibly)
296. Sy sol
297. Tees
298. Thea
299. Thornfield
300. Thracian
301. Tijl uilenspiegel
302. Tilley anne
303. Tinker
304. Togston (possibly)
305. Topaz
306. Tower base
307. Treveal
308. Trongate
309. Tullaghmurray lass
310. Tumi joy 2
311. Tuskar
312. U 1024 (possibly)
313. U 1024 (probably)
314. U 246
315. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
316. Ubier (probably)
317. Uc 39
318. Uc 47
319. Uc 75
320. Umbe
321. Upminster (possibly)
322. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
323. Vanadis (possibly)
324. Varangmalm (possibly)
325. Vedra
326. Ville de valenciennes
327. Violet (probably)
328. Waltham (probably)
329. Wayside flower (possibly)
330. Whitemantle (possibly)
331. William hanbury
332. Winga
333. Wisemans
334. Ystroom (probably)
335. Zealandia

 

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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