Wreck: Herrington (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Herrington, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 37.169 N,2 27.619 W (56.522716666667, -2.3277666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: HERRINGTON
Length 70.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.5, tonnage 1258 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1905 by s p austin & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by lambton & hetton colliers ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 155nhp, single shaft. machinery by richardson, westgarth & co, sunderland. passage from methil. struck mine laid by uc-77. (ww1sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 63 cm
Known since: 1976, last detected: 20220621
Details measurements/cartography: H1309/76 19.1.76 WK OF HERRINGTON REPD IN POSN 563642N, 022800W. BELL RECOVERED IN 1975. WELL BROKEN UP. (INCHCAPE DIVERS, ARBROATH, 9.1.76). NCA YET. HH100/351/02 8.12.89 DIVED IN 563706N, 022745W USING DECCA. BOW TO BOILERS LIES UPSIDE DOWN AND ENGINE TO STERN LIES ON PORT SIDE. ONE SINGLE BOILER, THREE CYLINDER ENGINE. SIZE TYPICAL OF COASTAL COLLIER. INSCRIPTION ON CUTLERY FOUND IN WK READS 'HERRINGTON'. STERN HIGHEST POINT. LEAST DEPTH 20 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. (G L WADSWORTH, 22.11.89). PLOTS IN CHARTED DEPTH 20MTRS. INS AS USC 10MTRS.
- NM 29/90. . RSDRA2023000009230 30.01.23 EXAM'D 21.06.2022 IN 5637.169N, 0227.619W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.38MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 76.5MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HEIGHT 7.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 063/243 DEGS. DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED WRECK, WITH A BOILER POSITIONED IN THE MIDDLE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1731 - H525 - 3042). AMEND DW 15.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Degraded and partially buried wreck, with a boiler positioned in the middle.
Position: 56 37.169 N,2 27.619 W
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