This is the information page about the shipwreck Highcliffe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 6.002 N,5 53.589 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)

 

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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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Name: HIGHCLIFFE

Length 140.2 meter, tonnage 3238 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1909 by j readhead & sons ltd, south shilds. owned at time of loss by cliff ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 299 nhp, single shaft. passage from glasgow. torpedoed by ub-87. one man lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 91 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20180604

Details measurements/cartography: 8.9.18 MILFORD HAVEN HP REPORT. (M014192). 14.9.18 POSN BETWEEN TUSKAR & SMALLS. (M43070, BOT WR 8/202). INS ON CHARTS IN 520600N, 055400W PA. AUBD 319/167 2.3.45 PA 520630N, 055330W. SONAR CONTACT. L 300FT, H 36FT. (EG 5). 24.11.72 AMEND TO USCPA 40FMS. NE 1410. H3140/69 16.5.77 LOCATED 23.3.77 IN 520557.9N, 055330.7W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 93MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HEIGHT 8MTRS ORIENTATION 040/220DEG. LENGTH 140MTRS (HMS FAWN, HI 44/75). AMEND WK 84MTRS. BR STD. H4467/81 11.4.83 LOCATED 14.7.82, NOT EXAM'D. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 70). [WGD] POSN: 5206.017N, 0553.567W. SEP2018/000274610 13.11.18 EXAM'D 4.6.18 IN 5206.0022N, 0553.5886W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 82.78MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 91MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 11.6MTRS, HEIGHT 8.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225 DEGS. WRECK IS ALMOST INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED AT BOW END. (RV KEARY, INFOMAR, H102). AMEND NDW 82TRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 6.002 N,5 53.589 W

 

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