Wreck: Hms thalia (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms thalia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 11.823 N,0 11.004 W (54.19705, -0.1834)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: HMS THALIA

Length 81.1 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1308 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Torpedoed & sunk by german submarine uc 17 4m ese from filey briggs, whilst en-route rouen to the tyne. 3 lives lost.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 34 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160227

Details measurements/cartography: H6051/18 22.10.18 POSN 541117N, 001010W. MARKED BY DAN BUOY. REPORTED AS HAVING A LEAST DEPTH 8FMS 3FT IN 17FMS. (VAEC LETTER). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. 11.10.18 LOST WITH FILEY BRIGGS BEARING WNW ABOUT 4M. (BOT WR 8/377) 22.10.18 POSN 3MIN WNW OF N BUOY IN FILEY OR 541200N, 001100W. (BOT). H3752/26 11.6.26 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1918). (ADMIRALTY). LC 1191. 5.12.74 NOW CHARTED AS USCPA 15MTRS. [TONNAGE KNOWN]. NC 129. H1310/84/22 2.8.84 LOCATED & DIVED ON. POSN FIXED USING RADAR. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). CHART AS WK PA 20MTRS. BR STD. HH090/730/01 19.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. HH100/351/13 30.4.98 LIES IN 541149N, 001957W [WGD] BY GPS. LEAST DEPTH 25MTRS. GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY 2 BELLS. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY, LTR DTD 14.4.98). INS AS WK 24MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 06.05.16 EXAM'D 27.2.16 IN 5411.823N, 0011.004W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. LENGTH 82.9MTRS,WIDTH 14.6MTRS, HEIGHT 5.4MTRS ORIENTATION 034/214. SCOUR LENGTH 11.7MTRS, 0.8MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 038DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT UPRIGHT. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND TO DW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Intact and upright.

Position: 54 11.823 N,0 11.004 W

 

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