This is the information page about the shipwreck Hockwold, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 55.065 N,5 21.584 W (49.917750, -5.359733)

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.

Name: HOCKWOLD

Length 74.9 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 1492 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built 1911 by s.p. austin & sons ltd, sunderland, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 170hp, single shaft. owned at time of loss by cory colliers ltd, employed as an admiralty collier. passage penarth for dover. sank following collision with sunderland registered ss intent. 10 of 20 crew lost. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 113 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN POSN 250 DEGS, 7 MILES FROM THE LIZARD. (WW2SL). H2979/74 11.8.77 H2979/74 11.8.77 FF IN 495517N, 052131W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 5.5.77 & 3.8.77). 19.6.77 19.6.77 CONFIRMED WRECK IN 495515, 052126W. (E GILES, 1978). 8.5.78 8.5.78 INS NDW PA IN 495515N, 052126W. NC 2565. HH091/059/01 14.4.05 HH091/059/01 14.4.05 EXAM'D 18.9.04 IN 4955.065N, 0521.583W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.7 IN GEN DEPTH 62.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 67MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 113/293 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL DEGRADED WK. NFS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 57MTRS. BR STD. HH091/059/01 HH091/059/01 ABOVE DETAILS CONFIRMED. (GARDLINE, 1059). NCA. 7.12.07 7.12.07 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. IDENTIFIED AS "HOCKWOLD" BY A DINNER PLATE & SPOON. LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. (G POUND, TELECON 6.12.07)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEGRADED WK, LYING ON PORT SIDE

Position: 49 55.065 N,5 21.584 W

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