This is the information page about the shipwreck Hurstside, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 17.717 N,4 14.967 W (60.016666666667, -4.0166666666667)

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: HURSTSIDE

Length 100.7 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.6, tonnage 3149 ton
Load: vehicles,railway: stock and construction materials,coal,general and mixed goods

Cause: vessel built as 'portreath' in 1907 by j blumer of sunderland for the portfield ss co. a '3 island vessel'. engine by j dickinson of sunderland. bought by the charlton ss co of newcastle in 1916 and renamed 'hurstside'. torpedoed and later sunk by gunfire by german submarine uc-54 while on passage barry to archangel. cargo 5250 tons of coal, 12 bags of mail, inc 2 secret bags, and deck cargo of 4 track laying tractors. crew abandoned into two boats, captain howe and 11 men in one and 12 men in the other. later recovered by the s trawler 'owl'.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 425 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 108M NNE 1/4 E FROM CAPE WRATH. (WW1SL). SUNK IN 602500N, 043800W, APPROX. (LLWW1). 22.2.80 22.2.80 NDW PA IN 602300N, 043100W. (US P/O, DTD 16.10.76). NCA, TOO DEEP TO CHART. HH100/351/15 21.8.00 HH100/351/15 21.8.00 LOCATED BY ROV IN 6017.717N, 9414.967W [WGD]. INVESTIGATED BY ROV. IDENTIFIED BY DECK CARGO OF TRACK-LAYING TRACTORS MANUFACTURED BY THE CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. (AW PUBLIC RELATIONS, LTR DTD 17.8.00). PLOTS IN 425MTRS. NCA. TOO DEEP TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 60 17.717 N,4 14.967 W

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