This is the information page about the shipwreck Hurstwood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 32.289 N,0 31.334 W (54.4542667, -0.3978333)

 

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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.

 

1. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amulet
5. Anboto mendi (possibly)
6. Ard aidhm
7. Ardgantoch
8. Athelstane
9. Athos
10. Audax
11. Balfron (probably)
12. Ballater
13. Ballogie
14. Battersea
15. Beaumanoir (probably)
16. Ben aden
17. Berwick (possibly)
18. Black prince (possibly)
19. Botha (possibly)
20. Brentwood
21. Bur
22. Cap palos (part of)
23. Castleford (probably)
24. Commercial
25. Constantia
26. Corsican prince
27. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
28. Creteblock
29. Crimdon (possibly)
30. Dayspring (probably)
31. Defiant
32. Disperser
33. Doris burton (probably)
34. Eaglescliffe (probably)
35. Earl percy
36. Eli
37. Ellida (probably)
38. Erich lea
39. Ferruccio
40. Florence (possibly)
41. Florentia
42. Fred everard
43. Garthwaite
44. Gem (bow section)
45. Gem (stern section)
46. Gimle
47. Glamorganbrook
48. Glengarry (probably)
49. Glow (part of) (possibly)
50. Glow (part of) (possibly)
51. Gothia
52. Gwalia (possibly)
53. Harrow (probably)
54. Hercules
55. Highgate
56. Hms banyers
57. Hms desire (possibly)
58. Hms desire (possibly)
59. Hms dromio
60. Hms garmo (probably)
61. Hms locheil
62. Hms lord ridley
63. Hms swallow
64. Hornsund (probably)
65. Houghton
66. Hurstwood
67. Jane
68. Lady ann
69. Lady helen
70. Lampada (probably)
71. Lanthorn
72. Leersum (probably)
73. Lerwick (probably)
74. Linaria (probably)
75. London
76. Lowtyne (possibly)
77. Lucy
78. M c holm
79. Madame renee
80. Marchioness of londonderry
81. Marie stuart
82. Martina
83. Melanie (probably)
84. Membland (possibly)
85. Merrie islington
86. Modemi (possibly)
87. Moorlands
88. Moorwood (possibly)
89. Namorado field jacket
90. Norenda (possibly)
91. Norhilda
92. Novillo
93. Oakwell
94. Pandora
95. Paul
96. Phare (probably)
97. Philander (probably)
98. Polanna
99. Polruan
100. Princess olga (possibly)
101. Quaggy (probably)
102. Rikard nordraak
103. Rutil
104. Saint ninian
105. Sapphire (probably)
106. Sarah thinnesen
107. Schaldis (possibly)
108. Sir francis
109. Sixty-six
110. Skane
111. Sna ii
112. Southborough
113. Springhill
114. Sumus (probably)
115. Suntrap (probably)
116. Taurus (probably)
117. Ub 30
118. Ub 41
119. Ub 75
120. Uc 70
121. Vaaren
122. Vaaren (possibly)
123. Victo (bow section)
124. Victo (stern section)
125. Victoria (probably)
126. Wallsend
127. Westowrie
128. Woodstock (bow section)
129. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: HURSTWOOD

Length 68.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1229 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1906 by s p austin & son, sunderland, with one boiler, triple expansion engine of 179hp, single shaft. machinery by g clark ltd., sunderland. owned at time of loss by cory colliers ltd. passage london for newcastle-upon-tyne. torpedoed and sunk by ub-34. 4 of 15 crew lost. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 6M NE OF WHITBY. (WW1SL). H3752/26 11.6.26 INS NDW PA (1918) IN 543200N, 003100W ON 1191. H4593/59 9.11.59 AMEND TO NDW PA. NC 1200. 3.4.74 AMEND TO WK USC PA 28MTRS. NC 134. 9.5.85 AMEND TO WK USC PA 40MTRS. NE 134. H5103/83 9.9.86 FASTENER IN 543123N, 003100W. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER OBSTN BOOKLET: WHITBY AREA). H6331/87 26.1.89 EXAM'D 3.5.88 IN 543217N, 003116W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS. LIES 085/265DEG, WELL BROKEN UP AND WITH 2 HIGH POINTS NEAR W END. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). BR STD. 30.3.09 IDENTIFIED AS HURSTWOOD FROM VARIOUS ARTEFACTS RECOVERED INCLUDING CORY CROCKERY, MACHINERY DETAILS, DAMAGE & POSN OF LOSS. (CARL RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 27.3.09) IDENTITY AMENDED. NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 5.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5432.289N, 0031.334W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.37MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS, LENGTH 74.0MTRS, WIDTH 11.7MTRS, HEIGHT 5.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 090/270 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT AND INTACT BUT SEVERELY DISINTEGRATED. BOW SECTION IS DISTINCT BUT WELL BROKEN, STERN SECTION APPEARS TO BE MORE INTACT BUT HAS FALLEN OVER. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 54 32.289 N,0 31.334 W

 

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