This is the information page about the shipwreck Isleworth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.653 N,1 13.839 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ISLEWORTH
Length 97.5 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2871 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: ex-eversley. built in 1896 by r thompson, sunderland. owned at time of loss by watts, watts & co, britain ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 236nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for middlesborough. torpedoed by uc-71 and sank almost immediately. 29 men lost. (dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 280 cm
Known since: 1919, last detected: 20161114
Details measurements/cartography: 8.5.18 SUNK ABOUT 3 MILES SW OF VENTNOR PIER. SANK QUICKLY. (BOT MASTER, DOCKET M23259). INS AS WK PA IN 503320N, 011410W.
- NM 713/18. H3047 30.5.18 SANK APPROX 2.5 MILES SW OF VENTNOR PIER, IN 503520N, 011410W. (CAPTAIN OF DOCKYARD, PORTSMOUTH). NCA. 11.5.18 SANK 3.5 M SE OF ST CATHERINES, IN 503330N 011300W. (AP REPORT - PORTSMOUTH). H6391/19 SANK 2.5-3 MILES SW OF VENTNOR PIER. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3287/24 12.5.24 AMEND TO DWPA. ?BR STD. H4607/28 DELETED.
- NM ACTION. H5808/55 24.2.56 INS AS NDWPA.
- NM ACTION. H4607/28 30.7.60 VICINITY SURVEYED. NO OBSTN LOCATED. (TH, 27.7.28). NCA. H1352/67 24.5.67 LOCATED IN 503337N, 011346W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28FMS. (SCES, 14.1.67). AMEND TO WK 28FMS. BR STD. HH100/351/03 31.8.90 LOCATED IN 503336.5N, 011359W. STANDS ABOUTS 2.5MTRS HIGH. (D C FOX). NCA. HH100/351/13 13.2.98 LOCATED IN CHARTED POSN USING MAGNETOMETER. TOP OF WK AT HW NEAPS IS AT 68MTRS. E/S SHOWED WK TO BE SOME 5-6MTRS HIGH. LIES BOWS WSW AND STERN ENE. GENERAL CONDITION REMARKABLY GOOD. MACHINERY IS STILL COVERED WITH FRAMES AND DECKING TO THE EXTENT THAT THE WHEELHOUSE FLOOR IS INTACT. ENGINES AND BOILERS COULD NOT BE SEEN, MUST BE BENEATH COLLAPSED DECKING. MUCH IRON WORK AND PLATING STANDS UP INDICATING THAT THE WK IS COMPLETELY UPRIGHT WITH LITTLE EVIDENCE OF COLLAPSE. THERE WAS NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT ANY DECKHOUSES, MASTS OR OTHER UPSTANDS STILL REMAIN. (D C WENDES, LTR DTD 10.2.98). NCA. HH100/351/14 10.2.99 DIVED IN SUMMER 1998. STANDS 9MTRS HIGH. THE TOP OF THE WK IS THE WHEELHOUSE FLOOR ABOVE THE BOILERS. BOW SECTION IS MUCH FLATTER. VESSEL IS UPRIGHT. (D C WENDES, 8.2.99). NCA. HH090/962/01 3.12.02 LOCATED IN 5033.648N, 0113.830W [WGD] USING DGPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH BY E/S BUT LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. SEADED IN THIS LOCATED STANDS HIGHER THAN THE WK. NOT INVESTIGATED WITH DCS3. LIES WITHIN AREA NOT FULLY SURVEYED DUE TO FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 962). RETAIN WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 15.10.12 EXAM'D 3.7.12 IN 5033.651N, 0113.838W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.25 IN GEN DEPTH 66.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 81.5MTRS, WIDTH 15.0MTRS, HT 9.03MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1405). CCO SURVEY. AMEND WK 57MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/000165703 14.11.16 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5033.653N, 0113.839W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 102MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 7.83MTRS, ORIENTATION 280/100 DEGS. WK LIES UPRIGHT. PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. (MMT, HI 1499). AMEND NDW 57MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 33.653 N,1 13.839 W