This is the information page about the shipwreck Jolly girls (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 0.437 N,1 22.538 W (55.007283, -1.375633)

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: JOLLY GIRLS (POSSIBLY)

Length 48.2 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 483 ton
Load: vehicles,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built 1936 by smith's dock co ltd, southbank, middlesbrough for messrs f w horlock's ocean transport co ltd. four cylinder, two stroke oil engine of 125 bhp, single shaft. machinery aft by atlas diesel a/b, stockholm. requistioned from original owners. mined. two men lost. (sibi). was towed for 20 minutes before sinking. (ww2sl & lloyds war losses).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/04 16.4.91 DIVED MAR '91 IN 550027N, 012221W [OGB]. APPROX 170FT LONG 30FT WIDE. LIES IN 85FT WITH BOW HEADING TOWARDS PIERS AT N SHIELDS. HULL TOTALLY BURIED TO DECK LEVEL BUT MAIN BULK OF ENGINE STANDS 20FT CLEAR OF SEABED. NOT AS YET IDENTIFIED BUT THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE THE JOLLY GIRLS. (K MILES, 3.4.91). INS AS WK 20MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/07 5.11.93 WK LOCATED IN 550024.5N, 012232W [?OGB] USING GPS, SONAR AND MAGNETOMETER. STANDS ABOUT 3MTRS HIGH. LENGTH 70 - 80FT. GOOD SONAR TARGET. GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. (G BRULE, OCT '93). NCA. HH090/796/01 5.1.99 EXAM'D 25.7.98 IN 550026.0N, 012231.6W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.8, FOUL 19.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.9 IN GEN DEPTH 21.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.1MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. PARTLY BURIED WK. BOW AND STERN VISIBLE SHOWING SOME ELEVATION ABOVE SEABED. MAJORITY OF MIDSHIPS LOOKS TO BE BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 796). BR STD. SEP 2019/000043627 26.3.19 EXAM’D 26.3.19 IN 5500.437N, 0122.538W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.86MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 8.4MTRS, HT 2.7MTRS. HEAVILY BROKEN UP, MAINLY BURIED, THOUGH BOW AND STERN VISIBLE. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 18.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HEAVILY BROKEN UP, MAINLY BURIED, THOUGH BOW AND STERN VISIBLE

Position: 55 0.437 N,1 22.538 W

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