This is the information page about the shipwreck King james (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 53.257 N,0 58.933 W (54.8698333, -0.8991667)

 

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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.

 

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8. Braconash (possibly)
9. Commercial
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11. Cutty 11
12. Dayspring (probably)
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23. Jytte (possibly)
24. King james (possibly)
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27. Moorwood (possibly)
28. Ottoland (possibly)
29. Pathfinder
30. Rosella (probably)
31. Runo
32. Rutil
33. Schaldis (possibly)
34. Stora-korsnas-link i
35. Talisman (possibly)
36. Tatiana (possibly)
37. Teesdale (possibly)
38. Thermopylae
39. Voorwarts (possibly)
40. Wayside flower

 

Name: KING JAMES (POSSIBLY)

Length 32.1 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 163 ton

Cause: Built in 190p by shofield, hagerup & doughty ltd, grimsby. owned at time of loss by the consolidated steam fishing & ice co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 40nhp, single shaft. machinery by muir & houston ltd, glasgow. passage faroes for grimsby. captured by german submarine and scuttled.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 15 MILES SOUTH EAST OF TYNE. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST). H6330/87 13.9.88 H6330/87 13.9.88 WK, LEAST DEPTH 64.3 IN GEN DEPTH 68.7MTRS, IN 545315N, 005850W [OGB]. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, TELEX 12.9.88). H6330/87 15.11.88 H6330/87 15.11.88 EXAM'D 26.6.88 USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64.3 IN GEN DEPTH 68.0MTRS. SCOUR 68.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS, LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEG, PARTIALLY BURIED WITH HIGHEST POINT AT E END. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 54 53.257 N,0 58.933 W

 

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