Wreck: Longbird (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Longbird, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 6.599 N,1 13.439 W (55.109983, -1.223983)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: LONGBIRD
Length 51.8 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 636 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,grain
Cause: ex-kilmuckridge, ex-newton bay. built in 1919 by smith's dock co ltd, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by w a wilson, nassau (antony & bainbridge, manager). one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by the builder. 13 knots. passage river clyde for hull. foundered following collision with ss beltoy (1544 gt) 10 miles ne of tyne n pier lt. (r young & sibi).
Year of registration: 1962
Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1962, last detected: 1998
Details measurements/cartography: FOUNDERED 10 MILES NE OF TYNE N PIER LT. (R YOUNG). H1657/62 11.5.62 LOCATED IN 550639N, 011308W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 186 FT IN GEN DEPTH 213 FT. LITTLE OR NO SCOUR. (HMS SHACKLETON, MARCH 1962). INS AS WK 31FMS. BR STD. 17.5.73 AMENDED TO WK 56MTRS. NC 152. 3.12.75 AMENDED TO WK 55MTRS. NC 152. (CHANGE OF DATUM). HH090/796/01 8.1.99 EXAM'D 22.7.98 IN 5506.599N, 0113.439W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55.3 IN GEN DEPT 64MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 65.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS. LENGTH 57MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. RELATIVELY INTACT WITH VISIBLE SUPERSTRUCTURE. APPEARS TO BE ON ITS SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 796). RETAIN AS WK 55MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: VIRTUALLY INTACT. PROBABLY ON ITS SIDE.
Position: 55 6.599 N,1 13.439 W
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