This is the information page about the shipwreck Manchester engineer (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 47.702 N,7 2.38 W (51.867, -6.7975)

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: MANCHESTER ENGINEER (POSSIBLY)

Length 109.2 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 4302 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,grain

Cause: built in 1902 by the northumberland sb co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by manchester liners ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 372nhp, single shaft. machinery by richards, westgarth & co ltd, sunderland. passage philadelphia for manchester. torpedoed without warning by u-44. sank while under tow of two armed trawlers and hms lavender. (sii).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 33 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: REPD SUNK IN 180FT OF WATER, 20 MILES SW OF CONINGBEG LT. (BOT). SUNK 13 MILES SSW OF WATERFORD. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H0109/45 9.4.45 V GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 514800N, 070300W. LENGTH 230FT, BREADTH 130FT, HT 30FT. REPD BY EG 21. (W. APPRS LIST - WAGO 524; AUBD 319/66). 6.12.77 INS AS USCPA 60MTRS IN 514800N, 070300W. NC 2049. H2979/74 26.1.78 FASTENER REPD IN 514756N, 070246W. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES, 5.3.77). H1933/79 9.4.81 EXAM'D 9.4.81 IN 514736N, 070227W USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 66MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 61MTRS, BEAM 24MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEG. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS FOX, HI 51B/79). AMEND TO WK 66MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/20 8.9.03 DIVED IN 5147.722N, 0702.369W [WGD]. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LIES NE/SW. A LARGE, UPRIGHT CARGO/PASSENGER SHIP. COLLAPSING INWARDS. MANY TRAWL AND GILL NETS OVER IT. POSSIBLE TWIN ENGINES. SEABED HARD SAND. CINC REQUESTED. (G GOOCH, FAX DTD 3.9.03). AMEND POSN. BR STD. DEP2020/000269249 19.4.17 LOCATED IN POS 5147.702N, 00702.380W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 65.48MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 72.8MTRS, HEIGHT 7.3MTRS, LENGTH 71.5MTRS, WIDTH 11.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 033/213 DEGS. SCOUR DEPTH 73.6MTRS, SCOUR LENGTH 27.0MTRS. THE WRECK IS INTACT.(RV CELTIC VOYAGER, INFORMAR CV17_01).AMEND WRECK TO 65.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 47.702 N,7 2.38 W

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