This is the information page about the shipwreck Manchester engineer (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 5.366 N,0 1.767 E (53.9066333, 0.2724833)

 

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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.

 

1. Airdrie (possibly)
2. Balfron (probably)
3. Ballater
4. Bellerophon
5. Brema
6. Bur
7. Cadmus
8. Cap palos (part of)
9. Caroline
10. Chant 63
11. Chloris (possibly)
12. Constantia
13. Cyclope
14. Dana (possibly)
15. Diana
16. Dryade
17. Elfrida
18. Eli
19. Feltre
20. Forest queen
21. Glengarry (probably)
22. Glow (part of) (possibly)
23. Glow (part of) (possibly)
24. Hannah louisa
25. Helmsman (probably)
26. Hms dirk
27. Hms fairy
28. Hms garmo (probably)
29. Holmar i
30. Hornsund (probably)
31. Horsted
32. Hugh taylor
33. Ida
34. J b paddon
35. Jane
36. John rettig (probably)
37. Kalo (probably)
38. Kilrea (probably)
39. Knuthenborg
40. Lady ann
41. Lady anstruther (probably)
42. Lady helen
43. Landport (possibly)
44. Lifeguard (possibly)
45. Madame renee
46. Magdalyn ann
47. Manchester engineer (probably)
48. Markersdall (probably)
49. Nitedal
50. Norhilda
51. Novillo
52. Onward (possibly)
53. Our lorraine
54. Peebles (possibly)
55. Phare (probably)
56. Rikard nordraak
57. Sir francis
58. Sixty-six
59. Sna ii
60. Sna iii
61. Sota eduardo
62. Southborough
63. Springhill
64. Stanburn
65. Storm drift
66. Sumus (probably)
67. Taurus (probably)
68. Tees
69. Togston (possibly)
70. Uc 39
71. Uc 75
72. Umbe
73. Upminster (possibly)
74. Varangmalm (possibly)
75. Victo (bow section)
76. Victo (stern section)
77. Victoria (probably)
78. Ville de valenciennes
79. Wallsend
80. Wayside flower (possibly)

 

Name: MANCHESTER ENGINEER (PROBABLY)

Length 93 meter, width: 15.8 meter, tonnage 4465 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1902 by northumberland sb co ltd., with three boilers, triple expansion engine of 372hp, single shaft. machinery by richardsons, westgarth & co ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by manchester liners ltd. passage south shields for st naziare. torpedoed by u-34. no lives lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 297 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160310

Details measurements/cartography: H5150 23.8.17 POSN 540315N, 000430E, 0.5M TO W OF BUOY. (PILOT'S REPORT). H01624/44 16.7.44 POSN 540446N, 000254E. LEAST DEPTH 51FT. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 15.7.44). NE 1190 & NM 1612/44. 3.7.72 SHOWN ON DANISH FISH CHARTS 5400 & 5300 [1965 EDN]. 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK 15.5MTRS. NC 121. 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 14.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H5084/77 21.3.80 LOCATED 28.11.79 IN 540522N, 000153E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.4 IN GEN DEPTH 42.7MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 9.6MTRS, LENGTH 130MTRS. LYING 030/310DEG. WK WITH HIGH POINTS AT EITHER END. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79). BR STD. 6.5.04 EUT POSN: 5405.380N, 0001.778E. NE 121. 1.6.09 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS GRAAFJELD, BUT CONSIDERED THAT THIS WRECK IS PROBABLY MANCHESTER ENGINEER FROM LENGTH AND SIZE. (C RACEY E-MAIL DTD 29.5.09) DETAILS OF MANCHESTER ENGINEER TRANSFERRED FROM [6473] & NEW POSN FOR FILING RECORD CREATED FOR GRAFFJELD [73596]. NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 4.10.16 EXAM'D 10.3.16; IN 5405.366N, 0001.767E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 31.83MTRS, GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. LENGTH 123.0MTRS, WIDTH 16.4MTRS, HT 8.61MTRS, ORIENTATION 297/117 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK PARTIALLY INTACT. (MMT, HI 1473, H525_6483). AMEND NDW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 5.366 N,0 1.767 E

 

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