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 (54.346067, -0.127083)

 

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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. Albatross
3. Amsteldam
4. Angelo rose
5. Appolonia
6. Ardens (probably)
7. Aucuba (possibly)
8. Avance (probably)
9. Ballogie
10. Beaconsfield
11. Bellerophon
12. Biesbosch
13. Birtley
14. Bonhomme richard
15. Boys own
16. Brabant
17. Brema
18. Cadmus
19. Cambrai
20. Caroline
21. Chant 63
22. Charing cross (possibly)
23. Chicago
24. Chloris (possibly)
25. Commonwealth
26. Cyclope
27. Dana (possibly)
28. Deptford
29. Diana
30. Dryade
31. Dunstaffnage
32. Elfrida
33. Feltre
34. Forest queen
35. Frithof eide
36. G.3
37. Gem (bow section)
38. Gem (stern section)
39. Girl ita
40. Glamorganbrook
41. Goodwood
42. Graafjeld
43. Greltoria (probably)
44. Hannah
45. Hannah louisa
46. Helmsman (probably)
47. Hercules
48. Hms akranes
49. Hms banyers
50. Hms desire (possibly)
51. Hms dirk
52. Hms fairy
53. Hms falmouth
54. Hms thalia
55. Hms thomas cornwall
56. Holmar i
57. Horsted
58. Houghton
59. Hugh taylor
60. Ida
61. J b paddon
62. Jerv
63. John rettig (probably)
64. Kalo (probably)
65. Kernoozer
66. Kilrea
67. Kilrea (probably)
68. Knuthenborg
69. Laconia (possibly)
70. Lady anstruther (probably)
71. Lady josyan
72. Landport (possibly)
73. Leander
74. Leersum (probably)
75. Lifeguard (possibly)
76. Linaria (probably)
77. Lindum
78. Longbenton (probably)
79. M c holm
80. Magdalyn ann
81. Malvina (fwd part)
82. Manchester engineer (probably)
83. Manx queen
84. Markersdall (probably)
85. Mazeppa
86. Middlesborough
87. Mongolian
88. Nitedal
89. Norenda (possibly)
90. Onward (possibly)
91. Our lorraine
92. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
93. Peebles (possibly)
94. Potomac
95. Princess olga (possibly)
96. Riviere
97. Rosa
98. Runswick
99. Sapphire (probably)
100. Seistan
101. Sirajah
102. Sna iii
103. Sota eduardo
104. Sote (aft part)
105. Stanburn
106. Storm drift
107. Tangistan
108. Tees
109. Thea
110. Togston (possibly)
111. Tredegar hall
112. Trongate
113. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
114. Uc 39
115. Uc 75
116. Umbe
117. Upminster (possibly)
118. Vaaren
119. Vaaren (possibly)
120. Varangmalm (possibly)
121. Ville de valenciennes
122. War crocus (possibly)
123. Wayside flower (possibly)
124. Westowrie
125. Zeepaard

 

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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