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 (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Action
5. Adgillus
6. Afton
7. Airdrie (possibly)
8. Albatross
9. Alliance
10. Amber rose
11. Amicus
12. Amstelland
13. Anastasia
14. Angle
15. Arantzazu mendi
16. Ardbeg (probably)
17. Argo (possibly)
18. Ariel (possibly)
19. Audentia
20. Aurora
21. Ave maria
22. Balfron (probably)
23. Ballater
24. Ballina
25. Barrister (possibly)
26. Bassa
27. Be ready (probably)
28. Bella
29. Bellerophon
30. Ben rein (ex-starling)
31. Bessie
32. Beursplein
33. Blue star
34. Brema
35. Briar
36. Bur
37. C s parnell
38. Cadmus
39. Calista (probably)
40. Cap palos (part of)
41. Cardea
42. Carley marie
43. Carmelite (possibly)
44. Caroline
45. Casanare
46. Cevic
47. Chant 63
48. Chloe (possibly)
49. Chloris (possibly)
50. Citrine
51. City of mobile
52. Clan macmaster
53. Clan menzies
54. Coalman
55. Conargo
56. Conisbro castle
57. Connemara
58. Conovium (probably)
59. Constantia
60. Corrientes
61. Creteboom
62. Crois bhride
63. Crown
64. Crusader (possibly)
65. Cyclope
66. Dalewood (probably)
67. Dana (possibly)
68. Darro
69. Dawn waters
70. Diana
71. Don boscoe
72. Donegal
73. Doris b
74. Downshire (possibly)
75. Downshire (probably)
76. Dryade
77. Dunavil forth (possibly)
78. Dundalk
79. Dunmore
80. Eileen
81. Eleanor
82. Elfrida
83. Eli
84. Elizabeth hyam
85. Ellen sheant
86. Embassage
87. Emerald dawn
88. Empire airman
89. Empire of peace
90. Empire tana
91. Empire wind
92. Empress eugenie
93. Express (possibly)
94. Express (possibly)
95. Feltre
96. Fenella ann
97. Florence
98. Flowerette
99. Flying meteor
100. Forest queen
101. Frieda
102. Fulmar
103. G-azjy
104. George & mary
105. Georgetown victory (part of)
106. Georgetown victory (part of)
107. Georgina hutton
108. Ginette michel
109. Ginger
110. Girl may
111. Girl sylvia
112. Glencona
113. Glendun
114. Glengarry (probably)
115. Glenmaroon (possibly)
116. Globe trotter
117. Glow (part of) (possibly)
118. Glow (part of) (possibly)
119. Green hill (part of)(probably)
120. Grinder
121. Guiding star
122. Hannah louisa
123. Helgoland
124. Helmsman (probably)
125. Herbie
126. Hibernian
127. Hms dirk
128. Hms fairy
129. Hms garmo (probably)
130. Hms racehorse
131. Hms racoon
132. Holmar i
133. Horizon ii
134. Hornsund (probably)
135. Horsted
136. Hugh taylor
137. Hunsdon
138. Ida
139. J b paddon
140. Jane
141. Jane brown
142. Janeeta (possibly)
143. Jeanette
144. Jenemi
145. John rettig (probably)
146. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
147. Kalo (probably)
148. Keret
149. Kilbroney (probably)
150. Kilrea (probably)
151. Knuthenborg
152. L'amite
153. Labora (possibly)
154. Lady ann
155. Lady anstruther (probably)
156. Lady helen
157. Lady louisa
158. Lagun
159. Landport (possibly)
160. Largo (possibly)
161. Leeds (probably)
162. Lifeguard (possibly)
163. Lily
164. Limesfield
165. Liverpool
166. Lough fisher
167. Lucy
168. Lunevale
169. Lyra
170. Madame renee
171. Madge wildfire
172. Magdalyn ann
173. Maja
174. Malaguena
175. Manchester engineer (probably)
176. Marguerite
177. Marianne toft (possibly)
178. Markersdall (probably)
179. Mary heeley
180. Mayfield
181. Megawatt
182. Melfort
183. Merisia
184. Mfv polaris
185. Mhari l
186. Montreal
187. Moonlight
188. Moonlight (possibly)
189. Murielle
190. Nalon
191. Neils john
192. Nichola ann
193. Nitedal
194. No.163
195. Noel du marin
196. Nora
197. Norhilda
198. Novillo
199. Ocean harvest ii
200. Octavia
201. Old haws pt lt or west pile
202. Onward (possibly)
203. Oona hall
204. Opal (possibly)
205. Our brighter dawn
206. Our golden promise
207. Our lassie
208. Our lorraine
209. Our queen
210. Passages
211. Peebles (possibly)
212. Peshawur
213. Peveril
214. Phare (probably)
215. Pins wreck (nimble)
216. Playmate (possibly)
217. Pt1 or pt2
218. Queen of the isles (probably)
219. Rebecca
220. Retriever
221. Rfa industry (probably)
222. Rian
223. Rikard nordraak
224. Ringwall
225. Robert dee
226. Romeo
227. Rudyard kipling
228. Saint barchan
229. Saint mirren (possibly)
230. Saltaro (fwd part)
231. Saltaro (fwd part)
232. Saltaro (fwd part)
233. Samaria
234. Scathros
235. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
236. Scorpio
237. Scotia
238. Seamew (possibly)
239. Selker ltv (possibly)
240. Silver crest
241. Silver dee
242. Silver quest 2
243. Silverpine
244. Sir francis
245. Sixty-six
246. Skerries
247. Skomer
248. Sliedrecht
249. Sna ii
250. Sna iii
251. Sota eduardo
252. Southborough
253. Speedbird
254. Speedwell
255. Springhill
256. St elwyn
257. Stamila
258. Stanburn
259. Storm drift
260. Sumus (probably)
261. Sunbeam
262. Sunrise (possibly)
263. Sy sol
264. Taurus (probably)
265. Tees
266. Temple mead
267. Tetsuko
268. The quiet man
269. Thornfield
270. Thracian
271. Tide (probably)
272. Tilley anne
273. Tinker
274. Togston (possibly)
275. Topaz
276. Tornamona
277. Trelyon
278. Tullaghmurray lass
279. Tumi joy 2
280. Tuskar
281. Tuskar
282. U 1024 (possibly)
283. Ubier (probably)
284. Uc 39
285. Uc 75
286. Umbe
287. Upminster (possibly)
288. Upwey grange
289. Vanadis (possibly)
290. Varangmalm (possibly)
291. Vedra
292. Victo (bow section)
293. Victo (stern section)
294. Victoria (probably)
295. Viking
296. Ville de valenciennes
297. Wallsend
298. Waltham (probably)
299. Wayside flower (possibly)
300. Westburn (possibly)
301. Wild wave
302. William hanbury

 

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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