This is the information page about the shipwreck Mangalore (part of)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 35.168 N,0 4.574 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: MANGALORE (PART OF)(POSSIBLY)
Length 146.4 meter, width: 19.4 meter, draught: 10.8, tonnage 8886 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,general and mixed goods,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,ore
Cause: built in 1920 by c connell & co ltd, glasgow. onwed at time of loss by t & j brocklebank ltd. two boilers, turbine engines of 1147hp. ?twin shaft. passage calcutta for london & hull to the tees. general cargo of 1750 tons manganese ore, gunnies, animal meal, desiccated coconut, jute & bones. mined & sank 1.5m off spurn lt ho.
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2012
Details measurements/cartography: H0193/39 1.12.39 H0193/39 1.12.39 ST LIES 288DEGS, 1.5M FROM SPURN LT HO. (TH). - PFNM 2732/39. H0146/39 27.12.39 H0146/39 27.12.39 ST LIES 288DEGS, 1.5M FROM SPURN LT HO, MASTS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE SHOWING. MARKED BY G SPH BUOY CLOSE NW. (CASUALTY LIST, 10.12.39). - FNM 2882/39. H0146/39 2.2.40 H0146/39 2.2.40 ST LIES 287DEGS, 1.57M FROM SPURN LT HO. (HUMBER CONSERVANCY BOARD). - FNM 167/40. H0193/39 14.3.40 H0193/39 14.3.40 ST LIES 286DEGS, 1.5M FROM SPURN LT HO. MARKED BY G SPH BUOYS CLOSE NW & SE. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 663/40. H0193/39 17.6.46 H0193/39 17.6.46 ST NOW MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, FLG, 135DEGS 1C FROM WK. (HUMBER NM 25/46).
- NM 2024/46. H4984/47 30.7.47 H4984/47 30.7.47 FIXED AS A DRYING WK DURING 1946 SURVEY. AN EXTENSIVE SWEEP WAS CARRIED OUT 0-2FT ABOVE THE BOTTOM & NO TRACE WAS FOUND. THE DEEP SCOURS SHOWN ON 1946 SURVEY HAVE DISAPPEARED & NOW THERE IS GEN SEA DEPTH OF 46FT IN 533509N, 000436E (OR 285DEGS, 1.603M FROM SPURN PT LT HO). (HMS SCOTT, JUNE 1947).
- NM 2004/47. H0193/39 31.10.47 H0193/39 31.10.47 LT BUOY REMOVED. (HUMBER NM 53/47).
- NM 2869/47. 15.3.62 15.3.62 NOW CHARTED AS FOUL. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1188. 16.9.77 16.9.77 SHOWN AS FOUL ON BTDB SURVEY K5557 [1976]. HH091/178/01 3.3.08 HH091/178/01 3.3.08 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. PROBABLY COVERED BY SEABED. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1178). DELETE. BR STD. 30.1.13 30.1.13 LOCATED IN 5335.168N, 0004.574E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.31MTRS. (SDC BATHY REPROCESSING OF HI 1400, HMSML GLEANER). PROBABLY DEBRIS. INS AS FOUL 11.3MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLE WRECKAGE
Position: 53 35.168 N,0 4.574 E