This is the information page about the shipwreck Marchioness of londonderry, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 32.522 N,0 39.13 W (54.542033, -0.652167)

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: MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY

Length 54.9 meter, width: 8.7 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 682 ton

Cause: built 1878 by e withy & co., w hartlepool, with steam compound engine of 90hp, 1 boiler, single shaft. machinery by t. richardson & son, hartlepool. owned at time of loss by marquess of londonderry. passage sunderland for ymuiden. sank following a collision with ss forth in fog off sandsend. (wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20170106

Details measurements/cartography: VENETIA SANK 3M NNW FROM WHITBY ROCK BUOY. (WW1SL). CHARTED AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1917). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) H3752/26 11.6.26 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA (1917) IN 543230N, 004000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 1191. 3.4.74 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 134. H1270/73 1.7.81 AMEND TO DW IN 543220N, 003920W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BR STD. H5103/83 2.9.83 WK IN 543242N, 003926W. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER NO W61, WHITBY AREA - BAYMANS HOLE, APR 1983 EDN). H1311/88 11.10.88 WK IN 543229N, 003911W. FISHED REGULARLY. (M FREEMAN, 30.9.88). NCA. H6331/87 19.1.89 EXAM'D 11.8.88 IN 543231N, 003902W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 35.0, FOUL AT 35.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.5 IN GEN DEPTH 39-41MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. LIES 125/305DEG. APPEARS BROKEN UP AND DECAYED, COVERING AREA 62 X 10MTRS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B).

- NM 596/89. HH100/351/09 7.6.95 PORTHOLES WITH BRASS SHUTTERS. AREA OF BOTTLES CEMENTED TOGETHER ON STBD SIDE OF ENGINE. WHEEL ON AFT STBD SIDE BUT UNNAMED. PART OF BOW INTACT AND STANDING HIGH. SINGLE BOILER, STEAM COMPOUND ENGINE. POSSIBLY MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). SEE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS CANNOT BE VENETIA WHICH HAD 3 BOILERS. 30.5.02 EUT POSN: 54.32.527N, 0039.135W. NE 1612. 16.4.09 THE VENETIA WAS BEACHED 200 YDS NW OF WHITBY PIERS. THE WRECK IN THIS POSN HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY. IDENTITY IS BASED ON MATCHING MACHINERY, LENGTH, POSITION OF LOSS AND MANY ARTEFACTS RECOVERED. (C RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 14.4.09) SEP 2015/000095701 1.6.15 EXAM'D BY BDC 37.05MTRS IN 5432.523N, 0039.132W [WGD]. NFS. (CEFAS SURVEY, DS9). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 8.5.17 EXAM'D 06.01.2017 IN 5432.522N, 0039.130W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS, LENGTH 53.3MTRS, WIDTH 15.1MTRS, HEIGHT 3.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. WRECK IS SEVERELY DEGRADED WITH OUTLINE OF THE HULL PRESENT AND A LARGE CENTRAL MASS OF DEBRIS, TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE WRECK A STRUCTURE PRESUMED TO BE THE PROPELLOR SHAFT IS VISIBLE. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 32.522 N,0 39.13 W

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