This is the information page about the shipwreck Markersdall (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 56.407 N,0 7.189 E (53.7402833, 0.2099667)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Agnes
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Angelo rose
5. Ardens (probably)
6. Avance (probably)
7. Ballogie
8. Bellerophon
9. Bonhomme richard
10. Brema
11. British councillor
12. British prince
13. Briton (possibly)
14. Cadmus
15. Canada
16. Caroline
17. Carson
18. Chant 63
19. Chloris (possibly)
20. Cook s26
21. Corinth (possibly)
22. Cyclope
23. Dana (possibly)
24. Diana
25. Diana
26. Dryade
27. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
28. Elfrida
29. Empress (probably)
30. Feltre
31. Forest queen
32. Francis
33. G.3
34. Georgios
35. Giuseppe
36. Hannah louisa
37. Harnis (probably)
38. Helmsman (probably)
39. Hms dirk
40. Hms fairy
41. Hms falcon (stern section)
42. Hms silicia
43. Horsted
44. Hugh taylor
45. Ida
46. J b paddon
47. John rettig (probably)
48. Kalo (probably)
49. Kilrea (probably)
50. Kimberley (possibly)
51. Kingston cameo
52. Knuthenborg
53. Lady anstruther (probably)
54. Landport (possibly)
55. Lifeguard (possibly)
56. Lyra (bow section)
57. Magdalyn ann
58. Maggie
59. Manchester engineer (probably)
60. Manx queen
61. Marian francis
62. Marie l
63. Markersdall (probably)
64. Meeuw
65. Modig
66. Modiva (possibly)
67. Nar
68. Nitedal
69. Onward (possibly)
70. Orsa
71. Otis tetrax
72. Our lorraine
73. Paraciers
74. Peebles (possibly)
75. Portia
76. Realf
77. Revi
78. River don (part of)(probably)
79. Saltoun
80. Sergei
81. Sna iii
82. Sota eduardo
83. Stanburn
84. Storm drift
85. Tees
86. Togston (possibly)
87. Uc 39
88. Uc 47
89. Uc 75
90. Umbe
91. Upminster (possibly)
92. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
93. Varangmalm (possibly)
94. Ville de valenciennes
95. Violet (probably)
96. Wayside flower (possibly)
97. Whitemantle (possibly)

 

Name: MARKERSDALL (PROBABLY)

Length 82.3 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1640 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-haakon, ex-ellen jensen. built in 1907 by akites, burmeister & wain, copnehagen. owned at time of loss by d/s aegir a/s. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 144hp, single shaft. passage dunston for rouen. cargo 2500 tons coal. torpedoed bu uc-63.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 178 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: H5408/17 5.9.17 INS WK (OLD SYMBOL) IN 535530N, 000700E, WITH BUOY TO S. - FNM 564/17. H5896/17 1.10.17 AMEND TO WK 10FMS & DELETE BUOY. - FNM 609/17. 10.4.24 AMEND TO NDW. NE 1190. H0180/40 30.1.40 POSN 10M 140DEGS FLAMBOROUGH LT. (CUSTOMS, HULL, 30.1.40). H01624/44 14.6.44 POSN 535636N, 000724E. KNOWN TO HAVE AT LEAST 60FT OF WATER OVER IT. (CAPT M/S HUMBER 14.4.44). LC 1190. 10.4.72 AMEND TO WK 18MTRS. NC 121. 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 17.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H2534/74 28.11.79 THREE BAD OBSTNS REPD IN 535644N, 000700E; 535631N, 000720E & 535623N, 000711E. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS - VOL 1). H5084/77 20.3.80 EXAM'D 27.11.79 IN 535623N, 000720E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.3 IN GEN DEPTH 30.6MTRS. SCOUR 1.0MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS, LENGTH 79MTRS. LARGE WK LYING 160/340DEGS. MAINLY INTACT BUT WITH SOME SCATTERED WRECKAGE. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79). BR STD. H1942/76 9.3.81 SWEPT 30.7.81. CLEAR AT 23.8, FOUL AT 24.2MTRS. SEA CONDITIONS - SWELL 1.5MTRS. (SOISS, HI 65/80). BR STD. SEP 2016/000053291 12.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5356.407N, 0007.189E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 84.1MTRS, WIDTH 13.2MTRS, HEIGHT 4.77MTRS, ORIENTATION 178/358 DEGS. WRECK LIES ON ITS SIDE BUT HAS LARGELY COLLASPED AND IS PARTIALLY BURIED. SOME SCATTERED WRECKAGE AROUND THE AREA. THERE IS A STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck well degraded

Position: 53 56.407 N,0 7.189 E

 

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