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 (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
5. Action
6. Adgillus
7. Afton
8. Agnes
9. Airdrie (possibly)
10. Alliance
11. Amber rose
12. Amicus
13. Amsteldam
14. Amstelland
15. Anastasia
16. Angelo rose
17. Ardbeg (probably)
18. Ardens (probably)
19. Argo (possibly)
20. Ariel (possibly)
21. Aurora
22. Avance (probably)
23. Ballina
24. Ballogie
25. Barrister (possibly)
26. Bassa
27. Be ready (probably)
28. Bella
29. Bellerophon
30. Ben cruachan
31. Ben rein (ex-starling)
32. Bessie
33. Beursplein
34. Blanche (possibly)
35. Bonhomme richard
36. Brema
37. Briar
38. British councillor
39. British prince
40. Briton (possibly)
41. C s parnell
42. Cadmus
43. Calista (probably)
44. Canada
45. Cardea
46. Carley marie
47. Carmelite (possibly)
48. Caroline
49. Carson
50. Casanare
51. Chant 63
52. Chloris (possibly)
53. Chrysopolis
54. Citrine
55. Clan macmaster
56. Clan menzies
57. Clwyd (probably)
58. Coalman
59. Conargo
60. Conargo
61. Conisbro castle
62. Coniston (probably)
63. Connemara
64. Conovium (probably)
65. Cook s26
66. Corinth (possibly)
67. Corrientes
68. Counsellor iii
69. Cressado
70. Creteboom
71. Crois bhride
72. Crusader (possibly)
73. Cyclope
74. Dalewood (probably)
75. Dana (possibly)
76. Darro
77. Dawn waters
78. Diana
79. Diana
80. Don boscoe
81. Doris b
82. Downshire (possibly)
83. Downshire (probably)
84. Dryade
85. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
86. Dunavil forth (possibly)
87. Dundalk
88. Eilean glas
89. Eileen
90. Eleanor
91. Elfrida
92. Embassage
93. Emerald dawn
94. Empire airman
95. Empire of peace
96. Empire wind
97. Empress (probably)
98. Empress eugenie
99. Endymion
100. Express (possibly)
101. Feltre
102. Fenella ann
103. Florence
104. Flowerette
105. Flying meteor
106. Forest queen
107. Francis
108. Fulmar
109. G-azjy
110. G.3
111. George & mary
112. Georgina hutton
113. Georgios
114. Ginette michel
115. Ginger
116. Girl sylvia
117. Giuseppe
118. Glencona
119. Glenford
120. Glenmaroon (possibly)
121. Globe trotter
122. Grinder
123. Hannah louisa
124. Harnis (probably)
125. Hebe
126. Heemskerk
127. Helmsman (probably)
128. Herbie
129. Hibernian
130. Hms dirk
131. Hms fairy
132. Hms falcon (stern section)
133. Hms racehorse
134. Hms silicia
135. Horsted
136. Hugh taylor
137. Ida
138. Irene chalmers
139. J b paddon
140. Jane brown
141. Jeanette
142. John rettig (probably)
143. Kalo (probably)
144. Kilcoan (probably)
145. Kilrea (probably)
146. Kimberley (possibly)
147. Kingston cameo
148. Knuthenborg
149. Labora (possibly)
150. Lady anstruther (probably)
151. Lady louisa
152. Lagun
153. Landport (possibly)
154. Largo (possibly)
155. Leeds (probably)
156. Lifeguard (possibly)
157. Lily
158. Limesfield
159. Linda blanche
160. Liverpool
161. Lough fisher
162. Lucy
163. Lunevale
164. Lurigethan
165. Lyra
166. Lyra (bow section)
167. Madge wildfire
168. Magdalyn ann
169. Maggie
170. Maja
171. Malaguena
172. Manchester engineer (probably)
173. Manx queen
174. Marguerite
175. Marian francis
176. Marianne toft (possibly)
177. Marie l
178. Markersdall (probably)
179. Mary heeley
180. Mayfield
181. Meeuw
182. Megawatt
183. Melfort
184. Merisia
185. Mfv polaris
186. Mhari l
187. Modig
188. Modiva (possibly)
189. Montreal
190. Moonlight
191. Moonlight (possibly)
192. Murielle
193. Nadejda (possibly)
194. Nalon
195. Nar
196. Nichola ann
197. Nitedal
198. No.163
199. Noel du marin
200. Nora
201. Ocean harvest ii
202. Octavia
203. Old haws pt lt or west pile
204. Onward (possibly)
205. Opal (possibly)
206. Orsa
207. Otis tetrax
208. Our golden promise
209. Our lassie
210. Our lorraine
211. Our queen
212. Paraciers
213. Peebles (possibly)
214. Peru (probably)
215. Peveril
216. Portia
217. Potomac
218. Princess victoria
219. Pt1 or pt2
220. Realf
221. Rebecca
222. Residu
223. Retriever
224. Revi
225. Ringwall
226. River don (part of)(probably)
227. Roussalka
228. Rudyard kipling
229. Saint barchan
230. Saint mirren (possibly)
231. Saltaro (fwd part)
232. Saltaro (fwd part)
233. Saltaro (fwd part)
234. Saltoun
235. Samaria
236. Sarpfos
237. Scathros
238. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
239. Scorpio
240. Sea dog
241. Seamew (possibly)
242. Sergei
243. Silver crest
244. Silver dee
245. Silver quest 2
246. Silverpine
247. Skerries
248. Skomer
249. Sna iii
250. Sota eduardo
251. Sote (aft part)
252. Speedwell
253. St elwyn
254. Stamila
255. Stanburn
256. Storm drift
257. Sulairia
258. Sunbeam
259. Sunrise (possibly)
260. Sy sol
261. Tees
262. Temple mead
263. Thornfield
264. Thracian
265. Tijl uilenspiegel
266. Tilley anne
267. Tinker
268. Togston (possibly)
269. Topaz
270. Treveal
271. Tullaghmurray lass
272. Tumi joy 2
273. Tuskar
274. U 1024 (possibly)
275. U 1024 (probably)
276. U 246
277. Ubier (probably)
278. Uc 39
279. Uc 47
280. Uc 75
281. Umbe
282. Upminster (possibly)
283. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
284. Vanadis (possibly)
285. Varangmalm (possibly)
286. Vedra
287. Viking
288. Ville de valenciennes
289. Violet (probably)
290. Waltham (probably)
291. Wayside flower (possibly)
292. Whitemantle (possibly)
293. Wild wave
294. William hanbury
295. Zealandia

 

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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