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 (53.740283, 0.209967)

 

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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. Albatross
5. Appolonia
6. Beaconsfield
7. Bellerophon
8. Biesbosch
9. Boys own
10. Brabant
11. Brema
12. British councillor
13. British prince
14. Briton (possibly)
15. Cadmus
16. Cambrai
17. Canada
18. Caroline
19. Chant 63
20. Charing cross (possibly)
21. Chicago
22. Chloris (possibly)
23. Commonwealth
24. Corinth (possibly)
25. Cyclope
26. Dana (possibly)
27. Deptford
28. Diana
29. Diana
30. Dryade
31. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
32. Dunstaffnage
33. Elfrida
34. Empress (probably)
35. Feltre
36. Forest queen
37. Francis
38. Frithof eide
39. Georgios
40. Girl ita
41. Giuseppe
42. Goodwood
43. Graafjeld
44. Greltoria (probably)
45. Hannah louisa
46. Harnis (probably)
47. Helmsman (probably)
48. Hercules
49. Hms akranes
50. Hms dirk
51. Hms fairy
52. Hms falcon (stern section)
53. Hms falmouth
54. Hms thalia
55. Horsted
56. Hugh taylor
57. Hvitveis
58. Ida
59. J b paddon
60. John rettig (probably)
61. Kalo (probably)
62. Kernoozer
63. Kilrea
64. Kilrea (probably)
65. Kimberley (possibly)
66. Kingston cameo
67. Knuthenborg
68. Laconia (possibly)
69. Lady anstruther (probably)
70. Lady josyan
71. Landport (possibly)
72. Lifeguard (possibly)
73. Lindum
74. Longbenton (probably)
75. Lyra (bow section)
76. Magdalyn ann
77. Maggie
78. Malvina (fwd part)
79. Manchester engineer (probably)
80. Marian francis
81. Markersdall (probably)
82. Mazeppa
83. Middlesborough
84. Modig
85. Modiva (possibly)
86. Mongolian
87. Nitedal
88. Onward (possibly)
89. Orsa
90. Otis tetrax
91. Our lorraine
92. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
93. Paraciers
94. Peebles (possibly)
95. Portia
96. Realf
97. Revi
98. River don (part of)(probably)
99. Riviere
100. Rosa
101. Saltoun
102. Seistan
103. Sirajah
104. Sna iii
105. Sota eduardo
106. Stanburn
107. Storm drift
108. Tees
109. Thea
110. Togston (possibly)
111. Tredegar hall
112. Trongate
113. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
114. Uc 39
115. Uc 47
116. Uc 75
117. Umbe
118. Upminster (possibly)
119. Varangmalm (possibly)
120. Ville de valenciennes
121. War crocus (possibly)
122. Wayside flower (possibly)
123. 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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