This is the information page about the shipwreck Montauban, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 37.759 N,1 2.55 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adine (probably)
2. Athelstane
3. Atlas (possibly)
4. Atwing (possibly)
5. Aurora
6. Azira
7. Balzac
8. Blue dawn
9. Braconash (possibly)
10. Burnhope (part of)
11. Carlo
12. Carmarthen coast
13. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
14. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
15. Clare (possibly)
16. Clavering (part of)
17. Corsham
18. Cranford (possibly)
19. Dayspring (probably)
20. Denham (probably)
21. Dimitris
22. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
23. Earl percy
24. Elemore
25. Empire bay
26. Fawn (probably)
27. Fervent
28. Gateshead (possibly)
29. Gothia
30. Gran
31. H a brightman
32. Harraton
33. Hartley
34. Harvest
35. Hawkwood
36. Hebble (probably)
37. Heckler
38. Helene
39. Helvetia (possibly)
40. Hendrika
41. Hms euston
42. Hms fairplay 2
43. Hms loch naver
44. Hms ruthin castle
45. Hms snaefell (probably)
46. Hms summer rose
47. Hogarth
48. Ida duncan
49. Intent
50. Inverlane (part of)
51. Inverlane (stern section)
52. Jenny m (possibly)
53. John miles
54. Kasko
55. Kilkis (possibly)
56. King james (possibly)
57. La basiase (la bastaise)
58. Linden (probably)
59. Llwyngwair (possibly)
60. Loch-na-gar (probably)
61. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
62. Margaret sutton
63. Mayoress pelican
64. Mile end (possibly)
65. Montauban
66. Moorwood (possibly)
67. Narcissus (possibly)
68. Nordheim (possibly)
69. Ocean
70. Ottoland (possibly)
71. Pathfinder
72. Patria
73. Pitwines (probably)
74. Povena
75. Presto (possibly)
76. Presto (possibly)
77. Quillota
78. Ravensbourne (possibly)
79. Ravnanger (probably)
80. Rfa creosol
81. Rising sun (part of)
82. Rising sun (part of)
83. Rosella (probably)
84. S t wallsend
85. Saga (possibly)
86. Schaldis (possibly)
87. Stag 5 (probably)
88. Staithes (possibly)
89. Stangate
90. Stora-korsnas-link i
91. Suavity
92. Talisman (possibly)
93. Tatiana (possibly)
94. Teal (probably)
95. Teesdale (possibly)
96. Thames (probably)
97. The stewarts court (probably)
98. Uc 32 (probably)
99. Vestra
100. Vianna (possibly)
101. Vianna (probably)
102. Victory
103. Voorwarts (possibly)
104. Wayside flower
105. Winga
106. Winga (possibly)
107. X.l.
108. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: MONTAUBAN

Length 110.9 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4191 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1920 by forth sb & eng co ltd. owned at time of loss by cie delams freres & vieljeux. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 347nhp, single shaft. machinery by armstrong whitworth & co ltd newcastle. passage the tyne for marseilles. cargo coal. driven ashore in a gale. broke up and became a total wreck. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 33 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20170406

Details measurements/cartography: H800/52 7.2.52 EXAM'D CLOSE TO HW. WK COVERS AN AREA APPROX 100FT SQUARE WITH ONE PORTION SHOWING 1FT [LWST] AND SEVERAL OTHERS WITH DEPTHS FROM 3-5FT OVER THEM IN GEN DEPTH 12FT. (TH, 30.1.52). INS AS ST. BR STD. H6331/87 16.1.89 EXAM'D 19.8.88 IN 543745N, 010227W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH DRIES 3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP AND ONLY DEBRIS VISIBLE - THE LARGEST PIECE BEING 70MTRS LONG ORIENTATED 030/210 DEG. AREA IS HEAVILY FISHED AND WK PROBABLY FOULED WITH NETS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). NCA. SEP 2017/000087052 10.8.17 EXAM'D 06.04.17; IN 5437.759N, 0102.550W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH DRIES 1.10MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 2MTRS, LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 15.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 033/213 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN UP, BOILER AND ENGINE CAN BE SEEN. (MMT, HI 1491A). AMEND ST DRIES 1.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 37.759 N,1 2.55 W

 

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