This is the information page about the shipwreck Moorlands, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 29.291 N,0 31.487 W (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amsteldam
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Angelo rose
8. Ard aidhm
9. Ardens (probably)
10. Ardgantoch
11. Athelstane
12. Athos
13. Audax
14. Balfron (probably)
15. Ballater
16. Ballogie
17. Battersea
18. Beaumanoir (probably)
19. Berwick (possibly)
20. Black prince (possibly)
21. Bonhomme richard
22. Botha (possibly)
23. Brentwood
24. Bur
25. Cap palos (part of)
26. Castleford (probably)
27. Commercial
28. Constantia
29. Corsican prince
30. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
31. Creteblock
32. Crimdon (possibly)
33. Defiant
34. Disperser
35. Doris burton (probably)
36. Eaglescliffe (probably)
37. Earl percy
38. Eli
39. Ellida (probably)
40. Erich lea
41. Ferruccio
42. Florence (possibly)
43. Florentia
44. Fred everard
45. Garthwaite
46. Gem (bow section)
47. Gem (stern section)
48. Gimle
49. Glamorganbrook
50. Glengarry (probably)
51. Glow (part of) (possibly)
52. Glow (part of) (possibly)
53. Gwalia (possibly)
54. Harrow (probably)
55. Hercules
56. Highgate
57. Hms banyers
58. Hms desire (possibly)
59. Hms dromio
60. Hms garmo (probably)
61. Hms locheil
62. Hms lord ridley
63. Hms swallow
64. Hornsund (probably)
65. Houghton
66. Hurstwood
67. Jane
68. Lady ann
69. Lady helen
70. Lampada (probably)
71. Lanthorn
72. Leersum (probably)
73. Lerwick (probably)
74. Linaria (probably)
75. London
76. Lowtyne (possibly)
77. Lucy
78. M c holm
79. Madame renee
80. Manx queen
81. Marchioness of londonderry
82. Marie stuart
83. Martina
84. Melanie (probably)
85. Membland (possibly)
86. Merrie islington
87. Modemi (possibly)
88. Moorlands
89. Moorwood (possibly)
90. Namorado field jacket
91. Norenda (possibly)
92. Norhilda
93. Novillo
94. Oakwell
95. Onslow
96. Pandora
97. Paul
98. Phare (probably)
99. Philander (probably)
100. Polanna
101. Polruan
102. Princess olga (possibly)
103. Quaggy (probably)
104. Rikard nordraak
105. Rutil
106. Saint ninian
107. Sapphire (probably)
108. Sarah thinnesen
109. Schaldis (possibly)
110. Scotia
111. Sir francis
112. Sixty-six
113. Skane
114. Sna ii
115. Southborough
116. Springhill
117. Sumus (probably)
118. Suntrap (probably)
119. Taurus (probably)
120. Trelyon
121. Ub 30
122. Ub 41
123. Ub 75
124. Uc 70
125. Vaaren
126. Vaaren (possibly)
127. Victo (bow section)
128. Victo (stern section)
129. Victoria (probably)
130. Wallsend
131. Westowrie
132. Woodstock (bow section)
133. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: MOORLANDS

Length 108.8 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3602 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1910 by w doxford & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by c smales & son. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 331hp, single shaft. passage la goulette for middlesbrough. cargo 5800 tons iron ore. torpedoed by ub 88. ten men lost.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 172 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: H4368/18 31.7.18 SANK IN 542920N, 003210E, APPROX. (VAEC). H4069/72 4.12.75 WK LOCATED IN 542918N, 003100W USING DECCA. STANDS 32FT ABOVE SEABED. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN DTD 13.11.75). INS AS WK 30MTRS.

- NM BLOCK. H1310/86/34 19.12.86 DIVED ONCE ON WK IN 542915N, 003115W. MIDSHIPS SECTION UPRIGHT. SINGLE BOILER. LEAST DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS (MHWS). (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. NCA. H6331/87 26.1.89 EXAM'D 7.5.88 IN 542917N, 003123W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.5, FOUL AT 38.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.2 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. ONE SOUNDING OF 36.8MTRS WAS OBTAINED BUT POSSIBLY OF FISH OR NETS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.75MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEG, INTACT WITH HIGH POINT AT S END BUT POSSIBLE MAST AMIDSHIPS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO SW 37MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 8.4.93 WK IN 542918N, 003118W IDENTIFIED AS SS MOORLANDS - NAME ON WHEEL BOSS. LARGE WK WITH ENGINE AND BOILERS EXPOSED. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). HH100/351/09 6.6.95 STEAM TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. TWO BOILERS WITH SIX FURNACES. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). SEP 2017/000002822 22.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5429.291N, 0031.487W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.28MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. LENGTH 114MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 11.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 172/352 DEGS. WK SEVERELY DECAYED, MIDSHIPS TWO BOILERS AND A TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE ARE IDENTIFIABLE. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 29.291 N,0 31.487 W

 

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