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 (54.4542667, -0.3978333)

 

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