This is the information page about the shipwreck Mountby, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.438 N,4 51.035 W (49.907300, -4.850583)

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.

Name: MOUNTBY

Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.8, tonnage 3263 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel

Cause: built in 1898 by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by sir r ropner & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 256hp, single shaft. passage swansea for rouen. cargo government stores. torpedoed by uc-49. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 122 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 SONAR CONTACT IN 495400N, 045106W. LENGTH 220FT, HEIGHT 34FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H5051/70 13.11.70 H5051/70 13.11.70 INS NDW PA IN 495400N, 045106W. NC 777. H3110/72 28.11.73 H3110/72 28.11.73 LOCATED IN 495424.6N, 045057.6W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69 IN GEN DEPTH 80MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1973). AMENDED TO WK 69.0MTRS [38FMS] IN 495425N, 045058W [OGB].

- NM 2433/73. H1309/75 6.7.76 H1309/75 6.7.76 WK REPD IN POSN BY DECCA. (CPO CAKEBREAD, RNAS CULDROSE). NCA. 4.7.85 4.7.85 WK, STANDING 3-4FMS ABOVE SEABED, LOCATED USING DECCA. (C WILLIAMS, RECORDED TAPE). NCA. HH100/351/20 4.8.03 HH100/351/20 4.8.03 DIVED 6.2003 IN 4954.400N, 0450.950W [OGB] USING GPS. STANDS 9MTRS HIGH BY DIVE COMPUTER. LENGTH APPROX 80MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. NO SCOUR. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND & SHINGLE. A THREE ISLAND VESSEL IDENTIFIED AS MOUNTBY BY THE RECOVERY OF THE BELL. STERN SECTION IS COMPLETELY INTACT WITH APPARENTLY COAL IN THE AFTER HOLD. NO GUN NOTED BUT MUNITIONS HAVE BEEN SEEN. BRIDGE COLLAPSED AND MACHINERY VISIBLE THROUGH AREAS OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE THAT HAVE ROTTED AWAY. WK DROPS SHARPLY IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGE, FOREDECK RESIDES AT SEABED LEVEL. FWD FITTINGS IN PLACE. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 6.4.05 HH091/059/01 6.4.05 EXAM'D 21.8.04 IN 4954.438N, 0451.035W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 70.5 IN GEN DEPTH 79.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 9.3MTRS. LIES 122/302 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 122 DEGS. UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 70MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS SE, BOWS COLLAPSED

Position: 49 54.438 N,4 51.035 W

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