This is the information page about the shipwreck Myrtlegrove (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.254 N,1 37.668 W (50.520900, -1.627800)

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: MYRTLEGROVE (PROBABLY)

Length 92.4 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2642 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials,vehicles,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: ex-huelva. built in 1894 by k readhead & sons, south shields. owned at time of loss by ss mary co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 252nhp, signle shaft. passage from manchester under sealed orders. cargo cattle fodder. sank following a collision with the norwegian ss mineral, in fog. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 63 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10 MILES SW BY W FROM THE NEEDLES. (DODS). POSN APPROX 503100N, 013700W. H1126/18 15.3.18 CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 503100N, 013700W.

- NM 404/18. H3287/24 12.5.24 AMEND TO DW PA. BR STD. H4607/28 13.1.60 SURVEY MADE IN THE VICINITY BUT NO OBSTRUCTION COULD BE LOCATED. (TRINITY HOUSE, 27.7.28). DELETED BY NM. HH100/351/01 22.11.89 WK, ABOUT 300FT LONG AND PROBABLY THE 'MYRTLEGROVE', LOCATED AND DIVED DURING SUMMER '89 IN 503112N, 013739W USING DECCA. LIES ON PORT SIDE AND STANDS ABOUT 5MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED. (S SHOVLAR, 2.11.89). PLOTS IN ABOUT 35MTRS. INS AS WK 30MTRS. NE 2045 & NE 2450. HH090/962/01 4.12.02 EXAM'D 15.8.02 IN 5031.253N, 0137.671W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 110MTRS TOWARDS 270 DEGS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO WK 31MTRS. BR STD. RSDRA2020/000123103 29.5.2020 POSSIBLE PLANE WRECK LOCATED NEARBY IN 5031.276N, 0137.559W [WGD]. COULD ALSO BE DEBRIS FROM MYRTLEGROVE. AWAIT FULL SURVEY TO CONFIRM. APPROX 150MTRS 068 DEGREES FROM EXISTING WRECK. OBSERVATION ADDED. (HI1586 H102 001, M/S NORTHERN WIND CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, DTD 22.5.2020). NFS. RETAIN DW 31M. SEP 2020/000123102 5.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5031.254N, 0137.669W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.12MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. LENGTH 103MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 10MTRS. ORIENTATION 063/243 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 22MTRS, WIDTH 98MTRS, 1.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 82 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). ON ITS SIDE, WITH REAR AND BOTTOM PART OF HULL INTACT, THE REST IS BROKEN UP. RETAIN EXTISTING DEPTH IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES ON PORT SIDE, INTACT

Position: 50 31.254 N,1 37.668 W

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