This is the information page about the shipwreck Neotsfield, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 31.633 N,5 23.256 W (54.730616666667, -5.3144333333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: NEOTSFIELD

Length 103.6 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 3821 ton
Load: coal,coke

Cause: ex-ada. built in 1906 by furness, withy & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by neotsfield shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 317hp, single shaft. machinery by richardsons, westgarth & co ltd, hartlepool. torpedoed off skulmartin lt ho by ub-64 sank in 15mins. no loss of life. (sii).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 14.9.18 POSN 543100N, 052500W. (C-IN-C KINGSTOWN). 15.9.18 POSN 1.5M S SKULLMARTIN LTV. SANK IN 15MINS. (MASTER VIA SIO BELFAST). 17.9.18 POSN 2M SE BY S FROM SKULLMARTIN. SANK IN 15 MINS. (AP REPORT, COMMODORE LARNE). 20.9.18 POSN 2.5M S OF SKULLMARTIN LT VESSEL. SANK AT ONCE. (BOT, WR 8/232). POSN 1.5M S SKULMARTIN LTV. (BMVS). H6391/19 26.3.20 POSN FROM ABOVE ACCEPTED AS 543100N, 052400W APPROX. INS AS WK (OLD SYMBOL).

- NM 674/20. 7.4.24 AMEND TO DW PA. NC 45. H4231/62 16.6.65 DW PA IN 543100N, 052400W DOES NOT EXIST. (HMS DALRYMPLE, K4528/1). DELETE. BR STD. H4321/62 13.4.66 EXAM'D 24.5.65 IN 543137N, 052311W. SWEPT CLEAR 72FT, NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 105FT IN GEN DEPTH 155FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS DALRYMPLE, K4817/1). INS AS NDW.

- NMS 740 & 741/66. H3671/72 21.2.73 LOCATED IN 543138N, 052312W [OSI] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SEABED SAND. (HMS FAWN, H525). BR STD. H444/67 8.9.80 DIVED JULY 1980. WK INTACT AND UPRIGHT. DEPTH AT TOP OF BRIDGE, WHICH IS NOW AN OPEN FRAMEWORK, 32MTRS. (R V BARR 21.8.80). 16.11.04 GUN IN PLACE ON STERN. PORT SIDE BROKEN BY TORPEDO DAMAGE. (DIVER MAGAZINE NOV'04). [WGD] POSN: 5431.646N, 0523.272W. SEP 2013/000048455 4.3.12 LOCATED IN 5431.634N, 0523.254W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 32MTRS. STANDS APPROX 12MTRS HIGH. (EMU, HN DTD 26.2.13 FOR HI 1377). RETAIN WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN PENDING SURVEY DATA. 23.9.13 EXAM'D 7.6.13 IN 5431.633N, 0523.256W [WGD] . LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.86 IN GEN DEPTH 44.3MTRS. SCOUR 1.4MTRS DEEP EXTNEDS 60MTRS TOWARDS 055 DEGS. LENGTH 104MTR, WIDTH 16.8MTRS, HT 13MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (FUGRO OSEA, HI 1377). UPRIGHT, PROBABLY BROKEN AFT OF MIDSHIPS. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1377). RETAIN WK 32MTRS. 29.10.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.63MTRS. (BDC EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA). AMEND WK 31MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, ?BROKEN AFT OF MIDSHIPS, BOWS NE

Position: 54 31.633 N,5 23.256 W

 

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