This is the information page about the shipwreck Newholm, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.574 N,3 38.53 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Ambassador
3. Amelie (probably)
4. Amelie-suzanne
5. Ann marie (possibly)
6. Antonio (probably)
7. Avalon g ii
8. Ave
9. Baychattan
10. Belle ile (possibly)
11. Bleamoor (probably)
12. Blue marlin
13. Brenda
14. Bretagne
15. Bretton hall
16. Broadmayne (part of)
17. Brunhilda
18. Buesten
19. Bull steamer (possibly)
20. Cantabria
21. Catherine allen
22. Cheapside (possibly)
23. Chloe t
24. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
25. Claverley (possibly)
26. Claverley (possibly)
27. Colorado (possibly)
28. Demetrios
29. Dudley rose
30. Eagle
31. Elizabeth caroline
32. Elsa
33. Elsa (possibly)
34. Emma
35. Empire harry
36. Emsstrom
37. Farn
38. Fiona mary
39. Flourish
40. Garm (possibly)
41. Girl barbara
42. Glory
43. Greatham
44. Grelhame (probably)
45. Gro
46. Halloween
47. Haugastol (possibly)
48. Havbris (probably)
49. Hazelpark (possibly)
50. Herzogin cecilie
51. Heye p
52. Hildegard (possibly)
53. Hms benton castle
54. Hms chorley (possibly)
55. Hms crocodile
56. Hms jasper (possibly)
57. Hms newbridge (probably)
58. Hms penylan (e part)
59. Hms penylan (w part)
60. Hms picton castle
61. Hms ramillies
62. Hms savage
63. Hms stockforce (possibly)
64. Hmsm d1
65. Hmsm m1
66. Irma germaine (possibly)
67. Jade star gypsy
68. Jordan a
69. Kendal castle
70. Laertes
71. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
72. Les mercenaires
73. Liberta
74. Louis shied
75. Maine
76. Marana (bow section)
77. Medina
78. Mudstomper (probably)
79. Neches (probably)
80. Newholm
81. North sea (probably)
82. Northville (possibly)
83. Oregon
84. Perm (possibly)
85. Peronne
86. Placidas faroult
87. Rayder
88. Riversdale
89. Sevilla
90. Shirley betty
91. Skaala
92. Soudan
93. Stanhope
94. Taeping
95. Talvaldis (possibly)
96. Tasmania (possibly)
97. Ternefjell
98. Two sisters
99. U 1063
100. U 214 (probably)
101. Uc 49 (probably)
102. Uc 51
103. Uskmoor (probably)
104. Visborg (possibly)
105. W.s.w. one
106. Waikawa (possibly)
107. Warsaw
108. Wreathier
109. Yvette bm217

 

Name: NEWHOLM

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3399 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1899 by c s swan & hunter ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at the time of loss by newcastle steamship co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 293 nhp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine engine co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. passage bilbao for middlesbrough. was mined and sunk 1m s of start point. 20 lives lost. (ww1sl, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 1M S FROM START PT. (BMVS). H6272/17 18.10.17 H6272/17 18.10.17 WK MARKED BY A BUOY 80YDS S OF WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 629/17. H7476/17 11.3.81 H7476/17 11.3.81 1 MAST VISIBLE 2FT AT LW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 214/18. 14.12.18 14.12.18 LEAST DEPTH 7FMS, BUOY WITHDRAWN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1450/18. H2502/51 25.1.52 H2502/51 25.1.52 WK IN 501232N, 033824W. DEPTH OVER WK 12FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 39FT. CONTACTED BY A/S. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950, SURVEY [E8881]) H5169/51 8.4.52 H5169/51 8.4.52 POSN 8C S OF START PT LTHO. DRIFT SWEPT TO 66FT BY SHIP. GAVE STRONG ECHOES BY A/S. (HMS SCOTT, 28.3.52). BR STD. H97/67 24.4.67 H97/67 24.4.67 REPORTED TO BE AT AN ANGLE OF 30DEGS WITH A LIST TO STARBOARD IN 110FT OF WATER. SHE LIES IN A SHOAL, HER STERN BEING UPPERMOST AND TOWARDS THE SHORE ON A LINE NNW BY SSE WITH HER HULL APPARENTLY INTACT. (MR HOBBS, WK SURVEY GROUP, 18.4.67). H3112/68 6.11.68 H3112/68 6.11.68 VESSEL HAS A LIST TO STARBOARD OF ABOUT 20DEGS AND IS SUNK INTO THE SANDBANK ON WHICH SHE RESTS, SO MUCH SO THAT SAND IS ONLY JUST SHORT OF THE STARBOARD BULWARKS. MOST OF THE WK IS IN A DEPTH OF 110FT BUT SUPERSTRUCTURE IS IN 80FT. HULL IS VERY BADLY BROKEN. THE FIRST 60FT OF THE BOW IS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED, VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING WHICH CAN BE BROKEN OFF, SAWN OFF OR OTHERWISE REMOVED IS MISSING. WHOLE WK IS ALIVE WITH MARINE LIFE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. PIECES OF WK ARE NOT WIDLEY SEPARATED. DIVED ON 11/12.8.68. (MR J BROOKS, 24.10.68). H2396/77 11.3.77 H2396/77 11.3.77 ROCKY BOTTOM AND TURBULENCE ON FULL EBB COMPLETELY MASK THE WK ON SONAR TRACE. SURVEY BY 'QUEEN MOTHER' JUNE 1975. NOT DIVED ON. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). H1941/79 1.4.81 H1941/79 1.4.81 EXAM'D 13.11.80 IN 501231.5N, 033827.6W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.2 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LYING ON SIDE OF SANDBANK, PARTIALLY COVERED BY SAND. NO DCS3 HT OBTAINED BECAUSE OF IRREGULAR SEABED. (HMS FOX, HI 54A/79). RETAIN SW 20.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 3.9.98 3.9.98 LIES ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE DOWN A SANDBANK. STERN AT 28MTRS, TIP OF BOW IN 44MTRS, WITH BREAKS AT 32 & 43MTRS. IRON PROPELLER. MUCH MARINE LIFE. (DIVER MAGAZINE SEP '98). NCA. 18.4.13 18.4.13 EXAM'D 5.1.13 IN 5012.574N, 0338.530W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.0 IN GEN DEPTH 28.4MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 22.38MTRS. SCOUR 7MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 81MTRS TOWARDS 045MTRS. LENGTH 90.8MTRS, WIDTH 18.1MTRS, HT 8.0MTRS. LIES 157/337 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS ESE. INTACT, LYING ON A SANDBANK. (EMU, HI 1374). AMEND WK 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LIES ACROSS SANDBANK

Position: 50 12.574 N,3 38.53 W

 

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