This is the information page about the shipwreck Pitwines (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 44.624 N,1 1.282 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Anboto mendi (possibly)
4. Athelstane
5. Atlas (possibly)
6. Atwing (possibly)
7. Aurora
8. Azira
9. Balzac
10. Blairhall
11. Blue dawn
12. Braconash (possibly)
13. Burnhope (part of)
14. Carlo
15. Carmarthen coast
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Clare (possibly)
19. Clavering (part of)
20. Corsham
21. Cranford (possibly)
22. Dayspring (probably)
23. Denham (probably)
24. Dimitris
25. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
26. Eagle iii
27. Earl percy
28. Elemore
29. Empire bay
30. Eventide
31. Fawn (probably)
32. Fervent
33. Firelight (possibly)
34. Gateshead (possibly)
35. Gothia
36. Gran
37. Grit
38. H a brightman
39. H c flood (possibly)
40. H c flood (probably)
41. Harraton
42. Hartley
43. Harvest
44. Hawkwood
45. Hebble (probably)
46. Heckler
47. Helene
48. Helvetia (possibly)
49. Hendrika
50. Hmms 180
51. Hms euston
52. Hms fairplay 2
53. Hms james ludford
54. Hms loch naver
55. Hms ruthin castle
56. Hms snaefell (probably)
57. Hogarth
58. Humber
59. Ida duncan
60. Intent
61. Jenny m (possibly)
62. John m smart (possibly).
63. John miles
64. Jonkoping i (possibly)
65. Jytte (possibly)
66. Kalua
67. Kasko
68. Kilkis (possibly)
69. King james (possibly)
70. La basiase (la bastaise)
71. Linden (probably)
72. Llwyngwair (possibly)
73. Loch-na-gar (probably)
74. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
75. Lucida
76. Lyng
77. Maggie mcleman ii
78. Maindy bridge (possibly)
79. Margaret sutton
80. Mayoress pelican
81. Mile end (possibly)
82. Montauban
83. Moorwood (possibly)
84. Narcissus (possibly)
85. Nordheim (possibly)
86. Ocean
87. Ottoland (possibly)
88. Pathfinder
89. Patria
90. Pitwines (probably)
91. Poltava (possibly)
92. Povena
93. Presto (possibly)
94. Ragni (probably)
95. Ravensbourne (possibly)
96. Ravnanger (probably)
97. Rfa creosol
98. Rising sun (part of)
99. Rising sun (part of)
100. Rosa (possibly)
101. Rosella (probably)
102. Rotha
103. S t wallsend
104. Saga (possibly)
105. Schaldis (possibly)
106. Scott miller
107. Stag 5 (probably)
108. Staithes (possibly)
109. Stangate
110. Stora-korsnas-link i
111. Strinheim
112. Suavity
113. Sunniva (possibly)
114. Talisman (possibly)
115. Tatiana (possibly)
116. Teal (probably)
117. Teesdale (possibly)
118. Thames (probably)
119. The stewarts court (probably)
120. Vestra
121. Vianna (possibly)
122. Vianna (probably)
123. Victory
124. Voorwarts (possibly)
125. Wayside flower
126. Winga
127. Winga (possibly)
128. X.l.
129. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: PITWINES (PROBABLY)

Length 63.7 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 932 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-wandle '32. built in 1923 by burntisland sb co ltd. owned at time of loss by stephenson, clarke & associates co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 121hp, single shaft. machinery aft by ne marine eng co ltd. passage middlesbrough for london. cargo coal. sank following a collision.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: 4.1.41 HO1039/40 4.1.41 INS NDW (PA) IN 544400N, 010200W.

- NM 3034/40. H460/67 3.4.67 H460/67 3.4.67 EXAM'D IN 544435N, 010104W. SWEPT CLEAR 72FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 126 IN GEN DEPTH 144FT. SCOUR DEPTH 150FT. (HMS ECHO, ROS DTD 20.9.66). AMEND TO WK 21FMS. LC 1191. 18.11.74 18.11.74 AMEND TO WK 38MTRS. NC 2567. H460/67 24.12.76 H460/67 24.12.76 AMEND TO SW 22MTRS.

- NM 71/77. H1921/77 25.4.77 H1921/77 25.4.77 EXAM'D 10.3.77 IN 544436N, 010111W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.7 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEG. GOOD SONAR CONTACT WITH HIGHEST POINT AT S END. (HMS FOX, HI 46/77). AMEND TO WK 38MTRS.

- NM 1093/77. H6331/87 17.1.89 H6331/87 17.1.89 EXAM'D 2.8.88 IN 544437N, 010111W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 38.2, FOUL AT 38.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.6 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. ON ITS PORT SIDE AND WITH BOW TO ENE. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO SW 38MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT SIDE, BOWS ENE

Position: 54 44.624 N,1 1.282 W

 

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