This is the information page about the shipwreck Polesley (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.9 N,5 46.041 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Besse (probably)
14. Bessemer city (probably)
15. Bill (part of)(possibly)
16. Bill (possibly)
17. Bolette (possibly)
18. Boynton (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Cato
21. Cheerful
22. Chimu
23. Christina
24. Christos markettos
25. City of cardiff
26. City of westminster (& kul)
27. Clan macnab
28. Conqueror
29. Courtown
30. Denebola
31. Depois
32. Devon
33. Dunaskin
34. Dundee (probably)
35. Dux (possibly)
36. Emblem
37. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
38. Empire kingsley
39. Enrico parodi
40. Facto
41. Fanny lambert
42. Gallier (possibly)
43. Gemini
44. Geopotes viii
45. Glamorgan coast
46. Golfstrom
47. Hampshire
48. Heathmore
49. Helene (probably)
50. Hellopes
51. Hms pincher
52. Hms royalo
53. Hms warspite
54. Hms warspite (part of)
55. Hmy viva 2
56. Holland xix
57. Hopeful (possibly)
58. Iona
59. J duncan
60. Jose de aramburu
61. Joshua nicholson
62. Juan ferrer
63. Juanita
64. Kate thomas (possibly)
65. Kildonan ?
66. Kintuck
67. Lake grafton
68. Lake grafton (possibly)
69. Liberty
70. Lincoln
71. Luna
72. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
73. Luxembourg (probably)
74. Lyminge
75. Maria de larrinaga
76. Marie roberts
77. Maroc
78. Moorview
79. Mystique (possibly)
80. New pioneer
81. Ocean harvest
82. Orion
83. Oriskany
84. Pacific reliance
85. Phoenix 202
86. Phoenix 203
87. Pioneer (possibly)
88. Polesley (possibly)
89. Primo ?
90. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
91. Reidar (possibly)
92. Rms mulheim
93. Saint guenole
94. Saxon briton
95. Sea viper
96. Setubel(probably)
97. Sirius (possibly)
98. St chamond
99. St george
100. Stabil (possibly)
101. Sten (possibly)
102. Sylvia-mary z-525
103. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
104. Tralee trader
105. Traute sarnow
106. Tungufoss
107. Tyrhaug
108. U 1209 (possibly)
109. Umbre
110. Underwood
111. Union crystal (possibly)
112. Union star (parts of)(probably)
113. Veghtstroom (possibly)
114. Vine branch (possibly)
115. Vinovia
116. Wild boar
117. William cory
118. Zone (probably)

 

Name: POLESLEY (POSSIBLY)

Length 115.8 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 4221 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-istria, ex-den of cronbie. built in 1905 by c connell & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by farrar, groves & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 412 nhp, single shaft. passage cardiff for france. torpedoed by ub-88. 42 men lost, 1 recovered. (ll ww1, dods, der krieg zur see & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: 30.9.18 SUNK 5M NW OF PENDEEN IN 501400N, 054500W. (R A FALMOUTH) 31.10.18 SUNK APPROX 1M N OF PENDEEN LIGHT. (BOT WR 8/281) H6391/19 SUNK 1M N OF PENDEEN LIGHT IN 501400N, 054500W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BA 777. H2537/28 28.8.28 AMEND TO NDWPA. NE 777. 12.11.75 AMEND USC PA 11FMS [20MTRS]. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NE 2649. H2613/78 10.3.78 WK LOCATED 30.9.77 IN 501354N, 054600W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SONAR HT 6.1MTRS, LENGTH 85MTRS. LYING 030/210 DEGS, UPRIGHT. ONE CENTRAL HIGH POINT GIVES GOOD SHADOW. COULD BE THE POLESLEY. (HMS FOX, HI 42A/77). AMEND TO WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 1178. 15.12.11 LOCATED 12.10.09 IN 5013.900N, 0546.041W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.76 IN GEN DEPTH 44.8MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTR DEEP. LENGTH 74MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 6.40MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). INTACT, COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED

Position: 50 13.9 N,5 46.041 W

 

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