This is the information page about the shipwreck Polgarth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 0.78 N,1 43.441 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Annie
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Blackhill
10. Bonnington court
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Clan monroe
19. Coalgas
20. Corcrest
21. Cormorant
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Denise germaine (possibly)
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Duke of york (bows)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Dynamo
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Ellewoutsdijk
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Firth
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Grisdeale
57. Groeswen (probably)
58. Harlington (probably)
59. Harlyn (probably)
60. Harriet
61. Hebe
62. Hendon hall
63. Heworth
64. Hillglen
65. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
66. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms arethusa
69. Hms coquette
70. Hms donna nook
71. Hms donside (possibly)
72. Hms duchess of hamilton
73. Hms dundalk
74. Hms eros (possibly)
75. Hms forward iii
76. Hms franc tireur
77. Hms hastfen
78. Hms hirose (probably)
79. Hms holdene
80. Hms japan
81. Hms jessie nutten
82. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
83. Hms leandros
84. Hms lord airedale
85. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
86. Hms ludlow
87. Hms marconi
88. Hms monarch
89. Hms moravia (possibly)
90. Hms nadine
91. Hms new comet (possibly)
92. Hms resono (possibly)
93. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
94. Hms river clyde (possibly)
95. Hms river clyde (possibly)
96. Hms sisters melville
97. Hms st seiriol
98. Hms tervani
99. Hms velia (possibly)
100. Hms waveflower
101. Hms whooper
102. Hms william wesney
103. Hmsm e6
104. Hmtb 10
105. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
106. Hnlms 227
107. Hornchurch
108. Ignis (possibly)
109. Ingi
110. Ionian (possibly)
111. Iris (possibly)
112. J c dalble
113. Janny
114. Jim
115. Josefina thorden (after part)
116. Kankakee
117. Kenneth hawksfield
118. Khartoum (possibly)
119. Knarsdale
120. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
121. Koningen emma (possibly)
122. Kwasind
123. La flandre (possibly)
124. Lady salisbury
125. Lapwing
126. Lincairn (possibly)
127. Lisette
128. Little world
129. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
130. Lonhelen (possibly)
131. Lowland
132. Mac 5 (possibly)
133. Magdapur
134. Mangara
135. Marie leonhardt (probably)
136. Mascotte
137. Mecklenburg
138. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
139. Mexico
140. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
141. Moidart
142. Morar
143. Nereus
144. Newhaven (possibly)
145. Nico
146. Nicolaos piangos
147. Norhauk
148. Norwich trader
149. Ocean pride
150. Old charlton
151. Ostprussen (possibly)
152. Palembang (probably)
153. Paullette
154. Peik
155. Persistant whisper
156. Pescado
157. Petshenga (possibly)
158. Phryne
159. Plawsworth (possibly)
160. Polgarth
161. Profit
162. Protinus (possibly)
163. Quickstep
164. Ravenscraig (possibly)
165. Rhenas (possibly)
166. Rumania
167. Salerno (possibly)
168. Salerno (possibly)
169. Savona (probably)
170. Scimitar
171. Sea king
172. Second chance (possibly)
173. Shardana
174. Sheaf field
175. Simon bolivar
176. Southford
177. St patrick
178. Storm
179. Sunbeam
180. Sunk head tower
181. Telegraaf xviii
182. Tergestea
183. Terukuni maru
184. The sultan
185. Thornaby (possibly)
186. Thyra
187. Torchbearer
188. Uc 11 (possibly)
189. Uc 72 (possibly)
190. Vae victis
191. Vancouver
192. Victorious
193. Volscian (possibly)
194. Warrenpoint
195. Wearside
196. White ghost
197. White lady
198. Wychwood (possibly)
199. Wyetown
200. Yewkyle (possibly)
201. Ypapanti

 

Name: POLGARTH

Length 56.4 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 794 ton

Cause: ex-kempton '37, ex-mayrix '34. built by cochran & sons, selby. owned at time of loss by the polgarth ss co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 111hp, single shaft. passage blyth for southampton. cargo 860 tons coal. struck a mine. wk was subsequently dispersed by explosives.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 16 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20190630

Details measurements/cartography: H0984/42 4.6.42 INS WK 6FMS 5FT.

- NM 1167/43. H0984/42 20.3.59 EXAM'D IN 520049N, 014333E. OROPESA SWEEP AUGUST 1948. CLEAR 47FT. LEAST E/S 60FT. SEABED 72FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 9.2.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 5FT.

- NM 2087/48. 7.11.73 AMEND TO WK 14.3MTRS. NC 2052. H4139/76 11.1.77 EXAM'D 11.8.76 IN 520048N, 014333E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 17.7, FOUL 18.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22-23MTRS. SCOUR 25.0MTRS. ONE LARGE CONTACT 110MTRS X 50MTRS THOUGHT TO BE TWO SHIPS. NO SIGN OF BREAK UP. LYING N/S. FOUL IS 20MTRS FROM N END. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/667/01 13.12.95 EXAM'D 5.5.95 IN 520046.91N, 014326.60E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.3 IN GEN DEPTH 22.5MTRS.SCOUR DEPTH 3.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.7MTRS. LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 015/295 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NOT SWEPT DUE TO PRESENCE OF FISHING FLOATS. (OCEONICS, HI 667). RETAIN AS CHARTED. SEP 2015/000143573 15.7.15 EXAM'D 30.6.15 IN 5200.798N, 0143.455E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.9MTRS. (FUGRO EMU, EMAIL DTD 30.6.15). NFS, RETAIN DW SW 17.7MTRS.   SEP 2019/000272653 18.11.19 EXAM'D 30.06.19; IN 5200.780N, 0143.441E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.00MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 102.86MTRS, WIDTH 19.56MTRS, HEIGHT 6.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 016/196 DEGS. WRECK IS LYING ON ITS SIDE, BROKEN UP. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING ON SIDE, BROKEN UP.

Position: 52 0.78 N,1 43.441 E

 

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