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 (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Atlanticos
6. Balgownie (probably)
7. Batavier 5
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Clan monroe
17. Coalgas
18. Corcrest
19. Cormorant
20. Cormount (probably)
21. Coureur des mers
22. Cressdene (possibly)
23. Cresta
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denewood
26. Denise germaine (possibly)
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Duke of york (bows)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Dynamo
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. Ellewoutsdijk
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Firth
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Grisdeale
55. Groeswen (probably)
56. Harlington (probably)
57. Harlyn (probably)
58. Harriet
59. Hebe
60. Hendon hall
61. Hillglen
62. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
63. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
65. Hms arethusa
66. Hms coquette
67. Hms donna nook
68. Hms donside (possibly)
69. Hms duchess of hamilton
70. Hms eros (possibly)
71. Hms forward iii
72. Hms franc tireur
73. Hms hastfen
74. Hms hirose (probably)
75. Hms holdene
76. Hms japan
77. Hms jessie nutten
78. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
79. Hms leandros
80. Hms lord airedale
81. Hms ludlow
82. Hms marconi
83. Hms monarch
84. Hms moravia (possibly)
85. Hms nadine
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms resono (possibly)
88. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
89. Hms river clyde (possibly)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms sisters melville
92. Hms tervani
93. Hms velia (possibly)
94. Hms waveflower
95. Hms whooper
96. Hms william wesney
97. Hmsm e6
98. Hmtb 10
99. Hnlms 227
100. Hornchurch
101. Ignis (possibly)
102. Ingi
103. Ionian (possibly)
104. J c dalble
105. Janny
106. Jim
107. Josefina thorden (after part)
108. Kankakee
109. Kenneth hawksfield
110. Khartoum (possibly)
111. Knarsdale
112. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
113. Koningen emma (possibly)
114. Kwasind
115. La flandre (possibly)
116. Lady salisbury
117. Lapwing
118. Lincairn (possibly)
119. Lisette
120. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
121. Lonhelen (possibly)
122. Lowland
123. Mac 5 (possibly)
124. Magdapur
125. Mangara
126. Marie leonhardt (probably)
127. Mascotte
128. Mecklenburg
129. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
130. Mexico
131. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
132. Moidart
133. Morar
134. Nereus
135. Newhaven (possibly)
136. Nico
137. Nicolaos piangos
138. Norhauk
139. Norwich trader
140. Ocean pride
141. Old charlton
142. Ostprussen (possibly)
143. Palembang (probably)
144. Paullette
145. Peik
146. Persistant whisper
147. Pescado
148. Petshenga (possibly)
149. Phryne
150. Plawsworth (possibly)
151. Polgarth
152. Profit
153. Protinus (possibly)
154. Quickstep
155. Ravenscraig (possibly)
156. Rhenas (possibly)
157. Salerno (possibly)
158. Salerno (possibly)
159. Savona (probably)
160. Scimitar
161. Second chance (possibly)
162. Shardana
163. Simon bolivar
164. Southford
165. St patrick
166. Storm
167. Sunbeam
168. Sunk head tower
169. Telegraaf xviii
170. Tergestea
171. Terukuni maru
172. The sultan
173. Thornaby (possibly)
174. Thyra
175. Torchbearer
176. Uc 11 (possibly)
177. Uc 72 (possibly)
178. Vae victis
179. Vancouver
180. Victorious
181. Volscian (possibly)
182. Warrenpoint
183. Wearside
184. White ghost
185. White lady
186. Wychwood (possibly)
187. Wyetown
188. Yewkyle (possibly)
189. 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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