This is the information page about the shipwreck Poljames, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.486 N,5 10.335 W (49.908100, -5.172250)

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.

Name: POLJAMES

Length 59.7 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 856 ton

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine 6m s of the lizard. (bot wr8/340 & docket m46066). torpedoed and sunk by german submarine 6m s of the lizard. 13 lives lost. (ll ww1 & ww1sl). built in 1872 by earle's co. ltd., kingston-upon-hull, was torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub-112 6m s of the lizard whilst en route from newport to st malo. (shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 78 meter, Height above seabed: 179 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H557/41 1.8.41 H557/41 1.8.41 POSN 3M SSE OF LIZARD HEAD, OR 495454N, 051024W. (FOIC FALMOUTH, 7.4.41). INS AS NDW PA.

- NM 1785/41. 2.7.74 2.7.74 AMEND TO WK USC PA 50MTRS. NE 154. HH091/059/01 8.4.05 HH091/059/01 8.4.05 EXAM'D 18.9.04 IN 4954.484N, 0510.336W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 70.0 IN GEN DEPTH 78.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 8.0MTRS. LIES 179/359DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED, IN TWO PARTS. NFS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). SEE ALSO [65695]. AMEND WK 70MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 21.11.05 HH091/059/01 21.11.05 EXAM'D IN 4954.486N, 0510.335W [WGD]. HT 7.9MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 30.5.07 30.5.07 NOT THE WRECK OF HMS ROCHE BONNE - SEE [22486]. APPEARS TO BE THE STERN OF AN OLD SWEDISH STEAM SHIP. NAME OF SHIPPING COMPANY IDENTIFIED BY PLATE AS 'FORNYADE ANGFARTYES AKTIEBOLAGET GOTHA'. BOW OF THIS SHIP LIKELY TO BE [65695]. (G POUND, FAX DTD 25.5.07). NCA. 15.6.07 15.6.07 NOW IDENTIFIED AS THE BOW SECTION OF THE 'POLJAMES'. POLJAMES THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN BUILT IN SWEDEN AS THE 'JAMES J DICKSON', BUT CONFISCATED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN 1917 & RENAMED. (G POUND, TELECOM 15.6.07). THIS HISTORY DOES FULLY AGREE WITH DETAILS FOUND IN DODS & THE SHIPWRECK INDEX OF THE BRITISH ISLES. SEE ALSO [22416] & [65695]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW SECTION OF BROKEN WK

Position: 49 54.486 N,5 10.335 W

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