This is the information page about the shipwreck Polruan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 30.278 N,0 36.116 W (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amulet
5. Anboto mendi (possibly)
6. Ard aidhm
7. Ardgantoch
8. Athelstane
9. Athos
10. Audax
11. Balfron (probably)
12. Battersea
13. Beaumanoir (probably)
14. Berwick (possibly)
15. Black prince (possibly)
16. Botha (possibly)
17. Brentwood
18. Bur
19. Cap palos (part of)
20. Castleford (probably)
21. Commercial
22. Constantia
23. Corsican prince
24. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
25. Creteblock
26. Crimdon (possibly)
27. Defiant
28. Disperser
29. Eaglescliffe (probably)
30. Earl percy
31. Elemore
32. Eli
33. Ellida (probably)
34. Erich lea
35. Ferruccio
36. Florentia
37. Fred everard
38. Garthwaite
39. Gimle
40. Glengarry (probably)
41. Glow (part of) (possibly)
42. Glow (part of) (possibly)
43. Gwalia (possibly)
44. Harrow (probably)
45. Hartley
46. Helene
47. Hercules
48. Highgate
49. Hms desire (possibly)
50. Hms dromio
51. Hms garmo (probably)
52. Hms locheil
53. Hms lord ridley
54. Hms ruthin castle
55. Hms swallow
56. Hornsund (probably)
57. Hurstwood
58. Jane
59. John miles
60. Lady ann
61. Lady helen
62. Lampada (probably)
63. Lanthorn
64. Lerwick (probably)
65. London
66. Lowtyne (possibly)
67. Lucy
68. Madame renee
69. Marchioness of londonderry
70. Marie stuart
71. Martina
72. Melanie (probably)
73. Membland (possibly)
74. Merrie islington
75. Modemi (possibly)
76. Moorlands
77. Moorwood (possibly)
78. Namorado field jacket
79. Novillo
80. Oakwell
81. Onslow
82. Pandora
83. Paul
84. Phare (probably)
85. Philander (probably)
86. Polanna
87. Polruan
88. Quaggy (probably)
89. Rikard nordraak
90. Rutil
91. Saint ninian
92. Sarah thinnesen
93. Schaldis (possibly)
94. Scotia
95. Sir francis
96. Skane
97. Sna ii
98. Southborough
99. Springhill
100. Stora-korsnas-link i
101. Sumus (probably)
102. Suntrap (probably)
103. Taurus (probably)
104. Trelyon
105. Ub 30
106. Ub 41
107. Uc 70
108. Victo (bow section)
109. Victo (stern section)
110. Victoria (probably)
111. Wallsend
112. Woodstock (bow section)
113. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: POLRUAN

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3692 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1907 by w gray & co ltd. owned at time of loss by hall brothers, cairns, noble & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. requistioned by admiralty as a collier. passage the tyne for dunkirk. cause of sinking was possibly a mine or, as bot inquiry found, vessel struck whitby rock. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 27 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161212

Details measurements/cartography: H6619/16 CHARTED AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) - FNM 514/16. H124/19 3.1.19 NO OBSTRUCTION FOUND IN THIS POSITION. (VAEC). H3752/26 11.6.26 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1916). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 1191. H2281/31 7.4.31 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 1625. H2392/33 4.5.33 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 58FT [17,.6MTRS]. LYING 029.5DEG, 7.35C FROM EAST PIER LT, OR 028DEGS, 8C FROM OLD WEST PIER LT. (HMS FITZROY, 4.4.33). AMEND TO WK 58FT IN 543017N, 003600W.

- NM ACTION. 29.11.74 AMEND TO SW 17MTRS [LAT]. NC 129. H6331/87 18.1.89 EXAM'D 14.8.88 IN 543016N, 003600W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.2 IN GEN DEPTH 24.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS, BREADTH 15MTRS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. LIES 045/225DEG. HIGH POINT IS AMIDSHIPS. NOT SWEPT DUE TO FISHING NETS IN AREA. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE CONFIRMS OBSERVED HEIGHT. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO WK 19.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 28.2.06 EUT POSN: 5430.277N, 0036.102W. BA 1612 [6TH EDN, MAY '02]. SEP 2017/000002822 3.5.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16 IN 5430.278N, 0036.116W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.16MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 80.9MTRS, WIDTH 21.6MTRS, HEIGHT 3.81MTRS, ORIENTATION 027/207 DEGS. WRECK COLLAPSED ONTO THE SEABED, HULL PLATE PRESENT ALONG WESTERN SIDE AND REMAINS OF DECK AND FRAME SURROUND THE THREE BOILERS. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND DW 19.1MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECK COLLAPSED

Position: 54 30.278 N,0 36.116 W

 

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