This is the information page about the shipwreck Polwell (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.18 N,5 55.92 W (53.371616666667, -5.6589166666667)

 

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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. Atika
2. Benaiah
3. Bolivar
4. Bolivar (fwd part)(probably)
5. Bydand
6. County of lancaster
7. Dieter
8. Downshire (possibly)
9. Fern (probably)
10. Flying dart
11. Flying hawk
12. Glenorchy (possibly)
13. Hare (probably)
14. Hms deliverer
15. Hms guide me ii
16. Leinster
17. Loch fergus
18. Marlay
19. Nellie esplin
20. Polwell (probably)
21. Queen victoria
22. Queen victoria
23. Rose mystique
24. Salaminia (probably)
25. Samaria
26. Sir charles napier
27. Skomer
28. St ibar
29. St michan (possibly)
30. Tayleur
31. Therese emile yvon
32. Vesper (possibly)
33. W m barkley (possibly)

 

Name: POLWELL (PROBABLY)

Length 86.6 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2013 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-syra, ex-deutscher kaiser, ex-northumbria. built in 1888 by j l thompson & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller (tyzak & co). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 201 nhp, single shaft. passage troon for france. torpedoed by u 96. no lives lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20091127

Details measurements/cartography: 10.6.18 POSN GIVEN AS 5.5M E(TRUE) OF ROCKABILL. (B OF T 10.6.18). LATER POSNS GIVEN AS 533800N, 055200W. (C IN C KINGSTON, 9.6.18) & 6M E BY S HALF S FROM ROCKABILL. ACCEPTED POSN 533600N, 055200W. H5141/53 14.8.53 INS AS NDWPA. NC 1411. AMENDED TO USCPA 35MTRS. (AUTHORITY AND DATE NOT NOTED). H4466/81 14.7.83 WK LOCATED IN 533311N, 055552W [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.3MTRS. (HMS FOX, SIGNAL DTD 10.7.83). INS AS SW 25MTRS.

- NM 1930/83. H4466/81 1.3.84 EXAM'D 9.7.83 IN 533311N, 055552W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.3, FOUL AT 25.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTRS. GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. ORIENTATED NE/SW. (HMS FOX, HI 95). NFA. 3.7.85 DIVED ON RECENTLY. THOUGHT TO HAVE A CARGO OF COAL. (R GOLDEN, TELECON). [WGD] POSN: 5333.219N, 0555.944W. BA 44. 8.2.12 LIES IN 5333.200N, 0555.940W [WGD]. LENGTH 92MTRS, WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HT 8.3MTRS. LIES NE/SW WITH BOWS NE. INTACT & UPRIGHT WITH FWD HOLD COLLAPSED. NETTED. (WARSHIPS, UBOATS & LINERS - INSS 2012). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 10.4.14 LIES IN 5333.180N, 0555.920W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 26.57 IN GEN DEPTH 35.6MTRS. (IRISH WK LIST). AMEND 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 25.11.15 SHOWN AS WK 26.159MTRS IN 5333.180N, 0555.920W [WGD]. (CHARISE MCKEON, GSI, CV09-05, CELTIC VOYAGER). AMEND DW 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, BOWS NE, FWD HOLD COLLAPSED

Position: 53 33.18 N,5 55.92 W

 

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