This is the information page about the shipwreck Port dalhousie (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 36.631 N,1 39.983 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: PORT DALHOUSIE (POSSIBLY)
Length 76.2 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1744 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products
Cause: Ex-tynemouth. built in 1913 by swan hunter & wigham richardson, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by reuben mclelland, kingstone, ontario. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 80hp, single shaft. passage the tees for nantes. cargo steel ingots. torpedoed by ub-10. twelve men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 25 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20170406
Details measurements/cartography: 1916 POSN 513642N, 014000E, APPROX. INS DW WITH DAN BUOY OVER WK. - FNM 504B/16. H5568/21 8.9.21 POSN 514642N, 014000E. LEAST DEPTH 48FT IN GEN DEPTH 73FT. LIES NNE/SSW. (TH, 6.9.21). INS AS WK 8FMS.
- NM ACTION. H8004/37 2.3.38 LOCATED BY OROPESA SWEEP. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 48, FOUL AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48FT IN 513634N, 014000E. (HMS KELLETT, SWEEP REPORT 30.11.37). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H5886/55 24.7.56 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS, OCTOBER 1955. BUOY LAID. (GRAY AND THOMPSON). BUOY REMOVED BY TH ON 24.7.56. 12.6.69 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 5FT [LAT]. NE 1975. H2132/70 23.1.70 EXAM'D IN 513635N, 014006E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.5, FOUL AT 16.9MTRS. GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26.2MTRS. GOOD SONAR FROM N AND SW. EXTENDS ABOUT 300FT IN NNE/SSW DIR'N. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 43/69; HI 409/69). AMEND TO SW 9FMS [LAT].
- NM 304/70. H5197/70 9.12.70 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SWEEP. (ISS, ROS DTD 27.11.70). H4988/71 5.1.72 LOCATED IN 513628N, 014006E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. DEFINITE WK BUT GAVE NO DCS3 SHADOW. (ISS, ROS AND HMS FAWN). NCA. 23.5.73 AMEND TO SW 16.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 2051. H6340/87 27.2.89 EXAM'D 20.9.88 IN 513636N, 014006E [OGB] USING COMPOUND HYPERFIX/TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.0, FOUL AT 17.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.6 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 25.8MTRS. DCS23 HT 5.6MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 100MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK LYING 020/200 DEG. A SEPARATE PIECE OF WRECKAGE (NFS) WAS LOCATED 130MTRS E OF WK AND HAD LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.4MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 423). BR STD. HH090/698/01 22.8.96 EXAM'D 18.7.96 IN 513637.5N, 013958.7E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.5, FOUL 17.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.2 IN GEN DEPTH 24.6MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. INTACT. (NP 1016, HI 698). BR STD. HH090/693/01 26.11.97 EXAM'D 3.10.97 IN 513635.6N, 014005.7E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.8, FOUL 18.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.9 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, NO DEBRIS. SCOUR OF 1MTR EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 190 DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 693). BR STD. SEP 2017/000205589 15.8.17 WK LOCATED IN 5136.631N, 0139.983E [WGD]. LEAST WCD 17.1MTRS, LENGTH 82.4MTRS, WIDTH 18.1MTRS, HEIGHT 7.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 025/205 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1518_H102_001_17). AMEND DW 17.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2017/000123580 21.9.17 EXAM'D 6.4.17; IN 5136.631N, 0139.983E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 17.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 82.4MTRS, WIDTH 18.1MTRS, HEIGHT 7.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 025/205 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 305MTRS, 1.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 213 DEGS. WRECK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND DW 17.0MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 36.631 N,1 39.983 E