This is the information page about the shipwreck Protector (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 1.039 N,1 22.155 W (55.017317, -1.369250)

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: PROTECTOR (POSSIBLY)

Length 33.5 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 200 ton

Cause: built in 1907 by j p rennoldson & sons in 1907. owned at time of loss by the tyne pilotage commissioners. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 50 nhp, single shaft. passage river tyne pilot station and return. mined. crew of 19 lost. (sibi & ww1 msl).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 12.2.71 SUNK IN APPROX POSN 550100N, 012200W. (WW1 MSL). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. HH090/796/01 5.1.99 EXAM'D 17.7.98 IN 550103.3N, 012210.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.2 IN GEN DEPTH 20.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 0.9MTR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 2MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. IRREGULAR SHAPED CONTACT WITH SOME ELEVATION. POSSIBLE WK DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). INS AS WK 20.2MTRS. BR STD. HH091/177/01 2.7.07 EXAM'D 10.1.07 IN 5501.039N, 0122.154W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.66 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. LENGTH 21.93MTRS, WIDTH 4.98MTRS, HT 1.6MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. LIES ON A RIDGE WITHIN A SHALLOW HOLLOW. ?IN TWO PARTS WITH AFT SECTION AT 90 DEGS TO THE MAIN BODY. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1177). AMEND WK 18.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2007/000048944 6.7.07 AMEND BY NM.

- NM 3367/07. 12.7.12 LOCATED 25.6.12 IN 5501.040N, 0122.150W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.61 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 0.5MTR. LIES 165/345 DEGS WITH BOWS SSW. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1359). NCA. SEP 2019/000043627 24.3.19 EXAM’D 28.7.19 IN 5501.039N, 0122.155W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.86MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. LENGTH 46.4MTRS, WIDTH 7.8MTRS, HT 1.6MTRS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 7.5MTRS, WIDTH 31.5MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP. HARD TO DISCERN. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 18.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HARD TO DISCERN

Position: 55 1.039 N,1 22.155 W

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