This is the information page about the shipwreck Ravenscraig (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 54.751 N,1 40.1 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Cairnside
14. Carica milica
15. Cedarwood (possibly)
16. Churston
17. Clan monroe
18. Coalgas
19. Corcrest
20. Cormorant
21. Cormount (probably)
22. Coureur des mers
23. Cressdene (possibly)
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denise germaine (possibly)
26. Disa (possibly)
27. Dulwich
28. Dynamo
29. Empire bridge
30. Erna boldt (probably)
31. Estrella (possibly)
32. European gateway (part of)
33. F stobart (probably)
34. Faithful star
35. Flores (probably)
36. Fort massac
37. Forth
38. Franz fischer (possibly)
39. Friargate (possibly)
40. Friargate (possibly)
41. Gannet (possibly)
42. Gena
43. Gerhard
44. Golconda (possibly)
45. Grantleyhall (possibly)
46. Grenadier (probably)
47. Grisdeale
48. Groeswen (probably)
49. Hardingham (probably)
50. Harlington (probably)
51. Harlyn (probably)
52. Harriet
53. Hebe
54. Hendon hall
55. Highwave (probably)
56. Hillglen
57. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
58. Hm torpedo boat no.12
59. Hmml 127 (possibly)
60. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
61. Hms adonis (possibly)
62. Hms arethusa
63. Hms coquette
64. Hms donna nook
65. Hms duchess of hamilton
66. Hms eros (possibly)
67. Hms forward iii
68. Hms franc tireur
69. Hms hastfen
70. Hms hirose (probably)
71. Hms holdene
72. Hms japan
73. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
74. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
75. Hms leandros
76. Hms lord airedale
77. Hms ludlow
78. Hms marconi
79. Hms monarch
80. Hms moravia (possibly)
81. Hms nadine
82. Hms new comet (possibly)
83. Hms resono (possibly)
84. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms sisapon
88. Hms sisters melville
89. Hms tervani
90. Hms tunisian
91. Hms velia (possibly)
92. Hms waveflower
93. Hms william wesney
94. Hmsm e6
95. Hmtb 10
96. Hnlms 227
97. Hornchurch
98. Ignis (possibly)
99. Ingi
100. Ionian (possibly)
101. J c dalble
102. Janny
103. Jim
104. Josefina thorden (after part)
105. Kankakee
106. Khartoum (possibly)
107. Knarsdale
108. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
109. Koningen emma (possibly)
110. Kwasind
111. Lady salisbury
112. Lincairn (possibly)
113. Lisette
114. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
115. Lonhelen (possibly)
116. Lowland
117. Mac 5 (possibly)
118. Magdapur
119. Mahseer
120. Mangara
121. Marie leonhardt (probably)
122. Mecklenburg
123. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
124. Mexico
125. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
126. Moidart
127. Morar
128. Nereus
129. Newhaven (possibly)
130. Nico
131. Nicolaos piangos
132. Niore
133. Norhauk
134. Norwich trader
135. Ocean pride
136. Old charlton
137. Ostprussen (possibly)
138. Paullette
139. Peik
140. Persistant whisper
141. Pescado
142. Peter hamre
143. Petshenga (possibly)
144. Phryne
145. Plawsworth (possibly)
146. Polgarth
147. Port dalhousie (possibly)
148. Prince igor (probably)
149. Princess juliana
150. Profit
151. Protinus (possibly)
152. Quickstep
153. Ravenscraig (possibly)
154. Rhenas (possibly)
155. Salerno (possibly)
156. Salerno (possibly)
157. Savona (probably)
158. Scimitar
159. Second chance (possibly)
160. Simon bolivar
161. Stad maastricht
162. Storm
163. Sunbeam
164. Sunk head tower
165. Telegraaf xviii
166. Tergestea
167. Terukuni maru
168. The sultan
169. Thornaby (possibly)
170. Thyra
171. Torchbearer
172. Uc 11 (possibly)
173. Uc 72 (possibly)
174. Vae victis
175. Vancouver
176. Volscian (possibly)
177. Walsingham
178. Warrenpoint
179. Wearside
180. White ghost
181. Wychwood (possibly)
182. Wyetown
183. Yewkyle (possibly)
184. Ypapanti

 

Name: RAVENSCRAIG (POSSIBLY)

Length 41.1 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 330 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1899 by dundee shipbuilders dundee. owned at time of loss by kircaldy ss co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 50hp, single shaft passage keadby for chatham. cargo coal. sank following a collision with ss baron polsworth, 3-4m ne of sunk ltv. (sibi & th).

Year of registration: 1932

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 178 cm

Known since: 1932, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 3-4M NE OF SUNK LTV. (TH, L3002/32). NCA, POSN 515400N, 013848E FOR FILING ONLY. H4139/76 31.12.76 WK EXAM'D 17.9.76 IN 515444N, 014011E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16, FOUL AT 16.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.4 IN GEN DEPTH 24.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 24.6MTRS. LIES NE/SW IN TWO PARTS, EACH APPROX 60 X 15MTRS, AND LYING 10MTRS APART. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/667/01 19.12.95 EXAM'D 24.7.95 IN 515444.74N, 014006.05E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.1, FOUL 17.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.3 IN GEN DEPTH 25.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.8MTR. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 174/354 DEGS. PRONOUNCED MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPPRIGHT. PROBABLY NETTED OR BUOYED. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. SEP 2015/000083463 17.7.16 EXAM'D 22.2.16 IN 5154.751N, 0140.100E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LENGTH 41MTRS, WIDTH 9.5MTRS, HT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 178/358. SCOUR LENGTH 330MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 208DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK MOSTLY INTACT, SITS UPRIGHT. SUPERSTRUCTURE NOT IDENTIFIABLE BUT SOME DEBRIS ON DECK LEVEL PRESENT. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND TO DW 19.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk mostly intact

Position: 51 54.751 N,1 40.1 E

 

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