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 (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Annie
7. Atlanticos
8. Balgownie (probably)
9. Batavier 5
10. Bella donna
11. Blackhill
12. Bonnington court
13. British captain
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Brixton
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. Clan monroe
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormorant
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Coureur des mers
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denise germaine (possibly)
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dynamo
32. Empire bridge
33. Erna boldt (probably)
34. Estrella (possibly)
35. European gateway (part of)
36. Excelsior
37. F stobart (probably)
38. Faithful star
39. Flores (probably)
40. Fort massac
41. Forth
42. Franz fischer (possibly)
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Gannet (possibly)
46. Gena
47. Gerhard
48. Golconda (possibly)
49. Grantleyhall (possibly)
50. Grenadier (probably)
51. Grisdeale
52. Groeswen (probably)
53. Hardingham (probably)
54. Harlington (probably)
55. Harlyn (probably)
56. Harriet
57. Hebe
58. Hendon hall
59. Heworth
60. Highwave (probably)
61. Hillglen
62. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
63. Hm torpedo boat no.12
64. Hmml 127 (possibly)
65. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
66. Hms adonis (possibly)
67. Hms arethusa
68. Hms coquette
69. Hms donna nook
70. Hms duchess of hamilton
71. Hms dundalk
72. Hms eros (possibly)
73. Hms forward iii
74. Hms franc tireur
75. Hms hastfen
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms japan
79. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
80. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
81. Hms leandros
82. Hms lord airedale
83. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
84. Hms ludlow
85. Hms marconi
86. Hms monarch
87. Hms moravia (possibly)
88. Hms nadine
89. Hms new comet (possibly)
90. Hms resono (possibly)
91. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms river clyde (possibly)
94. Hms sisapon
95. Hms sisters melville
96. Hms st seiriol
97. Hms tervani
98. Hms tunisian
99. Hms velia (possibly)
100. Hms waveflower
101. Hms william wesney
102. Hmsm e6
103. Hmtb 10
104. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
105. Hnlms 227
106. Hornchurch
107. Ignis (possibly)
108. Ingi
109. Ionian (possibly)
110. Iris (possibly)
111. J c dalble
112. Janny
113. Jim
114. Josefina thorden (after part)
115. Kankakee
116. Khartoum (possibly)
117. Knarsdale
118. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
119. Koningen emma (possibly)
120. Kwasind
121. Lady salisbury
122. Lincairn (possibly)
123. Lisette
124. Little world
125. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
126. Lonhelen (possibly)
127. Lowland
128. Mac 5 (possibly)
129. Magdapur
130. Mahseer
131. Mangara
132. Marie leonhardt (probably)
133. Mecklenburg
134. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
135. Mexico
136. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
137. Moidart
138. Morar
139. Nereus
140. Newhaven (possibly)
141. Nico
142. Nicolaos piangos
143. Niore
144. Norhauk
145. Norwich trader
146. Ocean pride
147. Old charlton
148. Ostprussen (possibly)
149. Paullette
150. Peik
151. Persistant whisper
152. Pescado
153. Peter hamre
154. Petshenga (possibly)
155. Phryne
156. Plawsworth (possibly)
157. Polgarth
158. Port dalhousie (possibly)
159. Prince igor (probably)
160. Princess juliana
161. Profit
162. Protinus (possibly)
163. Quickstep
164. Ravenscraig (possibly)
165. Rhenas (possibly)
166. Rumania
167. Salerno (possibly)
168. Salerno (possibly)
169. Savona (probably)
170. Scimitar
171. Second chance (possibly)
172. Sheaf field
173. Simon bolivar
174. Stad maastricht
175. Storm
176. Sunbeam
177. Sunk head tower
178. Telegraaf xviii
179. Tergestea
180. Terukuni maru
181. The sultan
182. Thornaby (possibly)
183. Thyra
184. Torchbearer
185. Uc 11 (possibly)
186. Uc 72 (possibly)
187. Vae victis
188. Vancouver
189. Volante (possibly)
190. Volscian (possibly)
191. Walsingham
192. Warrenpoint
193. Wearside
194. White ghost
195. Wychwood (possibly)
196. Wyetown
197. Yampa (part of)
198. Yewkyle (possibly)
199. 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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