This is the information page about the shipwreck Riversdale, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.77 N,3 44.154 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Ambassador
3. Amelie (probably)
4. Amelie-suzanne
5. Ann marie (possibly)
6. Antonio (probably)
7. Baychattan
8. Belle ile (possibly)
9. Blue marlin
10. Brenda
11. Bretton hall
12. Broadmayne (part of)
13. Brunhilda
14. Bull steamer (possibly)
15. Cantabria
16. Catherine allen
17. Cheapside (possibly)
18. Chloe t
19. Claverley (possibly)
20. Claverley (possibly)
21. Colorado (possibly)
22. Demetrios
23. Dudley rose
24. Eagle
25. East point
26. Edam ii
27. Elizabeth caroline
28. Elsa
29. Elsa (possibly)
30. Emma
31. Empire harry
32. Farn
33. Fiona mary
34. Flourish
35. Garm (possibly)
36. Girl barbara
37. Glory
38. Greatham
39. Grelhame (probably)
40. Gro
41. Halfdan (possibly)
42. Halloween
43. Haugastol (possibly)
44. Havbris (probably)
45. Hazel claire (possibly)
46. Hazelpark (possibly)
47. Herzogin cecilie
48. Heye p
49. Hildegard (possibly)
50. Hms benton castle
51. Hms chorley (possibly)
52. Hms crocodile
53. Hms jasper (possibly)
54. Hms newbridge (probably)
55. Hms penylan (e part)
56. Hms penylan (w part)
57. Hms picton castle
58. Hms ramillies
59. Hms savage
60. Hms stockforce (possibly)
61. Hmsm d1
62. Hmsm m1
63. Hmsm untiring
64. Jade star gypsy
65. Jordan a
66. Koningin der engelen (probably)
67. Laertes
68. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
69. Les mercenaires
70. Liberta
71. Louis shied
72. Maine
73. Marana (bow section)
74. Marie
75. Medina
76. Neches (probably)
77. Newholm
78. North sea (probably)
79. Oregon
80. Perm (possibly)
81. Persier
82. Pietje antje
83. Placidas faroult
84. Rayder
85. Riversdale
86. Shirley betty
87. Skaala
88. Soudan
89. St katharine (probably)
90. Stanhope
91. Talvaldis (possibly)
92. Tasmania (possibly)
93. Ternefjell
94. Totnes castle
95. U 1063
96. U 214 (probably)
97. Uc 49 (probably)
98. Uc 51
99. Uskmoor (probably)
100. W.s.w. one
101. Waikawa (possibly)
102. Warsaw
103. Wreathier
104. Yvette bm217

 

Name: RIVERSDALE

Length 96.9 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2805 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in j blumer & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by r c thompson. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 249 nhp, single shaft. passage the tyne for sovana, italy. torpedoed by ub-31. run ashore by master, bukheads shored but sank upright when towed off. one life lost. (sibi, dods, ww1sl & diver magazine sept 1998).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H360/07 H360/07 WK PA CHARTED IN 501145N, 034330W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 1613. H131/18 H131/18 WK LOCATED E HALF N 7.5C FROM PRAWLE PT SIG STATION LYING IN 18FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2502/51 25.1.52 H2502/51 25.1.52 LARGE WK IN 501142N, 034405W. LEAST DEPTH 17FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 46FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). NE 1613. H5413/60 29.4.63 H5413/60 29.4.63 WK, THOUGHT TO BE 'RIVERSDALE', FOUND. INTACT APART FROM BOWS. ON EVEN KEEL IN 501142N, 034403W. (BSAC TORQUAY). H5413/60 23.1.64 H5413/60 23.1.64 SALVAGE RIGHTS PURCHASED BY BSAC TORQUAY FROM M.O.T. (LTR DTD 2.12.63). H5413/60 19.1.65 H5413/60 19.1.65 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS 'RIVERSDALE'. A 2.5FT SPOKED WHEEL STAMPED WITH THE HGMR SALVAGED BY BSAC TORBAY. (17.11.64) 12.1.70 12.1.70 SALVAGE DUE TO TAKE PLACE WINTER MONTHS 1969-1970 WITH EXPLOSIVES BY TORBAY BSAC. (TRITON MAGAZINE, FEB 1970). H2396/77 11.3.77 H2396/77 11.3.77 WK IN 501142N, 034409W USING DECCA. ABOUT 310FT LONG BY SONAR. LYING ABOUT NE/SW. BOWS NE. UPRIGHT. BEAM 44.5FT BY LINE. HATCH 16.5FT ACROSS. NO GOOD E/S RUN. SEABED 150-160FT APPROX, PROBABLY ROCKY. WK LIES IN A DEPRESSION WHICH IS NOT A SCOUR. SHIP IS BADLY DAMAGED FORWARD. IT IS BROKEN AT NUMBER ONE HOLD & THERE IS NO BOW. BUT FOR WRECKAGE BULKHEAD BETWEEN HOLDS 1 & 2 IS GONE & CARGO HAS LARGELY SPILLED OUT. HATCHES ARE ABOUT 30FT LONG. PROPELLER IS THERE BUT WAS NOT EXAMINED. THOUGHT TO BE THE COLLIER 'RIVERSDALE'. (RISDON BEASELY, 10.2.77). H1941/79 1.4.81 H1941/79 1.4.81 EXAM'D 12.11.80 IN 501144.4N, 034404.8W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.6 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP ON W SIDE OF WK. LYING NE/SW, APPARENTLY INTACT & UPRIGHT. LENGTH APPROX 100MTRS. (HMS FOX, HI 54A/79). BR STD. H5982/82 10.2.83 H5982/82 10.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 501136N, 034404W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H1941/79 29.10.86 H1941/79 29.10.86 OPERATION TO SALVAGE COAL CARGO BY EUROSALVE AND COASTLINE MARINE. (NEWSPAPER REPORT DTD 4.10.86). NCA. 2.9.98 2.9.98 LIES UPRIGHT, BOW BROKEN AWAY. IRON PROPELLER. (DIVER MAGAZINE, SEPT 1998). NCA. 6.10.99 6.10.99 UPRIGHT & STANDS 11MTRS PROUD. BOW BROKEN AWAY. BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. PROP IS IRON. (DIVER MAGAZINE, OCT 1999). NCA. 18.4.13 18.4.13 EXAM'D 6.1.13 IN 5011.770N, 0344.154W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.6 IN GEN DEPTH 41.5MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 31.75MTRS. SCOUR 2.9MTRS EXTENDS 12.5MTRS TOWARDS 265 DEGS. LENGTH 108.3MTRS, WIDTH 18.5MTRS, HT 7.8MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. INTACT, WITH BOWS MISSING. (EMU, HI 1374). SCOUR ALONG SIDES OF WK. SEDIMENT BUILT UP AT BOTH SIDES. AMEND WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW NE & BROKEN AWAY, SCOUR ALONG WK

Position: 50 11.77 N,3 44.154 W

 

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