This is the information page about the shipwreck Robert eggleton (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 34.229 N,4 52.952 W (52.869166666667, -5.0796666666667)

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: ROBERT EGGLETON (POSSIBLY)

Length 88.4 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 6.6, tonnage 2274 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1890 by short bros, sunderland. owned at time of loss by j westoll. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 196 hp. single shaft. machiney by t richardson, hartlepool. passage glasgow for leghorn. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk by u-91. one man lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 19 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: M288/18 31.12.17 TORPEDOED 10 MILES SW (MAG) FROM BARDSEY I. (IDSA MASTER). INS ON CHARTS. AMEND TO NDWPA ON 1411. (DATE NOT KNOWN). 27.10.72 AMEND TO USCPA 50MTRS. NC 1971. H1935/80 23.11.81 LOCATED IN 523412N, 045252W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. DCS3 HT 11MTRS. CHART AS WK 44MTRS. (HMS FAWN, SIGNAL DTD 16.11.81 FOR HI 3/81). BR STD. H1953/80 14.5.82 EXAM'D 15.11.81. POSN BY TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. DCS3 HT 11MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING, UPRIGHT, 010/190 DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). NFA. SEP 2014/000169269 12.3.15 EXAM'D 11.2014 IN 5234.229N, 0452.952W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.3 IN GEN DEPTH 54.8MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 94MTRS TOWARDS 006 DEGS. LENGTH 83MTRS, WIDTH 21.5MTRS, HT 8.5MTRS. LIES 019/199 DEGS WITH BOWS N. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES ON STBD SIDE WITH LARGE HOLE IN THE PORT SIDE. (MMT, HI 1450). AMEND WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, BOWS N. LARGE HOLE IN PORT SIDE

Position: 52 34.229 N,4 52.952 W

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