This is the information page about the shipwreck Runswick, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.789 N,5 3.394 W (50.546483, -5.056567)

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: RUNSWICK

Length 103.6 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3060 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1904 by w grey & sons, west hartlepool for the london & northern ss co. under charter to the italian government. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 299 nhp, single shaft. machinery by the central marine engineering co, west hartlepool. passage newport for barry roads. torpedoed by ub-109. was taken in tow but tow parted and drifted onto the outer quires rocks. (war risk insurance & losses books bot, der krieg zur see & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 118 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: 21.4.18 21.4.18 POSN 5M OFF PADSTOW. (RA FALMOUTH TUG REPORT). POSN 3M N OF TREVOSE HEAD. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H6391/19 H6391/19 POSN APPROX 503250N, 050330W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H6698/25 8.10.25 H6698/25 8.10.25 WK DISPERSED BY TH. (TH). BA 1178 H399/66 2.4.68 H399/66 2.4.68 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. (WAR RECORDS BOOK). BA 1168. BR STD. 9.12.69 9.12.69 THE WK RUNSWICK LOCATED IN 503243N, 050318W. (R.DAVIES). NCA YET. 16.1.70 16.1.70 WK LIES ON NE SIDE OF QUIES ROCKS OFF TREVOSE HEAD NEAR PADSTOW. MAX DEPTH OVER WK AT LOW WATER IS 50FT. THE VESSEL IS COMPLETELY BROKEN. GREATEST OBSTRUCTIONS ARE THE 2 BOILERS ONE ON END PROTRUDING 15FT ABOVE THE GENERAL WRECKAGE. VESSEL BOUGHT BY A MR CAVILL OF NEWQUAY IN 1969 AND HAS SINCE BEEN EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED FOR NON FERROUS METALS. (CPO R LARNE). H399/66 12.8.70 H399/66 12.8.70 NOW CHARTED AS FOUL IN 503243N, 050318W. (R DAVIES & R LARNE, 1969 & 1970). NC 1168. 26.7.06 26.7.06 [EUT] POSN: 5032.749N, 0503.363W. BA 1168 [3RD EDN, JULY '02]. 23.11.11 23.11.11 LOCATED 13.12.10 IN 5032.789N, 0503.394W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.45 IN GEN DEPTH 20.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 109.0MTRS, WIDTH 16.0MTRS, HT 3.35MTRS. LIES 118/298 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 17.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP

Position: 50 32.789 N,5 3.394 W

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