This is the information page about the shipwreck Sandhurst, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 58.723 N,5 23.086 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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. Agba
2. Alamance (probably)
3. Annagher
4. Ardglass
5. Argyle (possibly)
6. Austria
7. Azure
8. Baron glamis (probably)
9. Betsey / bessy
10. Black diamond
11. Bonvilston
12. Boy john r
13. Buffalo (possibly)
14. Byron darnton
15. Carrick
16. Chindwin
17. Chirripo
18. Craigantlet
19. Davaar
20. Dettifoss
21. Dove of oban
22. Empire adventure
23. Empress of japan (possibly)
24. Enterprize (poss)
25. Ethel crawford
26. Fredanja (probably)
27. Haileybury
28. Hms adept (possibly)
29. Hmt rose ii
30. Karanan
31. Lagan
32. Lairdscastle (probably)
33. Lakemoor
34. Longwy
35. M.j.craig (probably)
36. Mermaid
37. Middleton (probably)
38. Nyanza (possibly)
39. Oregon 1
40. Perelle (possibly)
41. Perilia
42. Princess victoria
43. Rexmoor
44. Rowan
45. Sandhurst
46. Setter (possibly)
47. Solway queen (possibly)
48. Strathmore
49. Tiberia
50. Troutpool
51. U 776
52. Ub 82 (possibly)
53. Ub 85
54. Ub-85 / ub-82?
55. Ulrica
56. Vera louise
57. W d potts (probably)
58. William castle
59. Wilmere (probably)

 

Name: SANDHURST

Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3034 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1897 by blyth shipbuilding. owned at time of loss by watts, watts & co, london. triple expansion engine of 280 nhp for 9.5kts, single shaft. passage bilbao for ardrossan. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub-62. twenty men lost. (dods & wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 134 meter, Height above seabed: 43 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: M09985 13.5.18 SUNK IN 550000N, 052200W OR 5M W OF CORSEWALL POINT. (A P REPORT, C IN C LARNE). M24641 18.5.18 NOW REPORTED IN 545845N, 052530W (PA). (BOARD OF TRADE, MASTER). [NO DATE] SUNK 6M NW BY W 1/4 W FROM CORSEWALL POINT. (WW1SL). 18.8.53 INS NDW (PA) ON NC F6629 ONLY. 23.7.69 INS AS NDWPA. NC 2724. H3671/72 20.7.72 EXAM'D 4.7.72 IN 545842N, 052302W [OGB] USING HFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 125 IN GEN DEPTH 134MTRS. SCOUR 1 TO 2MTRS. SEABED BROWN MUD, SAND AND SHELLS. APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 300FT LONG. LYING 040/220. APPEARS WELL BROKEN UP WITH 3 HIGH POINTS. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). BR STD. H3671/72 13.9.72 WK LEAST DEPTH 68FMS [125MTRS]. (HMS FOX HN 12/72). NE'S 2199 & 2198. SEP 2017/000034083 27.6.17 EXAM'D 20.01.17; IN 5458.723N, 0523.086W [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 119.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 134MTRS, LENGTH 100.9MTRS, WIDTH 26.2MTRS, HEIGHT 14.03MTRS, ORIENTATION 043/223 DEGS. (MMT, HI 1508). AMEND NDW 119MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 54 58.723 N,5 23.086 W

 

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