This is the information page about the shipwreck Shad thames, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 49.585 N,4 47.853 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)

 

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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.

 

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20. Florence reynolds
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41. Poitiers (part of)(possibly)
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43. Risoy (probably)
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46. Sarah anderson (possibly)
47. Shad thames
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Name: SHAD THAMES

Length 50.3 meter, width: 8.1 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 549 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1902 by r williamson, workington. owned at time of loss by temple, thomas & clarke. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 73 nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by ross & duncan, glasgow. passage rouen for swansea. foundered follwing collision with norwegian ss hortense lea. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: SS TOWNELEY SUNK 18M NE 1/4 E FROM TREVOSE HEAD. (WW1SL). 1918 ACCEPT APPROX POSN 505000N, 044800W. (DOCKET M6067). H7613/52 5.12.52 H7613/52 5.12.52 CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 505000N, 044800W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1156. 14.11.72 14.11.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK USC PA 15FMS (28MTRS). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1178. 4.5.78 4.5.78 AMENDED TO WK USC PA 30MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1178. 2.11.09 SEP 2009/000152876 2.11.09 WK LOCATED IN 5049.5852N, 0447.8527W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.4MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP WITH A PROMINENT STACK OR ENGINE BLOCK RISING 3.6MTRS ABOVE A ROCK SEABED. (MV MERIDIAN, HN DTD 16.10.09 FOR HI 1157). AMEND WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 21.6.10 21.6.10 SS TOWNELEY HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY BELL IN 5051.795N, 0449.419W [SEE 60442]. (G POUND, TELECON 21.6.10) RECORD AMENDED TO UNKNOWN. 27.7.10 27.7.10 DIVED 26.7.10. BELL MARKED: 'SHAD THAMES' LOCATED BY DARREN RICE. STEERING ENGINE NOTED WITH DATE 1902. (G POUND, TELECON). NCA. 11.8.11 11.8.11 LOCATED 16.10.09 IN 5049.585N, 0447.853W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.58 IN GEN DEPTH 45.16MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 48.6MTRS, WIDTH 16.2MTRS, HT 3.75MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). WELL BROKEN UP. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, ?BOWS NE

Position: 50 49.585 N,4 47.853 W

 

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