Wreck: Sidmouth (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Sidmouth (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 35.972 N,5 43.241 W (49.715066666667, -5.6515333333333)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: SIDMOUTH (POSSIBLY)
Length 103 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4045 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1903 by richardson, duck & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 348hp, single shaft. passage cardiff for la spetzia. cargo coal. stopped and captured by ub-29. later sunk by torpedo.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 94 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 1989
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 20 MILES S OF WOLF ROCK. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS, VOL 17). SUNK 22 MILES S OF WOLF ROCK. (WW1SL). H1282/78/91 26.4.78 H1282/78/91 26.4.78 WK LOCATED IN 493628N, 054258W [OGB] USING DECCA. (T E CAKEBREAD, 24.4.78). E/S TRACE SUPPLIED INDICATES WK STANDS 9.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 90-95MTRS. CHART AS WK 80MTRS. NC 2565. H2979/74 13.7.78 H2979/74 13.7.78 FF REPD IN POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. 10.7.85 10.7.85 WK STANDING 6 FMS ABOVE SEABED. (C WILLIAMS, RECORDED TAPE). NCA. H6501/87 8.3.89 H6501/87 8.3.89 EXAM'D 15.11.88 IN 493556N, 054311W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67 IN GEN DEPTH 94MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 28.3MTRS, SHADOW HT 9.0MTRS. LARGE WK LYING 145/325DEGS. LENGTH 106MTRS, BEAM 35MTRS. MAIN PART STANDS ABOUT 9MTRS ABOVE SEABED BUT A SOLID MAST, DETECTED ON BOTH E/S AND HYDROSEARCH STANDS ABOUT 27MTRS HIGH. CHART AS WK 67MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 430). AMEND TO WK 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 942/89.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE WK
Position: 49 35.972 N,5 43.241 W
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