This is the information page about the shipwreck Sir william stephenson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 35.607 N,1 44.896 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Alice taylor
4. Alster
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Artemisia
7. Astrologer
8. Axminster (probably)
9. Barkis
10. Barrhill
11. Begona no 5
12. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. City of kobe
19. Clansman (possibly)
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Corduff
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Daisy (possibly)
26. David b summers
27. Db 8 (possibly)
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. El dorado
30. Elnet
31. English trader
32. Ethel
33. Ethel radcliffe
34. Excellenz mehnert
35. Frumenton
36. Fulgens
37. G and e (possibly)
38. Galatea (possibly)
39. Gasfire
40. Geneva
41. George fisher
42. Georgia (for'd part)
43. Glen derry (probably)
44. Glynn
45. Groenlo
46. Gulf breaker
47. H h petersen
48. Hms agate
49. Hms cantatrice
50. Hms christopher (possibly)
51. Hms condor (probably)
52. Hms dhoon (probably)
53. Hms donside (possibly)
54. Hms dungeness
55. Hms evesham (possibly)
56. Hms fontenoy
57. Hms force
58. Hms francolin
59. Hms glen prosen
60. Hms harvest gleaner
61. Hms irvana (part of)
62. Hms jessie nutten
63. Hms kaphreda
64. Hms m a west (probably)
65. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
66. Hms orthos (probably)
67. Hms speeton (possibly)
68. Hms spider
69. Hms tettenhall
70. Hms tonbridge
71. Hms tugela
72. Hms washington (probably)
73. Hmsm d5
74. Ilse
75. Impulsion
76. Ionian (probably)
77. Kenneth hawksfield
78. La perouse (possibly)
79. Langeli (possibly)
80. Leelite
81. Lingfield
82. Mardyke
83. Maria rosa
84. Marianne (probably)
85. Marsworth
86. Mascota (possibly)
87. Memento (possibly)
88. Mercurius
89. Meriones
90. Montferland
91. Mudo
92. Murdoch (probably)
93. Nadir
94. Navarra (possibly)
95. Nereus
96. Nominoe
97. Nordborg (possibly)
98. Norman queen
99. Novocastrian
100. Oil trader
101. Ole bull
102. Osprey
103. Oxshott (possibly)
104. Polaris
105. Prima
106. Regain
107. Ren
108. Reward (possibly)
109. Rhineland
110. Robin iv
111. Robrix
112. Rochester city
113. Rogate
114. Roine
115. Roxanna
116. Rye
117. Sea rhine
118. Seagull
119. Seaham
120. Sheaf water
121. Silksworth hall (probably).
122. Sir william stephenson
123. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
124. Skodsburg (possibly)
125. Southford
126. St patrick
127. Stad alkmaar
128. Stanmount
129. Sunniside (probably)
130. Taber park
131. Thomas m (possibly)
132. Thursonian
133. Tidal (possibly)
134. Tregantle (possibly)
135. Trevethoe
136. Tunisiana
137. U 13 (probably)
138. Uc 62 (possibly)
139. Ui-001
140. Vanguard
141. Vigo
142. Viola (possibly)
143. War valley
144. White lady
145. White swan
146. White swan (possibly)
147. Willowpool
148. Xanthe
149. Yewvalley (possibly)
150. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: SIR WILLIAM STEPHENSON

Length 82.3 meter, width: 11.1 meter, draught: 5, tonnage 1540 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1906 by palmers co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the tyne-tees steam shipping co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 292 nhp, single shaft. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for london. struck mine laid by uc-6. was taken in tow but later sank. two men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H4159/15 SUNK IN 523533N, 014500E. MARKED BY BUOY. SALVAGE IN HAND. - FNM 289/15. H3785/25 9.6.25 WK DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 25FT [LWST]. IN GEN DEPTH 31-34FT. DELETE BUOYS. (TH, 5.6.25).

- NM 965/25. H4447/25 12.2.26 INS G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)G.15S, CLOSE SE.

- NM ACTION. H3500/26 7.7.26 DELETE BUOY. (TH).

- NM ACTION. H2976/27 11.5.27 LOCATED IN 523534N, 014458E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 24FT. (HMS FITZROY, 9.5.27). AMEND TO WK 24FT.

- NM ACTION. H8469/31 24.8.55 AMEND TO WK 2FMS 5FT.

- NM 1975/55. H5387/55 WK MARKED BY LT BUOY. NCA YET. H5387/55 26.1.56 INS AS DW WITH G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G. (TH NM 71/55).

- NM 219/56. H5387/55 12.5.58 EXAM'D IN 523534N, 014458E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 23, FOUL 24FT. GEN DEPTH 30FT. (ECES, 9.10.57). AMEND TO WK 3FMS 3FT. BR STD. H5387/55 21.5.58 MOVE BUOY TO NW OF WK.

- NM 1729/58. H6251/58 20.1.60 NOW CHARTED AS SW 3FMS 4FT. NC 1536. H4167/59 30.5.60 NOW CHARTED AS SW 3FMS 5FT. NC 1543. H3930/61 17.4.63 LEAST E/S DEPTH NOW 26 IN GEN DEPTH 30FT. SCOUR DEPTH 35FT. SMALL WK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 16.10.62). H1927/69 10.1.69 EXAM'D 19.6.68 IN 523534N, 014501E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25 IN GEN DEPTH 29-32FT. SCOUR DEPTH 34FT. (HMS EGERIA, HI 40/68). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H4403/71 7.11.73 NOT LOCATED. (HMS ENTERPRISE). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. H4403/71 16.11.79 EXAM'D 23.7.79 IN 523534N, 014501E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.7 IN GEN DEPTH 9-10MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. (SOISS, HI 63B/79). CHART AS FOUL 7.7MTRS. BR STD. H2339/84 26.6.85 EXAM'D 25.4.85 IN 523534N, 014501E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.6 IN GEN DEPTH 9.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 9.8MTRS. WK APPARENTLY COVERED TOTALLY BY A SMALL SANDWAVE, BUT MAGNETIC ANOMALY INDICATES A FAIRLY LARGE BODY OF METAL. (NP 1016, HI 249). NCA. HH090/513/01 13.6.91 EXAM'D 7.4.91 IN 523535N, 014500E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.9 IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 SHADOW. LIES ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED IN AREA OF UNEVEN BOTTOM. MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION OBTAINED. (NP 1016, HI 513). NCA. HH090/846/01 14.5.99 EXAM'D 8.4.99 IN 5235.613N, 0144.907E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.7MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 160/340DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AREA OF BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED WRECKAGE. WELL COVERED WITH POTS AND LINES. RETAIN AS FOUL 7.7MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 846). RETAIN FOUL 7.7MTRS N REVISED POSN. BR STD. 20.10.11 LOCATED IN 5235.607N, 0144.896E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.8 IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS,WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 1MTR. LIES 170/350 DEGS. PARTLY COVERED WITH SEDIMENT. (MMT, HI 1367). DISPERSED. RETAIN FOUL 7.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DISPERSED AND PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 52 35.607 N,1 44.896 E

 

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