This is the information page about the shipwreck Springhill, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 21.369 N,0 23.021 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: SPRINGHILL
Length 77.1 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1507 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Mined while on passage w hartlepool to london. vessl, built 1904, was owned at time of loss by fisher, renwick & co. 5 lives lost.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 269 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160219
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4 MILES N BY E 0.75 E FROM SCARBOROUGH. (BMVS, DODS). SUNK 6M NE OF SCARBOROUGH CASTLE. (LL WW1). H3752/26 11.6.26 CHARTED AS NDW PA (1917). POSN NOT STATED. (HYDRO). LC 1191. 29.11.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 15MTRS AS TONNAGE KNOWN. (HYDRO). NC 129. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 LOCATED IN 542121N, 002248W USING RADAR RANGES. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). CHART AS WKPA 26MTRS. BR STD. H1310/86/7 18.2.86 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED FROM BOILER DETAILS. WK LIES ON PORT SIDE, COLLAPSED ON SEABED IN 542120N, 002253W. LEAST DEPTH [MHWS] 36MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. (G WADSWORTH, 26.1.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. NCA. HH100/351/06 25.2.93 LOCATED LYING ON ROCKY SEABED IN 542118N, 002310W. (DIVE YORKSHIRE). HH090/730/01 17.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION AREA. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 09.06.16 EXAM'D 19.02.16 IN 5421.369N, 0023.021W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.97MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 79.9MTRS, WIDTH 19.1MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 269/089. SCOUR LENGTH 66.9MTRS, 0.9MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 273. PARTIALLY INTACT, NORTHERN EDGE COLLAPSED TO FORM DEBRIS FIELD. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 30.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact
Position: 54 21.369 N,0 23.021 W