This is the information page about the shipwreck Stag 5 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 56.256 N,1 10.882 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Atlas (possibly)
4. Atwing (possibly)
5. Aurora
6. Azira
7. Balzac
8. Bangarth
9. Blairhall
10. Blue dawn
11. Braconash (possibly)
12. British officer (after part)
13. Burnhope (part of)
14. Cairnglen
15. Carlo
16. Carmarthen coast
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
19. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
20. Clare (possibly)
21. Clavering (part of)
22. Corsham
23. Cranford (possibly)
24. Cutty 11
25. Denham (probably)
26. Diamond d
27. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
28. Dora
29. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
30. Eagle iii
31. Empire bay
32. Eston
33. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
34. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
35. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
36. Eventide
37. Fawn (probably)
38. Fenella
39. Ferryhill
40. Fervent
41. Firelight (possibly)
42. Gateshead (possibly)
43. General havelock
44. Gottfried (possibly)
45. Gran
46. Grit
47. Gudbrand (possibly)
48. H a brightman
49. H c flood (possibly)
50. H c flood (probably)
51. Hanne
52. Hans hoth (probably)
53. Harraton
54. Harvest
55. Hawkwood
56. Hebble (probably)
57. Hekla (possibly)
58. Helvetia (possibly)
59. Hercules
60. Hmms 180
61. Hms ben ardna (probably)
62. Hms elise
63. Hms elise (possibly)
64. Hms ethel taylor
65. Hms euston
66. Hms james ludford
67. Hms loch naver
68. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
69. Hms snaefell (probably)
70. Hms southsea
71. Hms star of devoran
72. Hms summer rose
73. Hms william hallet (possibly)
74. Hms witherington
75. Hmsm unity (probably)
76. Hogarth
77. Humber
78. Ida duncan
79. Ilios (possibly)
80. Ilious
81. Intent
82. Inverlane (part of)
83. Inverlane (stern section)
84. Jenny m (possibly)
85. John m smart (possibly).
86. John miles
87. Jolly girls
88. Jolly girls (possibly)
89. Jonkoping i (possibly)
90. Kalua
91. Kamma
92. Kasko
93. Kilkis (possibly)
94. King james (possibly)
95. La basiase (la bastaise)
96. Linden (probably)
97. Llwyngwair (possibly)
98. Loch-na-gar (probably)
99. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
100. Longbird
101. Lucida
102. Lyng
103. Maggie mcleman ii
104. Maindy bridge (possibly)
105. Marcheller (possibly)
106. Margaret sutton
107. Marne (part of)(possibly)
108. Mars
109. Mayoress pelican
110. Mile end (possibly)
111. Montauban
112. Narcissus (possibly)
113. Nike (possibly)
114. Nordheim (possibly)
115. Nyula
116. Ocean
117. Orion (probably)
118. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
119. Ottoland (possibly)
120. Pathfinder
121. Patria
122. Pitwines (probably)
123. Polleon (possibly)
124. Poltava (possibly)
125. Povena
126. Presto (possibly)
127. Presto (possibly)
128. Princess maud (possibly)
129. Protector (possibly)
130. Providence
131. Prunelle
132. Quest (probably)
133. Quillota
134. Ragnhild (possibly)
135. Ragni (probably)
136. Ravensbourne (possibly)
137. Ravnanger (probably)
138. Recorder (possibly)
139. Renen
140. Rfa creosol
141. Richard de larrinaga
142. Rio colorado
143. Rising sun (part of)
144. Rising sun (part of)
145. Rosa (possibly)
146. Rosella (probably)
147. Rotha
148. S t wallsend
149. Saga (possibly)
150. Sargasso (possibly)
151. Scott miller
152. Snowdrop (possibly)
153. Spray
154. Stag 5 (probably)
155. Staithes (possibly)
156. Stangate
157. Strinheim
158. Suavity
159. Sunniva (possibly)
160. Svava
161. Swiftly
162. Talisman (possibly)
163. Tatiana (possibly)
164. Teal (probably)
165. Teesdale (possibly)
166. Thames (probably)
167. The stewarts court (probably)
168. Triumph
169. Ub 115 (possibly)
170. Uc 32 (probably)
171. Vestra
172. Vianna (possibly)
173. Vianna (probably)
174. Victory
175. Wayside flower
176. Winga
177. Winga (possibly)
178. X.l.
179. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: STAG 5 (PROBABLY)

Length 28 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 148 ton

Cause: ex- wellington, built 1897 by b cummings & ellis, inverkeithing, with 2 cylinder compound engine of 490hp, 1 boiler, single shaft. machinery by j cran & co., leith. owned at time of loss by france, fenwick tyne & wear co. ltd. stag was assisting 6 other tugs in towing newly built 7,585ton ss city of manchester from wallsend for sunderland when a force 8 westerly gale drove the ss sideways pulling over the stag, which sank with loss of 4 of 6 crew. photo of vessel. (shipwrecks of the ne coast, vol.2, r young)

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1978, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H4871/68 12.10.78 H4871/68 12.10.78 SOLID OBSTN LOCATED IN 545616N, 011046W. STANDS 10MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. LENGTH 25MTRS. (E MARGRETT, WIMPEY LAB LTD, 11.9.78). INS AS WK 48MTRS. BR STD. H6330/87 14.11.88 H6330/87 14.11.88 EXAMINED 30.5.88 IN 545615N, 011047W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.7 IN GEN DEPTH 50.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 50.9MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.6MTRS, LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. LIES 035/215DEG, APPARENTLY PARTIALLY BURIED. GIVES GOOD SONAR SHADOW FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. (GARDLINE, HI 414A). AMEND TO WK 43MTRS. BR STD. 2.7.09 2.7.09 EUT POSN: 5456.256N, 0110.882W. NE 152. 24.9.10 24.9.10 DIVED SEP 2010 BY DIVERS FROM CHARTER BOAT 'SPELLBINDER' OWNED BY ALLAN LOPEZ. STRONGLY BELIEVED TO BE TUG STAG 5. WK IS TOTALLY INTACT AND LOOKS BRAND NEW. POSN IS CLOSE TO WHERE TUG WAS REPORTED TO HAVE FOUNDERED. (R YOUNG, E-MAIL 24.9.10). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLY PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 54 56.256 N,1 10.882 W

 

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