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 (54.937600, -1.181367)

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.

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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