This is the information page about the shipwreck Stangate, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 46.39 N,1 3.649 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. Athelstane
4. Atlas (possibly)
5. Atwing (possibly)
6. Aurora
7. Azira
8. Balzac
9. Blairhall
10. Blue dawn
11. Braconash (possibly)
12. Burnhope (part of)
13. Carlo
14. Carmarthen coast
15. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
18. Clare (possibly)
19. Clavering (part of)
20. Corsham
21. Cranford (possibly)
22. Dayspring (probably)
23. Denham (probably)
24. Dimitris
25. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
26. Eagle iii
27. Elemore
28. Empire bay
29. Eventide
30. Fawn (probably)
31. Fervent
32. Firelight (possibly)
33. Gateshead (possibly)
34. General havelock
35. Gothia
36. Gran
37. Grit
38. H a brightman
39. H c flood (possibly)
40. H c flood (probably)
41. Harraton
42. Hartley
43. Harvest
44. Hawkwood
45. Hebble (probably)
46. Heckler
47. Helene
48. Helvetia (possibly)
49. Hendrika
50. Hmms 180
51. Hms ben ardna (probably)
52. Hms euston
53. Hms fairplay 2
54. Hms james ludford
55. Hms loch naver
56. Hms ruthin castle
57. Hms snaefell (probably)
58. Hms summer rose
59. Hms william hallet (possibly)
60. Hogarth
61. Humber
62. Ida duncan
63. Ilios (possibly)
64. Ilious
65. Intent
66. Inverlane (part of)
67. Inverlane (stern section)
68. Jenny m (possibly)
69. John m smart (possibly).
70. John miles
71. Jonkoping i (possibly)
72. Jytte (possibly)
73. Kalua
74. Kasko
75. Kilkis (possibly)
76. King james (possibly)
77. La basiase (la bastaise)
78. Linden (probably)
79. Llwyngwair (possibly)
80. Loch-na-gar (probably)
81. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
82. Lucida
83. Lyng
84. Maggie mcleman ii
85. Maindy bridge (possibly)
86. Marcheller (possibly)
87. Margaret sutton
88. Mayoress pelican
89. Mile end (possibly)
90. Montauban
91. Narcissus (possibly)
92. Nordheim (possibly)
93. Nyula
94. Ocean
95. Orion (probably)
96. Ottoland (possibly)
97. Pathfinder
98. Patria
99. Pitwines (probably)
100. Poltava (possibly)
101. Povena
102. Presto (possibly)
103. Presto (possibly)
104. Protector (possibly)
105. Quillota
106. Ragni (probably)
107. Ravensbourne (possibly)
108. Ravnanger (probably)
109. Rfa creosol
110. Rising sun (part of)
111. Rising sun (part of)
112. Rosa (possibly)
113. Rosella (probably)
114. Rotha
115. S t wallsend
116. Saga (possibly)
117. Schaldis (possibly)
118. Scott miller
119. Spray
120. Stag 5 (probably)
121. Staithes (possibly)
122. Stangate
123. Stora-korsnas-link i
124. Strinheim
125. Suavity
126. Sunniva (possibly)
127. Swiftly
128. Talisman (possibly)
129. Tatiana (possibly)
130. Teal (probably)
131. Teesdale (possibly)
132. Thames (probably)
133. The stewarts court (probably)
134. Uc 32 (probably)
135. Vestra
136. Vianna (possibly)
137. Vianna (probably)
138. Victory
139. Voorwarts (possibly)
140. Wayside flower
141. Winga
142. Winga (possibly)
143. X.l.
144. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: STANGATE

Length 73.2 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1289 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-drakedene '37, ex-emsworth manor '36, ex-elvet. built in 1912 by w dobson & co, newcastle upon tyne. owned at time of loss by stangate ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 201hp, single shaft. machinery by the ne marine engine co, newcastle. passage the tyne for portsmouth. cargo coal. foundered following collision with ss agios georgios.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 544630N, 010345W. H460/67 29.3.67 WK EXAM'D 14.6.66 IN 544622N, 010341W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 66FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 127 IN GEN DEPTH 154FT. SCOUR DEPTH 157FT. BEST A/S RETURN FROM SW. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 42/66). INS AS WK 21FMS. BR STD. 15.5.73 15.5.73 AMEND TO SW 20.1MTRS. NC 2567. H1921/77 25.4.77 H1921/77 25.4.77 EXAM'D 10.3.77 IN 544624N, 010334W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.0 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS. LIES 344/164 DEG, UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (HMS FOX, HI 46/77). AMEND TO WK 36MTRS.

- NM 1093/77. H2534/74 29.11.79 H2534/74 29.11.79 WK IN 544622N, 010331W. POSN BY DECCA. REFERRED TO AS 'COAL WRECK'. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS, VOL 1). H6330/87 4.11.88 H6330/87 4.11.88 EXAM'D 5.9.88 IN 544623N, 010333W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [6 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 38.2, FOUL AT 38.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.9 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 46.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LYING INTACT 340/160 DEG. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM ALL DIR'NS. SCOUR TO W OF WK. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT

Position: 54 46.39 N,1 3.649 W

 

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