This is the information page about the shipwreck Stanholme, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 20.63 N,3 37.702 W (51.21105, -3.4662333333333)

 

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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. Alice of milford
2. Bonita
3. Cabenda
4. Carare
5. Cato (possibly)
6. Delfin
7. Gleneuse
8. Hms princess
9. Inverdargle (bow section) (probably)
10. Inverdargle (stern section) (probably)
11. James mcgee
12. Kendy
13. Lamb?
14. Madjoe
15. Malleny (or malleney)
16. Malleny (or malleney)
17. Morning star (possibly).
18. No 194 ax
19. Persistent
20. Plantes welvard (possibly)
21. Portugalete (probably).
22. Samtampa
23. Scarweather ltv
24. Slava
25. Stalheim
26. Stanholme
27. Steepholm
28. Steepholm
29. The american

 

Name: STANHOLME

Length 90.8 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2473 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-goleta. built in 1927 by burntisland shipbuilding co ltd. owned at time of loss by stanhope steamship co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 259 nhp, single shaft. machinery by d rowan & co ltd, glasgow. passage cardiff for london. struck german laid mine. crew of 13 lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H95/39 18.1.40 H95/39 18.1.40 POSN 512037N, 033736W, OR 224.5DEG, 5.3M FROM NASH PT LT. (CINC W APPS). H080/40 22.1.40 H080/40 22.1.40 DW IN 512015N, 033900W APPROX. (ADMIRALTY). - PFNM 179/40. H0275/40 30.4.40 H0275/40 30.4.40 DWPA, 224.5DEGS, 5.3M FROM NASH PT LT. (ADMIRALTY). H080/40 23.8.49 H080/40 23.8.49 LOCATED IN 512036N, 033736W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41FT IN GEN DEPTH 11FMS. (HMS SEAGULL, 18.8.49). H080/40 1.7.50 H080/40 1.7.50 CLEAR AT 32FT [MLWS]. DISPERSAL PROCEEDING. (HMS LINDISFARNE, 28.6.50). H080/40 8.11.50 H080/40 8.11.50 POSN 220DEG, 4.41M FROM NASH PT HIGH LT. SWEPT CLEAR AT 46FT, FOUL AT 47FT. GEN DEPTH 85FT. (SML 327, 7.11.50).

- NM 2258/50. H01027/40 5.7.51 H01027/40 5.7.51 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK, 46FT. HEIGHT OF WK ABOVE SEABED 38FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 13.3.51). H1948/76 5.3.81 H1948/76 5.3.81 NOTHING FOUND. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 70A/79 & LT CDR HUMPHRIES, TELECON 11.3.81). DELETE. BR STD. 15.2.12 15.2.12 LOCATED 9.12.10 IN 5120.630N, 0337.702W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.93 IN GEN DEPTH 19.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 44.0MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 3.02MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AN AREA OF DEBRIS AND TWO OBJECTS SOME 40MTRS SW OF PREVIOUS LISTED POSN. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1327). INS AS WK 16.9MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO MAIN OBJECTS & DEBRIS

Position: 51 20.63 N,3 37.702 W

 

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