This is the information page about the shipwreck Stanhope, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.634 N,0 12.766 E (50.577250, -0.082600)

 

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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. Alan dean
2. Alaunia
3. Aracataca
4. Aristos
5. Ashford
6. Barn hill
7. Bernicia
8. Blanefield
9. Branksome chine (possibly)
10. Braunton
11. Caleb sprague
12. Carrie dingle
13. Caterham
14. Celtic
15. Charles m
16. City of brisbane
17. Clara
18. D144 (possibly).
19. Davenport
20. Devon coast
21. Duchess (possibly)
22. Eduard (possibly)
23. Emerald (possibly)
24. Esperanza
25. F d lambert (possibly)
26. F/v joanna c
27. Fife coast (possibly)
28. Fortuna
29. Frockner
30. Fulham vii (probably)
31. George sutton
32. Girlvine (possibly)
33. Glenartney (possibly)
34. Gull (possibly)
35. Harold
36. Heathpool
37. Heathpool
38. Hms ariadne
39. Hms avanturine
40. Hms balfour
41. Hms borneo
42. Hms gambri (possibly)
43. Hms inverclyde
44. Hms keryado (probably)
45. Hms lancer ii
46. Hms ocean sunlight
47. Hms resolution (possibly)
48. Hms taipo
49. Holland v
50. Holme force (possibly)
51. Inger (possibly)
52. James groves
53. Joseph roberts (possibly)
54. Lalen mendi
55. Leven (possibly)
56. Lornaston (possibly)
57. Lullington
58. Ma monette
59. Mill gate (probably)
60. Mira
61. Mohlenpris (possibly)
62. Mount stuart
63. Mv adur valley?
64. Newent
65. Noordster
66. Nyon
67. Oceana
68. Ouse (possibly)
69. Rytoner
70. Saint ronaig
71. Seaford
72. Seven seas (possibly)
73. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
74. St rogatien (possibly)
75. Stanhope
76. T r thompson
77. U 275 (probably)
78. U 40 (possibly)
79. U 413 (possibly)
80. U 671
81. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
82. Ub 130
83. Vasco
84. Venus
85. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: STANHOPE

Length 74.4 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 1367 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1882 of iron by irvine & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by english ss co, middlesbrough. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 156 nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for middlesbrough. sank following collision with schooner coal tar, of london, in wnw force 4. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 168 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 20150716

Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 29.10.74 WK LOCATED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.5MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE). WAIT SURVEY. NCA. H2979/74 12.12.74 LOCATED IN 503948N, 001245E [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES VERY BROKEN ON VERY SOFT SILT SEABED. DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY PARTS. LIES N/S WITH MAX. HT ABOUT 25FT. ABOUT 2000-2500 GRT. BOW SECTION HAS TWISTED 90DEGS TO REMAINDER OF WK. HAS CAST IRON PROPELLER OF ABOUT 15FT DIAMETER. (E GILES). H4959/73 23.4.75 EXAM'D 15.10.74 IN 503935N, 001250E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.5 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH APPROX 100FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 24.5MTRS [13FMS 2FT]. NE 536 & NE 2451. H4121/76 28.7.76 SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.2MTRS. (SOISS, SIG DTD 14.6.76).

- NM 1547/76. H4121/76 4.8.76 EXAM'D 3.6.75 IN LISTED POSN. SWEPT CLEAR 21.2, FOUL 22.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.3 IN GEN DEPTH 29.3MTRS. LIES 165/345DEGS. DCS3 LENGTH 79MTRS, FROM E/S EXAMINATION 75MTRS. (HMS ECHO, HI 41/76). NCA. H2979/74 25.11.76 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER IN 503914N, 001131.5E [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES NNE/SSW WITH HIGHEST PART (STERN) TO NORTH AND IS UPSIDE DOWN - ABOUT 25FT HIGH. BOW LIES ON STBD SIDE - ABOUT 20FT HIGH. MIDSHIPS SECTION VERY BROKEN. NARROW SCOUR, 5FT DEEP, ON THE W SIDE OF WK. (E GILES, SUBSERVS, 13.11.76). 1.9.77 ABOVE DESCRIPTION (OF 11.11.76) CONFIRMED. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT WK OF THE 'BRAUNTON' [SEE 20411]. (F HINDS, RISDON BEAZLEY, TELECON). 21.10.77 NOW CHARTED AS SW 21MTRS. NC 2450. 13.1.09 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. BOILER TILE (?FIREBRICK) LOCATED MADE BY THOMAS PEAKE & CO, WATERGARE, TUNSTALL. THIS WOULD INDICATE THAT THIS IS NOT 'INGER'. ALSO FOUND WERE SOME ENGLISH PENNIES, THE LATEST DATE BEING 1897. MEASURED LENGTH 94MTRS, WIDTH 11.6MTRS. HAS TWO BOILERS AND A TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. POSSIBLY 'PONTOS'. (J SMITH, EMAIL DTD 10.1.09). NCA. 10.8.11 LIES IN 5039.650N, 0012.750E [WGD]. HELM LOCATED BY J SMITH AND R KING (TUNBRIDGE WELLS SAC). ON THE CENTER BOSS WAS FOUND THE MAKER'S NAME: 'IRVINE & CO, WEST HARTLEPOOL, SHIP BUILDERS'. WK HAS TWO BOILERS AND A TWO CYLINDER ENGINE THUS WE CONSIDER THAT THIS IS 'STANHOPE', SUNK 16.3.1900. (J SMITH, EMAIL DTD 1.8.11). NCA. SEP 2015/000083466 8.2.16 EXAM'D 16.07.15 IN 5039.634N, 0012.766E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29.20MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 70MTRS, HT 6MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. BROKEN UP WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS S ON SIDE, STERN INVERTED, LENGTH BY DIVER

Position: 50 39.634 N,0 12.766 E

 

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