This is the information page about the shipwreck Stanleigh, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.014 N,3 29.228 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)

 

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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. ? susie mo ii
2. Alarm
3. Albion (probably)
4. Alcides
5. Angola
6. Angola (part of)(possibly)
7. Ann sumner
8. Ant
9. Auchenarden
10. Auspicious
11. Bella
12. Ben cruachan
13. Berwyn
14. Blairnevis
15. Blanche (possibly)
16. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
17. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
18. Burbo tower (remains)
19. Burbo tower (remains)
20. Burbo tower (remains)
21. Burbo tower (remains)
22. Cairnross
23. Calcium (probably)
24. Caroline
25. Chacabuco (possibly)
26. Chagres
27. City of brussels
28. City of st andrews
29. Colin russell
30. Concord
31. Coniston (probably)
32. Counsellor iii
33. Denbigh coast
34. Dublin
35. Dunmail
36. Ebeneezer
37. El oso
38. Ellan vannin
39. Ellen southwold
40. Eversfield
41. Fb 110 (possibly)
42. Fb 112 (possibly)
43. Fb 116 (possibly)
44. Fb 118 (possibly)
45. Fb 265 (possibly)
46. Fb 267 (possibly)
47. Fb 275 (possibly)
48. Fb 278 (possibly)
49. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
50. Fb 295 (possibly)
51. Fb 296 (possibly)
52. Fb 297 (possibly)
53. Fb 300 (possibly)
54. Fb 43 (possibly)
55. Fb 47 (possibly)
56. Fb 56 (possibly)
57. Fb 72 (possibly)
58. Fb 83 (possibly)
59. Fb 86 (possibly)
60. Fb 98 (probably)
61. Four brothers (possibly)
62. Gannochy
63. Gorsethorn
64. Hannah
65. Hebe (possibly)
66. Heron 2
67. Horizon (possibly)
68. Hvideorn
69. India
70. J b kee
71. John pierce
72. Kilcoan (probably)
73. Leeds (probably)
74. Lelia
75. Letty
76. Linda blanche
77. Little burbo beacon
78. Lugar
79. Mancunium
80. Margaret
81. Mary
82. Mermaid (probably)
83. Mersey
84. Mid jordan beacon
85. Montreal
86. Munster
87. Nestos
88. Nicola faith
89. North jordan bn
90. Ocean home
91. Ocean monarch
92. Ousebridge
93. Penrhos (probably)
94. Penstone
95. Perseverance
96. Peru (probably)
97. Princess victoria
98. Queen
99. Queens tower
100. Rea 1
101. Rea 10
102. Rea 5
103. Rea 7 (possibly)
104. Rea 8 (possibly)
105. Rea 9 (possibly)
106. Residu
107. Resurgam
108. Rhosneigr
109. Robert marsden
110. Robert seymour
111. Sarah
112. Speke (possibly)
113. Stanleigh
114. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
115. Sunda
116. Talbot
117. Thomas
118. Thomas
119. Thorn
120. Thornton
121. Tongue beacon
122. Tongue beacon (possibly)
123. Tower base
124. Tt 6 (possibly)
125. Valeria
126. Vine (possibly)
127. Walter dean
128. Ystroom (probably)

 

Name: STANLEIGH

Length 79.1 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.4, tonnage 1802 ton

Cause: ex-ernst hugo stinnes '11, ex-corpath '43, ex-prekla '37. built in 1912 by seebeck, westermunde, germany. owned at time of loss by stanhope ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 186 nhp, single shaft. passage devonport for barrow-in-furness. requisitioned as a collier was part of a convoy when attacked by german aircraft and hit by a single bomb. limped into liverpool bay and sank. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1946, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H4515/46 17.8.46 WK 42FT IN 533557N, 032900W. (HMS SEAGULL). H1893/64 11.3.68 EXAM'D IN 533558N, 032910W USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46 IN GEN DEPTH 70FT. SCOUR DEPTH 76FT. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 7/67). H3799/71 13.8.71 EXAM'D IN 533600N, 032912W USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 14.7MTRS, FOUL 14.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.8 IN GEN DEPTHS 21 TO 24 MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS. LENGTH 350FT. (HMS WOODLARK). 16.10.73 FIRST REPD IN 1946 BY HMS SEAGULL IN 533554N, 032900W, OR 115.5 DEG, 7.6M TO QUEENS FORT. SWEPT CLEAR AT 42FT. LEAST SOUNDING 43FT BY LEAD. GEN DEPTH 72FT. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). H3838/86 20.5.88 EXAM'D 27.10.87 IN 533600N, 032909W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.3 IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS.SCOUR DEPTH 25.8MTRS. HYDROSEARCH - HT 6.7MTRS, SHADOW HT 7.1MTRS. LENGTH 83.4MTRS, BEAM 12.5MTRS. LYING 140/320DEG WITH BOW SE. SHOALEST PART IS DAMAGED SUPERSTRUCTURE AT NW END. A HOLD IS DISCERNIBLE ON SONAR AMIDSHIPS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). H1311/88/53 30.11.88 DIVED. WK OF SMALL COASTER ABOUT 120FT LONG. BOW LIES UPSIDE DOWN TO NW AND STERN LIE ON PORT SIDE - PRESUMABLY SPLIT AT HOLD. GENERALLY VERY DETERIORATED. GUN LIES ON SEABED NEAR STERN. LEAST DEPTH AT HIGHEST POINT IS 15MTRS. GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 25MTRS. (S A RODGER, 27.10.88). NCA. 22.3.10 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS STANLEIGH, SUNK BY AIRCRAFT 11.1.41. DETAILS WRECKAGE CONFIRMED. (C MICHAEL, EMAIL DTD 21.3.10). NCA. SEP 2018/000209769 12.9.18 EXAM'D 07.08.2017 WK, LEAST DEPTH MBES 19.0MTRS IN POSN 55-35.9877N 3-29.1994W [WGD]. APPEARS TO BE IN A SIMILAR CONDITION TO 2015 SURVEY, APPROX. 80MTRS. LENGTH, 12MTRS WIDE, SITTING UP TO 5MTRS OFF THE SURROUNDING SEABED(JAMES FISHER MARINE SERVICES SURVEY FOR WESTMINISTER DREDGING LICENCE AREA 457, SEP 2018/000209769). RETAIN DEPTH IN SAME POSITION AND SAME VALUE. NCA
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS SE AND INVERTED, STERN ON PORT SIDE

Position: 53 36.014 N,3 29.228 W

 

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