This is the information page about the shipwreck Strathclyde, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 5.632 N,1 21.209 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: STRATHCLYDE
Length 88.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 1255 ton
Cause: Built of iron in 1871 by blackwood, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by burrell & son. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 180 nhp for 10 knots, single shaft. passsage london for bombay. crew of 47 and 23 first class passengers. sank after collision with german ss 'franconia'. 38 lost. (dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1936
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 83 cm
Known since: 1936, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: H998/37 8.10.37 H998/37 8.10.37 WK IN 510536N, 012121E. OROPESA SWEEP, CLEAR AT 51FT, FOUL AT 64 & 55FT. DEDUCED DEPTH 53FT. LEAST DEPTH FOUND BY SOUNDING 59FT. (HMS KELLETT, 1936). CHART AS WK 9FMS. LC 1828. H5824/60 28.2.61 H5824/60 28.2.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 64FT. (HMS SCOTT, 1960). H998/37 13.11.61 H998/37 13.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP, CLEAR AT 52FT, FOUL AT 55FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58 IN GEN DEPTH 84-88FT. FIXED BY HSA. (HMS SCOTT, 17.5.61). AMEND TO SW 8FMS 4FT. R/S. 3.10.68 3.10.68 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8FMS 2FT [LAT]. NC 1406. 4.3.69 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS SW 8FMS 2FT. NE 1828. 7.9.73 7.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 15.8MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 10.8.78 H4199/78 10.8.78 LOCATED ON 28.10.77 IN 510535N, 012121E [OGB] USING 2 RANGE TRISPONDER. CLOSE SOUNDED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.1 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.3MTRS, LENGTH 95MTRS, LYING 083/263DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 19.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/606/01 2.2.94 HH090/606/01 2.2.94 EXAM'D 20.10.93 IN 510535.7N, 012118.6E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.1, FOUL AT 18.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.2MTRS, LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK LYING E/W. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 606). AMEND TO SW 18.1MTRS [9FMS 5FT] IN 510535.5N, 012118.5E
- NM 646/94. 21.1.98 21.1.98 CONFIRMED AS 'STRATHCLYDE'. IDENTIFED BY BELL RECOVERED IN 8.1997. (I TODD, KINGSDOWN SUB AQUA CLUB, PERSONAL CONVERSATION). 1.2.11 1.2.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5105.632N, 0121.209E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.89MTRS. LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 8MTRS. CENTRE PART OF HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE APPEAR MAINLY INTACT. BOW AND STERN ARE LOWER. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). INTACT, UPRIGHT. BOWS E. APPARENT COLLISION DAMAGE PORT FWD. AMEND WK 17.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, COLLISION DAMAGE PORT FWD, BOWS E
Position: 51 5.632 N,1 21.209 E