This is the information page about the shipwreck Suntrap (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 25.298 N,0 25.688 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)
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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: SUNTRAP (PROBABLY)
Length 70.1 meter, width: 11 meter, tonnage 1353 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine. on passage newcastle to london.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 24 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161216
Details measurements/cartography: 00.11.1917 POSN 542530N, 002600W OR 2.5 MILES E FROM SOUTH CHEEK, ROBIN HOOD BAY. H3752/26 11.6.26 INS NDW (1917) (PA) IN 542530N, 002600W ON 1191. 21.6.72 AMEND TO NDW (PA). NC 129. 28.8.73 AMEND TO USC PA 28MTRS. NC 129. H4069/72 3.12.75 NOT LOCATED DURING SURVEY. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). DELETED. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 LOCATED IN 542520N, 002545W USING RADAR. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). INS AS WKPA 26MTRS. BR STD. H1310/86/34 19.12.86 WK LOCATED IN 542518N, 002545W. ABOUT 1000 GRT. LYING ON STBD SIDE, COLLAPSED ON SEABED. BOILER STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. LEAST DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS (MHWS). (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. NCA YET. H6331/87 24.1.89 EXAM'D 7.5.88 IN 542518N, 002535W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 38.5, FOUL AT 39.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.7 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS, BEAM 11MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEG. DECAYED BUT IN ONE PIECE. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). BR STD. SEP 2017/000002822 25.5.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16 IN 5425.298N, 0025.688W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS, LENGTH 70.5MTRS, WIDTH 17.2MTRS, HEIGHT 5.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 024/204 DEGS. WRECK COLLAPSED ON SEABED AMONGST LOW ROCKY OUTCROPS. INDENTIFIABLE AMONGST THE DEBRIS IS A SINGLE BOILER AND THE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND DW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 25.298 N,0 25.688 W