This is the information page about the shipwreck T r thompson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 40.205 N,0 5.501 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. Aracataca
3. Aristos
4. Ashford
5. Barn hill
6. Blanefield
7. Branksome chine (possibly)
8. Braunton
9. Carrie dingle
10. Celtic
11. Charles m
12. City of brisbane
13. City of waterford
14. D144 (possibly).
15. Davenport
16. Devon coast
17. Eduard (possibly)
18. Esperanza
19. F/v joanna c
20. Fife coast (possibly)
21. Fortuna
22. Fulham vii (probably)
23. George sutton
24. Gerlen (possibly)
25. Girlvine (possibly)
26. Glenarm head (possibly)
27. Glendinning (possibly)
28. Gull (possibly)
29. Harold
30. Hms ariadne
31. Hms avanturine
32. Hms balfour
33. Hms borneo
34. Hms inverclyde
35. Hms keryado (probably)
36. Hms lancer ii
37. Hms ocean sunlight
38. Hms taipo
39. Holme force (possibly)
40. Hush wing
41. Inger (possibly)
42. Joseph roberts (possibly)
43. Lalen mendi
44. Lass o'doune (probably)
45. Leven (possibly)
46. Lornaston (possibly)
47. Mill gate (probably)
48. Mira
49. Mohlenpris (possibly)
50. Mount stuart
51. Mv adur valley?
52. Newent
53. Noordster
54. Northlands (possibly)
55. Nyon
56. Ouse (possibly)
57. Pagenturm
58. Patrice didier (probably)
59. Saint ronaig
60. Seven seas (possibly)
61. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
62. St rogatien (possibly)
63. Stanhope
64. T r thompson
65. U 212 (probably)
66. U 275 (probably)
67. U 40 (possibly)
68. U 671
69. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
70. Ub 130
71. Ub 86 (possibly)
72. Vasco
73. Venus
74. Wilhelmina j
75. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: T R THOMPSON

Length 109.7 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3538 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: torpedoed & sunk by german submarine ub 57. (der krieg zur see). vessel, built by short bros in 1897 and owned at the time of loss by j westoll was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine 7m s of newhaven. 33 lives lost. triple expansion engines of 301 nhp for 9knots. 33 lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20150716

Details measurements/cartography: 6.4.18 SUNK IN 504030N, 000500E. (AP PORTSMOUTH). H1831/18 11.4.18 REPD LOST 7M S OF NEWHAVEN IN 504000N, 000630E APPROX. MASTS VISIBLE. CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL], MASTS.

- NM 480/18. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMEND TO DW. BR STD. H7296/36 10.11.36 WK IN 504010N, 000538E OR 236.5DEGS, 6.85M FROM BEACHY HEAD LT. LEAST WATER OVER WRECK 49FT. (HMS FLINDERS, 30.10.36). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 0FT.

- NM 2241/36. 1.8.69 WRECK NOW LIES UPRIGHT IN 100FT OF WATER WITH THE WHEEL HOUSE STRUCTURE COLLAPSED INTO A HOLD. GUN ON AFTER DECK FACING BOW. (TRITON MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1969). 23.2.70 AMMUNITION IS REPD ON THE SHIP UNDER THE GUN AND SCATTERED IN THE GUN MOUNTING AREA. (R P WATTS, 23.2.70). 14.7.71 AMEND TO WK 14.9MTRS. NC 536. 7.4.72 AMEND TO WK 14.5MTRS. [LAT]. BR STD. 28.3.73 LOCATED IN 504019N, 000528E. ALMOST 100MTRS LONG & 9MTRS HIGH. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H3823/78 21.8.79 REPD AS SMALL COASTER, LYING UPRIGHT, STERN DAMAGED & HEADING E. 1000 GRT APPROX. (E GILES 16.8.79). NCA. H1965/76 1.12.80 EXAM'D 16.1.80 IN 504010N, 000538E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 118MTRS, BEAM 38MTRS, HT 14.5MTRS. LYING E/W WITH E END PARTIALLY BURIED, SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED AT E END, BUT HIGH POINT AT W END. MASTS APPARENTLY INTACT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). NCA. 6.8.96 SHIPS BELL RECOVERED BY DIVERS IN 1994. (M KEANE). 28.7.99 HIGH POINT AT THE STERN. SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED. STANDS 14MTRS PROUD. BIG BREAK AMIDSHIPS, WITH GUN FALLEN INTO WRECKAGE. SHELLCASES NEARBY. SAND ENCROACHING. (DIVER MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1999). SEP 2015/000083466 3.2.16 EXAM'D 16.07.15 IN 5040.205N, 0005.501E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26.7MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 125MTRS, HT 8.8MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LARGELY INTACT WRECK, LYING ON ITS SIDE, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 17.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: E END PARTIALLY BURIED. MASTS INTACT.

Position: 50 40.205 N,0 5.501 E

 

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