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 (50.652366666667, -0.61618333333333)

 

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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. 010
2. 025
3. 20
4. 5 fyfilld
5. Aalesund (possibly)
6. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
7. Acadian
8. Addarwa
9. Advanti
10. Aeolian sky
11. Afon dulais
12. Aguila (possibly)
13. Ailsa craig (probably)
14. Ajax
15. Ala
16. Alan dean
17. Alaska
18. Albatros
19. Albert c field (probably)
20. Alcyon (possibly)
21. Alex van opstal
22. Alexandrovna
23. Algarve
24. Algerian
25. Algiers
26. Alison (possibly)
27. Amy
28. Angele (possibly)
29. Angelena bm 271
30. Angry fish
31. Ann marie (possibly)
32. Anna sophie
33. Antioche iii (probably)
34. Antoinette (probably)
35. Apache
36. Aparima
37. Arabic
38. Aracataca
39. Arctic dawn
40. Arfon
41. Ariel
42. Armenian
43. Armenier
44. Arno (possibly)
45. Arthurtown
46. Asborg
47. Ashanti (possibly)
48. Ashford
49. Atlantico
50. Atlas (probably)
51. Aud
52. Avalanche
53. Avalon g ii
54. Axwell
55. Azemmour
56. Bamse (probably)
57. Barn hill
58. Baron garioch
59. Baron herries
60. Barryman
61. Basil-2
62. Baygitano
63. Bayonne
64. Ben vrakie (possibly)
65. Berar
66. Betelgeuse (bow section)
67. Betsy anna
68. Bettann (bow section)
69. Bettann (stern section)
70. Binnendijk
71. Black hawk (aft section)
72. Black hawk (fwd section)
73. Blanefield
74. Bleamoor (probably)
75. Bobbyb
76. Bogstad
77. Bokn (possibly)
78. Bolette (possibly)
79. Boma
80. Borgny
81. Borgund i (possibly)
82. Braat ii
83. Brabant
84. Braedale (probably)
85. Branksome chine (possibly)
86. Braunton
87. Brava
88. Brestois
89. Bretagne
90. Bretton hall
91. Brisk (probably)
92. Britannia (probably)
93. British inventor (bow section)
94. Broadhurst (probably)
95. Broomhill (probably)
96. Cairndhu
97. Camberwell
98. Cambrian
99. Cambrian (part of)
100. Cambrian princess (probably)
101. Camelot challenger (possibly)
102. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
103. Campen
104. Camswan
105. Candia
106. Capable
107. Carasa (possibly)
108. Carbineer
109. Carbon
110. Carentan
111. Carl
112. Carrie dingle
113. Castle crag
114. Castlereagh
115. Castor 1
116. Celtic
117. Ceres (possibly)
118. Charles m
119. Chasseur 6
120. Chasseur 7
121. Chateau yqem
122. Cheerful
123. City of brisbane
124. City of mexico
125. City of swansea (probably)
126. Clan macmillan
127. Clan macvey
128. Clangula (probably)
129. Clarinda
130. Cleddy (probably)
131. Coquetdale (probably)
132. Countess of erne
133. Cristina
134. Crown of india (possibly)
135. Crown point
136. Cuba
137. Cuba
138. D144 (possibly).
139. Dagmar
140. Davenport
141. Daylesford
142. Del rio
143. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
144. Derna (probably)
145. Devon coast
146. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
147. Diligent
148. Donegal (possibly)
149. Duddon (probably)
150. Dudley rose
151. Duke of buccleuch
152. Dulce t
153. Dumfries
154. Dutton
155. Earl of abergavenny
156. Eduard (possibly)
157. Elena r
158. Elford
159. Elna e
160. Empire crusader
161. Empire otter
162. Empress queen
163. Emsstrom
164. Enecuri
165. Erik boye
166. Ernest lagouve
167. Espagne
168. Ethel (probably)
169. Everleigh
170. Evertsen
171. Excelsior
172. Excelsior (possibly)
173. Ezra weston (bow section)
174. Ezra weston (stern section)
175. F/v joanna c
176. Faith
177. Fallodon
178. Fenna (probably)
179. Fife coast (possibly)
180. Flag theofano
181. Fleur de lys
182. Florazan
183. Fluent
184. Forester (& pontoon)
185. Fort yale
186. Fpt iv
187. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
188. Franziska
189. Frode
190. Frogner ?
191. Fulham vii (probably)
192. G-cbpt
193. Galicia
194. Gartland
195. Gascony
196. Gefion
197. General jackson
198. Genevieve (possibly)
199. Geopotes viii
200. George sutton
201. Georgios kyriakides
202. Gerarda
203. Germa geisha
204. Germaine
205. Gibel-hamam
206. Girdleness
207. Girl barbara
208. Girl patricia
209. Glen (possibly)
210. Glenarm head (possibly)
211. Glenlee
212. Glocliffe
213. Glory
214. Golfstrom
215. Gorizia
216. Grace dieu
217. Grane
218. Gregynog
219. Greleen
220. Grip fast
221. Gripfast
222. Halsewell
223. Hampshire
224. Harold
225. Harpalus (possibly)
226. Harry sharman
227. Hartburn (probably)
228. Hartlepool (part of)
229. Hartlepool (part of)
230. Hartley (possibly)
231. Hauler
232. Hedwig lunstedt
233. Hemsley 1
234. Heroine (probably)
235. Hesperian
236. Highland brigade
237. Highland corrie
238. Himalaya
239. Hm lct 427 (after part)
240. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
241. Hmcs regina
242. Hmhs rewa
243. Hms acheron (bow section)
244. Hms acheron (stern section)
245. Hms albion ii
246. Hms apley (possibly)
247. Hms arfon
248. Hms ariadne
249. Hms assurance
250. Hms avanturine
251. Hms balfour
252. Hms boadicea
253. Hms borneo
254. Hms boxer
255. Hms buccaneer
256. Hms crestflower
257. Hms eleanor (probably)
258. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
259. Hms evadne (possibly)
260. Hms fame
261. Hms fisgard ii
262. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
263. Hms harstad
264. Hms hazard
265. Hms hazardous
266. Hms hickory
267. Hms implacable
268. Hms insolent
269. Hms invincible
270. Hms james fennel
271. Hms john mitchell
272. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
273. Hms kingston jacinth (possibly)
274. Hms lancer ii
275. Hms landrail (probably)
276. Hms listrac (probably)
277. Hms lord hailsham
278. Hms marmora
279. Hms minion
280. Hms moldavia
281. Hms new dawn
282. Hms northcoates
283. Hms ocean sunlight
284. Hms p12 (stern section).
285. Hms pine
286. Hms pomone
287. Hms prince leopold
288. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
289. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
290. Hms remindo (possibly)
291. Hms sapper
292. Hms sargasso
293. Hms savage
294. Hms taipo
295. Hms undine
296. Hms velox
297. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
298. Hms warwick
299. Hms warwick deeping
300. Hms waterlily
301. Hmsm a1
302. Hmsm a3
303. Hmsm l24
304. Hmsm m2
305. Hmsm p555
306. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
307. Hmsm sidon
308. Hmsm swordfish
309. Hmsm upstart
310. Hmy viva 2
311. Holme force (possibly)
312. Honeydew
313. Hopemount (probably)
314. Hugin
315. Humbergate (probably)
316. Hunsgrove
317. Iduna
318. Ikeda (possibly)
319. Indiana
320. Indutionmare
321. Inger
322. Inger (possibly)
323. Ingo
324. Ingrid frem
325. Inisinver
326. Iolanthe
327. Iona
328. Irex
329. Irishman
330. Isbjorn
331. Island maid
332. Island mist
333. Isleworth
334. Italia
335. Jaffa
336. Janna
337. Jgena (possibly)
338. Joannis millas
339. John taylor
340. Jordan a
341. Joseph roberts (possibly)
342. Juno
343. Juvenile delinquent
344. Kai (possibly)
345. Karen marie (probably)
346. Kendal castle
347. Kensington court
348. Kurland
349. Kyarra
350. Kynance (probably)
351. L c tower
352. L h carl
353. L'ebauche
354. Lady of avenel
355. Lake edon
356. Lake owens
357. Lalen mendi
358. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
359. Lci(l)99
360. Lct 1068
361. Lct 381
362. Lct 809
363. Lcvp 120
364. Leny (possibly)
365. Leon
366. Les mercenaires
367. Leven (possibly)
368. Lia'g
369. License to kill (possibly)
370. Lightfoot (possibly)
371. Lil boat
372. Lisa maria
373. Lochavon
374. Lola (possibly)
375. Lombard (possibly)
376. London trader (possibly)
377. Londonier
378. Longsand
379. Lord stewart
380. Lowmount
381. Lst 507 (bow section)
382. Lst 507 (stern section)
383. Lst 531
384. Lucinda (possibly)
385. Luciston
386. Luis
387. Lulonga (possibly)
388. Maaslust
389. Madryn
390. Magog
391. Mallard (possibly)
392. Marcelle
393. Marga
394. Margaret smith
395. Marguerite (possibly)
396. Marguerite pry
397. Maria asumpta
398. Marie des isles
399. Marie marguerite (possibly)
400. Marion lightbody
401. Martha
402. Mary rose
403. Mayflower
404. Meandros (possibly)
405. Mechanician
406. Mefjord (possibly)
407. Mendi
408. Michelle
409. Midland queen
410. Mill gate (probably)
411. Millmer
412. Milly (possibly)
413. Milo
414. Minca 35
415. Minerva (possibly)
416. Minerva (probably)
417. Miown
418. Mira
419. Modavia
420. Mohlenpris (possibly)
421. Moidart
422. Molesey (possibly)
423. Molina
424. Montecrana (possibly)
425. Moonraker (probably)
426. Morning star
427. Mount stuart
428. Mv adur valley?
429. Myrtlegrove (probably)
430. N verberckmoes (possibly)
431. Nailsea lass
432. Navasota
433. Neath (possibly)
434. Neree (possibly)
435. Neree (possibly)
436. Neree (probably)
437. Nestlea
438. Newent
439. Nichola (probably)
440. Nidarholm
441. Nil desperandum (probably)
442. Noordster
443. Norma (possibly)
444. Normandy
445. Northfield (possibly)
446. Northville (possibly)
447. Nw68
448. Nw96
449. Ny-eeasteyr
450. Nyasaland
451. Nyon
452. Oakwood
453. Onega
454. Onward (probably)
455. Orfordness
456. Oriflamme
457. Orion
458. Orne (possibly)
459. Pacific reliance
460. Pas (c.182)
461. Pearl (probably)
462. Pearn pride (possibly)
463. Peer gynt (possibly)
464. Pelham (possibly)
465. Pentyrch
466. Peronne
467. Petersham
468. Piedras
469. Pitchipoy (possibly)
470. Poitiers (part of)(possibly)
471. Polandia (possibly)
472. Pomeranian
473. Pool fisher
474. Porthkerry
475. Portugal
476. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
477. Ps ryde
478. Quail
479. Queenswood (part of)(possibly)
480. Quest
481. Radaas (probably)
482. Ramsgarth
483. Ramsholm (possibly)
484. Randsfjord
485. Rapana
486. Rayder
487. Redesmere
488. Reindeer
489. Reine des flots
490. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
491. Risoy (probably)
492. Rosehill (probably)
493. Rossmore (possibly)
494. Rosten (possibly)
495. Rota
496. Roway
497. Rowella
498. Royal adelaide
499. Rtc no.9
500. Runswick
501. Saint andre (probably)
502. Saint ronaig
503. Sally jane
504. Salsette ii
505. Saphir
506. Sarah anderson (possibly)
507. Sarah jayne
508. Saratoga
509. Sardomene
510. Scaldis
511. Seahawk
512. Security (possibly)
513. Serrana (bow section)
514. Serrana (stern part)
515. Seven seas (possibly)
516. Sevilla
517. Shad thames
518. Shanes castle
519. Sheer grace
520. Shirala
521. Shoreham (probably)
522. Simla
523. Sinah
524. Sines (possibly)
525. Siracusa
526. Sissa norway
527. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
528. Skopelos sky (after part)
529. Sna i (possibly)
530. Sonia (possibly)
531. Southampton
532. Sparkling foam (possibly)
533. Spearfish
534. Sphene (probably)
535. Spyros (possibly)
536. St dunstan
537. St george
538. St joseph
539. St olaf
540. St rogatien (possibly)
541. St stanislas
542. Stancrest
543. Stanhope
544. Stanwold
545. Start
546. Stavros (possibly)
547. Stokes bay pier (remains)
548. Sudon (possibly)
549. Surdelo
550. Svint
551. Swainby (probably)
552. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
553. T r thompson
554. Tagona
555. Tamele
556. Tampa (possibly)
557. Teamwork
558. Teelin head
559. Terlings
560. Terrapin
561. Theotokos
562. Thera (possibly)
563. Thierry (possibly)
564. Togimo
565. Towneley
566. Tracy
567. Trafalgar (possibly)
568. Trito
569. Tweed
570. U 1021 (possibly)
571. U 1195
572. U 1200
573. U 275 (probably)
574. U 322 (possibly)
575. U 325 (possibly)
576. U 40 (possibly)
577. U 400 (possibly)
578. U 480
579. U 671
580. U 86 (formerly)
581. U 86 (possibly)
582. U 90
583. Ub 130
584. Ub 21
585. Ub 65
586. Ub 74
587. Ub 81
588. Ull (probably)
589. Union crystal (possibly)
590. Ursa (probably)
591. Vadne
592. Valdes (probably)
593. Vanessa (probably)
594. Vari solo sailor
595. Varia
596. Varvassi
597. Vasco
598. Venezuela
599. Venus
600. Venus
601. Vera (probably)
602. Vesuvio (possibly)
603. Vesuvius
604. Vigda
605. Villasandino
606. Virgin atlantic challenger
607. Volkerak
608. Vosges
609. Wapello
610. War baron (probably)
611. War helmet
612. War knight
613. Warnow (possibly)
614. Weston maid (possibly)
615. Westville
616. Withern
617. Witte zee
618. Woodbury
619. Woodham
620. Zaanstroom

 

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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