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 (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Algiers
6. Alison (possibly)
7. Angry fish
8. Aracataca
9. Ariel
10. Armenier
11. Arno (possibly)
12. Ashford
13. Atlas (probably)
14. Axwell
15. Barn hill
16. Basil-2
17. Bettann (bow section)
18. Blanefield
19. Branksome chine (possibly)
20. Braunton
21. Broadhurst (probably)
22. Cairndhu
23. Cambrian princess (probably)
24. Candia
25. Carbineer
26. Carrie dingle
27. Celtic
28. Charles m
29. City of brisbane
30. City of mexico
31. Clan macmillan
32. Cuba
33. D144 (possibly).
34. Del rio
35. Devon coast
36. Donegal (possibly)
37. Duke of buccleuch
38. Eduard (possibly)
39. Elford
40. F/v joanna c
41. Fife coast (possibly)
42. Flag theofano
43. Fort yale
44. Fpt iv
45. Frode
46. Fulham vii (probably)
47. Gartland
48. Gascony
49. George sutton
50. Gerarda
51. Germa geisha
52. Glenarm head (possibly)
53. Glenlee
54. Harold
55. Hedwig lunstedt
56. Highland corrie
57. Hms apley (possibly)
58. Hms ariadne
59. Hms avanturine
60. Hms balfour
61. Hms borneo
62. Hms evadne (possibly)
63. Hms hazardous
64. Hms implacable
65. Hms lancer ii
66. Hms minion
67. Hms moldavia
68. Hms northcoates
69. Hms ocean sunlight
70. Hms pine
71. Hms prince leopold
72. Hms sapper
73. Hms taipo
74. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
75. Hmsm a1
76. Holme force (possibly)
77. Ikeda (possibly)
78. Indiana
79. Inger (possibly)
80. Ingo
81. Jaffa
82. Joseph roberts (possibly)
83. Lalen mendi
84. Leven (possibly)
85. Lightfoot (possibly)
86. Lola (possibly)
87. London trader (possibly)
88. Lowmount
89. Lulonga (possibly)
90. Maaslust
91. Marga
92. Marie marguerite (possibly)
93. Mill gate (probably)
94. Miown
95. Mira
96. Mohlenpris (possibly)
97. Molesey (possibly)
98. Montecrana (possibly)
99. Mount stuart
100. Mv adur valley?
101. Newent
102. Noordster
103. Ny-eeasteyr
104. Nyon
105. Pentyrch
106. Polandia (possibly)
107. Porthkerry
108. Quail
109. Ramsgarth
110. Ramsholm (possibly)
111. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
112. Saint andre (probably)
113. Saint ronaig
114. Seven seas (possibly)
115. Shirala
116. Sines (possibly)
117. Spearfish
118. St rogatien (possibly)
119. Stanhope
120. Stanwold
121. Stavros (possibly)
122. T r thompson
123. Teelin head
124. U 1195
125. U 275 (probably)
126. U 40 (possibly)
127. U 671
128. U 86 (formerly)
129. U 86 (possibly)
130. Ub 130
131. Ub 81
132. Vasco
133. Venus
134. Vesuvio (possibly)
135. Vigda
136. War helmet
137. 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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