This is the information page about the shipwreck Tacoma city (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.716 N,2 59.464 W (53.378600, -2.991067)

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.

Name: TACOMA CITY (PART OF)

Length 121.9 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4738 ton
Load: vehicles,general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1929 by w grey & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by reardon smith line ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 339nhp, single shaft. passage new york for manchester. mined, later cut down. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: H01105/41 13.11.45 POSNS OF PORTIONS OF WRECK REPD TO BE (A) 532242N 025923W OR 053DEG 1700FT FROM ROCH FERRY PIER LT & (B) 532234N 025917W OR 081DEG 1800FT FROM ROCH FERRY PIER LT. REPORTS FROM LIVERPOOL WRECK RECORDS (STERN PORTION): JUNE 1941 STARTED REMOVING CARGO. SEPT 1943 MAST, MAST HOUSE, GUN PLATFORM ETC REMOVED TO BRING WRECK BELOW LIVERPOOL BAY DATUM (LBD). DEC 1943 QUANTITY OF CARGO REMOVED BY MARINE RECOVERIES LTD. DISCHARGE STOPPED ON THEIR STATING THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO WORK PENDING THE ERECTION OF A MAST AS A MARK. JUNE 1945 MAST ERECTED IN VENT SHAFT ABOUT 10FT TO STBD (WEST) OF MAST. MAY 1946 PORT SIDE OF UPPER DECK IN WAY OF NO.5 HATCH, REMOVED COOPER, DISCHARGING BILLETS & IRON STRIP BY DIVER & GRAB. AUG 1948 CUTTING OUT OF DECK CONTINUED AS CONVENIENT. OCT 1963 SWEPT CLEAR TO 30FT BELOW LBD, WK BUOY REMOVED. (BOW PORTION) JUNE 1941 STARTED DISCHARGING CARGO. SEPT 1943 FORECASTLE, MAST & SHELTER, BRIDGE HOUSE & E R HOUSES REMOVED. ALL WRECK BELOW LBD. AUG 1944 QUANTITY OF CARGO REMOVED BY COOPERS. DISCHARGE STOPPED FOR WORK. E DAL & CHATEAUROUX COOPER RESUMED DISCHARGING IN 1945 WORKING NO 1 HATCH. AUG 1945 DISCHARGE OF CARGO STOPPED OWING TO MUD. OCT 1945 COMMENCED REMOVAL OF FORE-DECK IN WAY OF NO 1 HATCH. 13.11.45 DECK CUT ON STBD SIDE NO.1 HATCH & STBD COAMING REMOVED, COOPER DISCHARGING CARGO BY DIVER. JUNE 1946 DECK BOTH SIDES OF NO 1 HATCH & DECK IN FORECASTLE AT MAIN DECK LEVEL REMOVED, CONTINUING TO CUT DECK BETWEEN NOS.1 & 2 HATCHES. AUG 1947 PART DECK REMOVED BETWEEN NOS.1 & 2 HATCHES. AUG 1948 CUTTING OUT OF DECKS CONTINUED AS CONVENIENT. OCT 1963 SWEPT CLEAR TO 30FT BELOW LBD, WK BUOY REMOVED. POSNS: BOW (A) 532248N, 025924W; STERN (B) 532235N, 025924W. H1105/41 31.3.41 PFNM ISSUED. - PFNM 726/41. H1105/41 31.3.41 G CONICAL LIGHT BUOY FL.G NW OF (A) & SE OF(B). - TFNM 727/41. H1105/41 28.4.41 INS DWP IN POSN 532230N, 025930W.

- NM 919/41. H1105/41 17.11.41 INS BUOYS ON CHART. H1105/41 7.6.45 AMEND BUOYS FROM CONICAL TO SPHERICAL.

- NM 1559/45. INS DW IN POSNS (A) 532242N, 025923W & (B) 532234N, 025917W. H2315/54 30.4.54 AMEND BUOYS: G CON LIGHT BUOYS, INT QK FL G IN POSN 532245N, 025927W & 532229N, 025909W TO MARK DWS IN POSN (A) & (B). (MERSEY D & HB OFFICE NO 5/54).

- NM 944/54. H2315/54 31.10.63 AMEND WK 5FMS IN POSN (A) & (B) & DELETE BUOYS MARKING PORTIONS OF WK. (MERSEY D & HB NM13/63).

- NM 2228/63. H5282/71 24.2.75 AMEND WK 8.6MTRS [LAT]. (MD & HB 1974). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 22.716 N,2 59.464 W

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