This is the information page about the shipwreck Talisman (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 43.325 N,0 57.2 W (54.8698333, -0.8991667)

 

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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. Adine (probably)
2. African transport (probably)
3. Afrique
4. Anboto mendi (possibly)
5. Athelstane
6. Athos
7. Atlas (possibly)
8. Atwing (possibly)
9. Audax
10. Braconash (possibly)
11. Commercial
12. Corsham
13. Dayspring (probably)
14. Defiant
15. Earl percy
16. Fervent
17. Gothia
18. Hartley
19. Helene
20. Hercules
21. Hms locheil
22. Hms ruthin castle
23. John miles
24. Jytte (possibly)
25. King james (possibly)
26. Lucida
27. Lucy
28. Maggie mcleman ii
29. Marchioness of londonderry
30. Moorwood (possibly)
31. Neptunus (possibly)
32. Ottoland (possibly)
33. Pandora
34. Pathfinder
35. Rosella (probably)
36. Rutil
37. Schaldis (possibly)
38. Stora-korsnas-link i
39. Talisman (possibly)
40. Tatiana (possibly)
41. Teesdale (possibly)
42. Thermopylae
43. Uc 70
44. Voorwarts (possibly)
45. Wayside flower

 

Name: TALISMAN (POSSIBLY)

Length 34.1 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 2.5, tonnage 153 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Kbuilt in 1882 by w watson, greenock. owned at time of loss by w mclachlan & co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 50hp, single shaft. machinery by muir & houston, glasgow. passage greencock for grimsby. in ballast. captured by german submarine and sunk.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 REPORTED SUNK 7 MILES ESE FROM HARTLEPOOL. H2534/74 19.12.79 BAD OBSTN REPD IN 544313N, 005735W. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS - VOL 1). H2534/74 5.11.81 SONAR CONTACT, CLASSIFIED PROBABLE WK, LOCATED IN 544318N, 005703W USING HIFIX. LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED, BUT BELIEVED NOT TO STAND MORE THAN 10MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (HMS IVESTON, HN DTD 22.10.81). INS AS USC 35MTRS. BR STD. H6331/87 16.1.89 EXAM'D 2.8.88 IN 544319N, 005706W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. SCOUR 0.75MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.2MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEG WITH BOW TO NW. INTACT AND ON ITS STBD SIDE. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE, BOWS NW

Position: 54 43.325 N,0 57.2 W

 

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