This is the information page about the shipwreck Talvaldis (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.368 N,3 38.546 W (50.189467, -3.642433)

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: TALVALDIS (POSSIBLY)

Length 50.3 meter, width: 8 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 534 ton

Cause: ex-westerham, ex-teign 1. built in 1912 by goole sb & repair co ltd, goole. owned at time of loss by stahl & co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 61nhp, single shaft. machinery by earles ltd, hull. passage london for lisbon. bombed & sunk by german aircraft. (ww2sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 127 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 120DEGS, 3M FROM PRAWLE POINT. (WW2SL). H2502/51 24.4.51 H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 501121N, 033824W. LEAST E/S DEPTH OVER 27FMS. HEIGHT OFF SEABED 25FT. (HMS SEAGULL, E8881). CHART AS WK 27FMS (49MTRS). BR STD. H2396/77 11.3.77 H2396/77 11.3.77 WK IN 501106N, 033800W [OGB]. POOR SONAR RUN GIVES WK LENGTH BETWEEN 230 & 290FT. LYING ABOUT ESE/WNW. NOT DIVED ON. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). NCA. H1309/79 16.10.80 H1309/79 16.10.80 DIVED ON. STERN INTACT & UPRIGHT. CENTRE SECTION COLLAPSED & BROKEN UP. FOR'D OF BRIDGE MISSING COMPLETELY & NOT VISIBLE FROM WK (VISIBILITY 25FT APPROX). LEAST DEPTH 49MTRS APPROX. (A HILLGROVE, 30.9.80). NCA. H1936/80 2.10.81 H1936/80 2.10.81 EXAM'D 9.4.81 IN 501119N, 033827W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9MTRS. ABOUT 60MTRS LONG, LYING E/W. (HMS BEAGLE HI 5/81). CHART AS WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 1634. H5982/82 10.2.83 H5982/82 10.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 501115N, 033825W [OGB], USING DECCA, ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H2061/82 12.9.83 H2061/82 12.9.83 EXAM'D 25.4.83 IN 501120N, 033828W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTRS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS HERALD, HI 132). NCA. HH091/059/01 3.5.05 HH091/059/01 3.5.05 EXAM'D 5011.368N, 0338.546W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.1 IN GEN DEPTH 58.4MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 90MTRS TOWARDS 247 DEGS. LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 8.3MTRS. LIES 127/307 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 127 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. COLLAPSED. FISHING GEAR ON WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). LIES WIT BOWS TOWARDS 307 DEGS. AMEND WK 50MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN INTACT/UPRIGHT, MIDSHIPS BROKEN UP, BOWS WNW

Position: 50 11.368 N,3 38.546 W

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