This is the information page about the shipwreck Tandil (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.581 N,2 59.483 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Clan stuart (probably)
17. Cornelia
18. Einar jarl
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Glocliffe
23. Gorizia
24. Grane
25. Greenville
26. Greleen
27. Greta c
28. Gudrun
29. Hms amazon
30. Hms bittern
31. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
32. Hms boadicea
33. Hms buccaneer
34. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
35. Hms formidable
36. Hms harstad
37. Hms hickory
38. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
39. Hms lord hailsham
40. Hms manor
41. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
42. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
43. Hms remindo (possibly)
44. Isbjorn
45. Karen marie (probably)
46. Kongshaug (probably)
47. L h carl
48. La blanca (possibly)
49. La portaise (probably)
50. Lct 381
51. Lofoten (probably)
52. Lord stewart
53. Lst 507 (bow section)
54. Lst 507 (stern section)
55. Lst 531
56. Lucinda (possibly)
57. Majorca
58. Marguerite (possibly)
59. Marie des isles
60. Marjolene
61. Memnon
62. Minerva (probably)
63. Modavia
64. Moel tryvan
65. Moidart
66. Motano (probably)
67. Nyasaland
68. Ocean vagabond
69. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
70. Pergo
71. Pomella
72. Pomeranian
73. Radaas (probably)
74. Reggestroom (probably)
75. Renilde
76. Romsdalen (probably)
77. Rosten (possibly)
78. Rotorua
79. Salsette ii
80. Siren
81. Sparkling foam (possibly)
82. Ster de zee (possibly)
83. Tandil (probably)
84. Tracy
85. Trito
86. U 1191
87. Ub 19 (probably)
88. Ull (probably)
89. Ursa (probably)
90. W h dwyer
91. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: TANDIL (PROBABLY)

Length 98.8 meter, width: 14.4 meter, draught: 6.6, tonnage 2897 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1900 by w pickersgill & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by buenos aires gt southern railway. tow boilers, triple expansion engine of 283nhp, single shaft. passage barry for portland. torpedoed by u 85. 4 men lost. (ll ww1, ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 176 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: NO PREVIOUS RECORD. H4638/55 22.7.55 H4638/55 22.7.55 WK IN 501834N, 025924W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24 IN GEN DEPTH 29FMS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. GAVE GOOD A/S RESPONSE. (SCES & HMS SCOTT, 28.9.54). AMEND TO WK 24FMS IN REVISED POSN. 23.2.72 23.2.72 AMEND TO WK 22FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). LC 2454. 7.3.73 7.3.73 AMEND TO WK 44MTRS. NC 2519. HH100/351/14 8.9.99 HH100/351/14 8.9.99 INVESTIGATED BY DIVERS IN 1999. INVERTED OR ON SIDE SHOWING LOTS OF HULL PLATING. WK IS IN THE REGION OF 230FT LONG. PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE HMS MANOR BUT IS TOO LONG. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH090/961/01 10.12.03 HH090/961/01 10.12.03 EXAM'D 21.6.03 IN 5018.581N, 0259.483W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.7 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 97MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.6MTRS. LIES 176/356 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ON ITS SIDE WITH HULL TO W. HULL REASONABLY INTACT. E SIDE BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 45MTRS. BR STD. 3.3.07 3.3.07 A LARGE SS SOME 110MTRS LONG. LIES ON PORT SIDE AND HAS COLLAPSED. BOWS ARE COMPLETELY SMASHED AND A DETACHED HAWSEPIPE LIES ON THE SEABED WITH A WINCH AND SECTION OF MAST. CENTRAL AREA IS MOSTLY HULL PLATES AND A BOILER STANDS ON END ON THE SEABED. NEAR THE STERN A HOLE IN THE PLATING REVEALS THE PROP SHAFT. THE REMAINS OF THE STERN STAND 8MTRS AND ARE THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE WK. COAL IS SCATTERED ON THE SEABED. CONSIDERED TO BE TANDIL BY SIZE, LOCATION AND CARGO. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE, HULL TO W INTACT

Position: 50 18.581 N,2 59.483 W

 

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