This is the information page about the shipwreck Tarquah (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 26.381 N,10 15.541 W (51.439683333333, -10.259016666667)

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: TARQUAH (PROBABLY)

Length 109.8 meter, width: 13.5 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 3859 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,general and mixed goods,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1902 by a stephen & sons ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by african ss co ltd (elder dempster). three boilers, triple expansion engine of 525nhp, single shaft. passage sierra leone for liverpool. in addition to african produce cargo included: tin concentrates valued at ú5400, block tin, ú3844; tin ore, ú50461 and one box of gold worth ú12000. torpedoed by u-57 and abandoned. then sunk by second torpedo. no lives lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN POSN 10 MILES SW OF BULL ROCK. (WW1SL). H6907/29 H6907/29 POSN PA 512700N, 102500W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). NCA. 10.10.79 REPORTED THAT SALVAGE ASSOCIATION RECEIVED ú2000 IN 1922 FROM LIVERPOOL & GLASGOW SALVAGE CO IN RESPECT OF CARGO RECOVERED FROM THE TARQUAH. (W PERT, SEAWAYS DIVING (UK) LTD, TELECON 10.10.79). H1310/85/15 15.5.85 LOCATED IN 512616N, 101449W. WK COLLAPSED DOWN ON ITSELF. SALVAGE WORK IN PROGRESS. HIGHEST POINT (BOILERS) HAD E/S DEPTH 94MTRS AT 1545(BST) ON 10.5.85. MUCH DEBRIS ON SEABED ON PORT SIDE OF WK AND SEVERAL NETS SNAGGED ON WRECKAGE. (SEASALV MARINE LTD, 13.5.85). CHART AS WK 93MTRS. BR STD. 10.5.07 POSSIBLE WK LOCATED IN 5126.381N, 1015.541W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 100MTRS. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 1.2MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 045/225 DEGS. PROBABLY BROKEN AND WELL COLLAPSED. NO SCOUR. NO DEBRIS. PROBABLY THIS VESSEL. AMEND WK 97MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL COLLAPSED, PROBABLY BROKEN

Position: 51 26.381 N,10 15.541 W

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