This is the information page about the shipwreck Tees, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 2.62 N,0 10.097 E (53.7402833, 0.2099667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: TEES
Length 45.7 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 398 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built of iron in 1857 by j burden, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by the stockton & london screw steam ship company. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage sunderland for granville. cargo coal. sank after collision with ss spray. crew recovered.
Year of registration: 1979
Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 305 cm
Known since: 1979, last detected: 20160310
Details measurements/cartography: H5084/77 21.3.80 EXAM'D BY HMS BULLDOG USING HYDROSEARCH ON 14.11.79 IN 540236N, 001012E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.7 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.05MTRS. VERTICAL MODE HT 4.5MTRS. LENGTH 55MTRS, BEAM 8.3MTRS. LYING 120/300DEG WITH BOWS NW. ON SMOOTH GRAVEL. SCOUR MARK RUNNING 150DEG FROM SE END OF WK. (HMS EGERIA, HI 64/79). INS AS WK 44MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/11 11.9.96 DIVED IN 540238N, 001004E [WGD] USING GPS. VESSEL IDENTIFIED BY BELL. INSCRIBED 'TEES 1857'. WK UPRIGHT, ONE BOILER WITH SMALL TWO CYLINDER ENGINE. BOWS UP, MIDSHIPS DOWN. (W WOOLFORD). NCA. HH100/351/18 8.4.02 UPRIGHT WITH BOWS S. WELL BROKEN UP. AFT ENGINE AND BOILER. SEABED SANDY GRAVEL. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 4.10.16 EXAM'D 10.3.16; IN 5402.620N, 0010.097 [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.57MTRS, GEN DEPTH 47.5MTRS. LENGTH 47.7MTRS, WIDTH 10.2MTRS, HT 2.96MTRS, ORIENTATION 305/125 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK PARTIALLY INTACT. (MMT, HI 1473, H525_6474). AMEND NDW 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT
Position: 54 2.62 N,0 10.097 E