This is the information page about the shipwreck Teeswood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.7 N,1 20.353 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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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: TEESWOOD
Length 68.9 meter, width: 10.8 meter, draught: 5.4, tonnage 1261 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal
Cause: Built in 1953 by the burntisland shipbuilding co. owned at time of loss by constantine shipping company ltd. passage blythe to shoreham by sea. cargo coal and general. 26.7.56 foundered off dungeness 26.7.56 but drifted upside down before sinking off dover on 31.7.56. (i todd). 20.6.56 sank 20.6.56. (larn).
Year of registration: 1978
Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 76 cm
Known since: 1978, last detected: 20160806
Details measurements/cartography: H4199/78 30.10.78 LOCATED 28.10.77 IN 510440N, 012028E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.4 IN GEN DEPTH 29-30MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 79MTRS. LYING 072/252DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). INS AS WK 21MTRS. BR STD. HH090/606/01 13.9.94 EXAM'D 4.7.94 IN 510440.0N, 012027.5E [OGD] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.3, FOUL AT 19.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.4 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11.0MTRS. COVERS 50 BY 20MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. GOOD DCS3 TRACE SHOWING THREE DISTINCT STRUCTURES. (NP 1016, HI 606). AMEND TO SW 19.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 3403/94. HH100/351/14 8.9.99 CONFIRMED AS BEING 'TEESWOOD'. (I TODD, 6.9.99). NCA. SEP 2016/000091760 1.1.17 EXAM'D 6.8.16 IN 5104.700N, 0120.353E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HEIGHT 7.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 076/256 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND DW 20.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 4.7 N,1 20.353 E