This is the information page about the shipwreck Telesilla (remains of) (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 0.387 N,3 24.167 W (56.00645, -3.4027833333333)

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: TELESILLA (REMAINS OF) (PROBABLY)

Length 70.1 meter, width: 9.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1203 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 14.9.1896 built 1877 by e withy & co, hartlepool, with 2 cylinder compound engine of of 12ohp, 1 boiler, single shaft. machinery by t richardson & sons, hartlepool. owned at time of lost by e gordon, newcastle. passage grangemouth for hamburg. ran on to beamer rock, then drifted off and sank adjacent to mackintosh rock, on which the n tower of the forth road bridge was built. in 1906 it was reported that dispersal ops were being carried out on a vessel beached near queensferry presumably this wreck. (lloyds report of casualty 14.9.1896, sibi, shipwrecks of the forth, & off scotland)

Year of registration: 1961

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter

Known since: 1961, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H1023/61 24.2.61 BOILER, [PROBABLY FROM TELESILLA, SEE 2865]. OBSTN (AWASH) IN 560023.5N, 032405W [OGB]. (MARINE SUPT GRANGEMOUTH HN). BR STD. H7915/68 7.1.69 NOT VISIBLE AT LW. NOT DISPROVED. (HMS VIDAL, R OF S DTD 17.8.68). NCA. 29.6.02 EUT POSN: 5600.387N, 0324.167W. NE 736.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DIAMETER 10FT, PROBABLY FROM "TELESILLA" [SEE 2865]

Position: 56 0.387 N,3 24.167 W

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