This is the information page about the shipwreck Thames (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 50.407 N,1 10.631 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Atlas (possibly)
4. Atwing (possibly)
5. Aurora
6. Azira
7. Balzac
8. Blairhall
9. Blue dawn
10. Braconash (possibly)
11. British officer (after part)
12. Burnhope (part of)
13. Cairnglen
14. Carlo
15. Carmarthen coast
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
19. Clare (possibly)
20. Clavering (part of)
21. Corsham
22. Cranford (possibly)
23. Denham (probably)
24. Dimitris
25. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
26. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
27. Eagle iii
28. Elemore
29. Empire bay
30. Eston
31. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
32. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
33. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
34. Eventide
35. Fawn (probably)
36. Fenella
37. Ferryhill
38. Fervent
39. Firelight (possibly)
40. Gateshead (possibly)
41. General havelock
42. Gran
43. Grit
44. H a brightman
45. H c flood (possibly)
46. H c flood (probably)
47. Hans hoth (probably)
48. Harraton
49. Hartley
50. Harvest
51. Hawkwood
52. Hebble (probably)
53. Heckler
54. Hekla (possibly)
55. Helvetia (possibly)
56. Hendrika
57. Hercules
58. Hmms 180
59. Hms ben ardna (probably)
60. Hms elise
61. Hms elise (possibly)
62. Hms ethel taylor
63. Hms euston
64. Hms fairplay 2
65. Hms james ludford
66. Hms loch naver
67. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
68. Hms ruthin castle
69. Hms snaefell (probably)
70. Hms southsea
71. Hms star of devoran
72. Hms summer rose
73. Hms william hallet (possibly)
74. Hms witherington
75. Hogarth
76. Humber
77. Ida duncan
78. Ilios (possibly)
79. Ilious
80. Intent
81. Inverlane (part of)
82. Inverlane (stern section)
83. Jenny m (possibly)
84. John m smart (possibly).
85. John miles
86. Jolly girls
87. Jolly girls (possibly)
88. Jonkoping i (possibly)
89. Kalua
90. Kamma
91. Kasko
92. Kilkis (possibly)
93. King james (possibly)
94. La basiase (la bastaise)
95. Linden (probably)
96. Llwyngwair (possibly)
97. Loch-na-gar (probably)
98. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
99. Longbird
100. Lucida
101. Lyng
102. Maggie mcleman ii
103. Maindy bridge (possibly)
104. Marcheller (possibly)
105. Margaret sutton
106. Marne (part of)(possibly)
107. Mars
108. Mayoress pelican
109. Mile end (possibly)
110. Montauban
111. Narcissus (possibly)
112. Nike (possibly)
113. Nordheim (possibly)
114. Nyula
115. Ocean
116. Orion (probably)
117. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
118. Ottoland (possibly)
119. Pathfinder
120. Patria
121. Pitwines (probably)
122. Polleon (possibly)
123. Poltava (possibly)
124. Povena
125. Presto (possibly)
126. Presto (possibly)
127. Protector (possibly)
128. Providence
129. Prunelle
130. Quillota
131. Ragni (probably)
132. Ravensbourne (possibly)
133. Ravnanger (probably)
134. Renen
135. Rfa creosol
136. Richard de larrinaga
137. Rio colorado
138. Rising sun (part of)
139. Rising sun (part of)
140. Rosa (possibly)
141. Rosella (probably)
142. Rotha
143. S t wallsend
144. Saga (possibly)
145. Sargasso (possibly)
146. Scott miller
147. Snowdrop (possibly)
148. Spray
149. Stag 5 (probably)
150. Staithes (possibly)
151. Stangate
152. Stora-korsnas-link i
153. Strinheim
154. Suavity
155. Sunniva (possibly)
156. Swiftly
157. Talisman (possibly)
158. Tatiana (possibly)
159. Teal (probably)
160. Teesdale (possibly)
161. Thames (probably)
162. The stewarts court (probably)
163. Triumph
164. Uc 32 (probably)
165. Vestra
166. Vianna (possibly)
167. Vianna (probably)
168. Victory
169. Wayside flower
170. Winga
171. Winga (possibly)
172. X.l.
173. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: THAMES (PROBABLY)

Length 85.2 meter, width: 9.5 meter, draught: 4.7, tonnage 1327 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1887 by a & j inglis, glasgow. owned at time of loss by carron co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 316 nhp, single shaft. passage london for leith. torpedoed by uc 17. two explosions occurred aft and the stern was blown off. the ship sank some 7 minutes later. 4 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 6 MILES SE BY E FROM SEAHAM HBR. (WW1SL). H6330/87 15.7.88 WK LOCATED IN 545023N, 011030W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.9 IN GEN DEPTH 41.1MTRS. (GARDLINE, TLX 19.6.88, HI 414A). H6330/87 14.11.88 EXAM'D 5.9.88 USING TRISPONDER. TWO DISTINCT AREAS OF WRECKAGE - MAIN PART IN 545023N, 011030W [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 35.8, FOUL AT 36.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.9 IN GEN DEPTH 41.1MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 41.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEG. SECOND PART IN 545024N, 011033W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.3MTRS. LIES 043/223 DEG. LENGTH 18MTRS, BEAM 4MTRS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). POSSIBLY TWO WRECKS. INS AS SW 32MTRS IN 545024N, 011032W. BR STD. HH100/351/08 WK IN 545018.6N, 011039W DIVED AUGUST 1991 AND THOUGHT TO BE WK OF SS THAMES. CARGO INCLUDES LEAD-BASED INGOTS, EARTHENWARE JARS, ASSORTED BOTTLES AND STEEL PIPES. LIES WITH BOW TO W. STERN FAIRLY INTACT AND STANDING ABOUT 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. ENGINE AND BOILERS ALSO STAND 4MTRS HIGH AND BOW SECTION LIES SEPARATELY NORTH OF THE STBD SIDE. REMAINDER OF WK ONLY STANDS 1 TO 3MTRS HIGH. A MOUND OF STEEL PIPES, 2 TO 3MTRS HIGH, LIES BETWEEN THE BOW AND MAIN WRECKAGE (K A LAWRENCE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, BOW W. DIMENSIONS ARE OVERALL

Position: 54 50.407 N,1 10.631 W

 

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