This is the information page about the shipwreck The stewarts court (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 47.771 N,1 15.181 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: THE STEWARTS COURT (PROBABLY)
Length 61 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 813 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1909 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the marquis of londonderry. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 138hp, single shaft. machinery by the ne engine co ltd, sunderland. passage seaham for london. cargo 1000 tons coal. torpedoed by ub-112. no crew lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 283 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20180112
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 4 MILES SSE FROM SEAHAM HARBOUR. (WW1SL). H6330/87 15.7.88 SW 16.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19.2MTRS IN 544746N, 011505W [OGB]. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, TLX 19.6.88, HI 414A).
- NM 2324/88. H6330/87 14.11.88 EXAM'D 13.6.88 USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.1, FOUL AT 16.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.0 IN GEN DEPTH 19.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS, LENGTH 74MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEG, GIVING V POOR SONAR RETURNS AS IT LIES ON HIGHLY REFLECTIVE SEABED OF ROCK, GRAVEL AND SAND. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). HH100/351/08 11.3.94 DIVED ON IN JULY 1992 IN 544745.6N, 011508.4W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES WITH BOW NW, WELL BROKEN UP AND GENERALLY ONLY STANDING 1 TO 2MTRS HIGH. THE EXCEPTION IS THE BOILER WHICH STANDS ABOUT 4MTRS ABOVE ROCK SEABED. (K A LAWRENCE). NCA. HH100/351/21 26.9.03 STERN DIVED IN 5447.776N, 0115.226W [WGD]. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH BY E/S AND DEPTH GAUGE. BROKEN UP IN SEVERAL SECTIONS AND SPREAD OVER SOME 25 BY 30MTRS. METAL CYLINDER NOTED WITH DIAMETER 1.5MTRS AND LENGTH 5MTRS. SECTIONS OF HULL STAND UP 2MTRS FROM THE SEABED. A SMALL STERN SECTION COMPLETE WITH RUDDER NOTED. BOW SECTION LIES NEARBY. (D PATTERSON). NCA. 15.3.19 CYLINDER BOILERS 3MTRS IN DIAMETER ON ITS SIDE WITH SMALLER VESSEL CLOSE BY. SCATTERED WRECKLAGE AND HULL SECTIONS COVER SURROUNDING AREA. (DAVE PATTERSON, DIVED 2018). NFA. SEP 2018/000017129 31.5.18 EXAM'D 12.01.18; WK LOCATED IN 5447.771N, 0115.181W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, HEIGHT 4.2MTRS. SCOUR LENGTH 73.4MTRS, 1.3MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 280 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1543). AMEND DW 15.8MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOWS NW, BOILER IS HIGHEST POINT
Position: 54 47.771 N,1 15.181 W