This is the information page about the shipwreck Thistle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 40.2 N,1 45.5 W (55.5, -11)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Accra
3. Aepos
4. Alert (possibly)
5. Anchises
6. Annie walker (probably)
7. Arbutus
8. Athelduke
9. Auckland castle
10. Aulton (possibly)
11. Auriac (probably)
12. Baltanglia
13. Baron st jernblad
14. Baron stjernblad
15. Borgland
16. Botlea
17. Buka
18. Calabria
19. Calafatis
20. Choice
21. Chris christenson
22. Conch
23. Coryton
24. Dione ii
25. Diplomat
26. Dutchman
27. Efploia
28. Eglinton
29. Emily reaich
30. Emma
31. Empire cormorant
32. Empire merchant
33. Empire simba
34. Espire
35. Everene (possibly)
36. Ex-hmsm h 11
37. Fanefjeld
38. Florence dombey (possibly)
39. Frederick s fales
40. George and mary (possibly)
41. Havilde
42. Hazard (probably)
43. Hesvik (possibly)
44. Hms ascot
45. Hms fortuna
46. Hooghammen
47. Hornchurch (probably)
48. Isbul & margarit
49. Jan van ryswyck
50. Leise maersk (probably)
51. Mandros
52. Martin goldschmidt
53. Maystone (possibly)
54. Merwede
55. Mohamed ali el-kebir
56. Nerissa
57. Nidelven
58. Onoba
59. Peik (probably)
60. Pluto
61. Shadwan
62. Sitala
63. Skovdal (probably)
64. Snowdonia
65. Somali
66. St andre
67. St fergus
68. Stirlingshire
69. Tadorne
70. Thistle
71. Thomas jackson (possibly)
72. Thornlea
73. Tillycorthie
74. Tortuguero
75. U 3514
76. U 714
77. Ulva (possibly)
78. Venus
79. Ville de gand
80. Vinemoor
81. Vingaland
82. Wairuna

 

Name: THISTLE

Length 46.3 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 401 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1883 by r pearce & co of dundee. owned at time of loss by r taylor of dundee. one boiler, compound engine, single shaft, iron propeller. engine of 60 hp. one deck, four bulkheads. classed as a1 at lloyds. stranded on plough rock in heavy weather. passage sunderland to montrose. cargo coal. (r young). 1 life lost among 11 crew. (shipwreck index of british isles).

Year of registration: 1883

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1883, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: LIES IN SAME POSN AS 'OTTO M'COMBIE'. POSN 554015N, 014550W FOR FILING ONLY. HH100/351/15 20.10.99 LIES IN 5540.20N, 0145.50W [WGD]. VERY CLOSE TO THE 'OTTO M'COMBIE' WHICH WAS WRECKED 12 YEARS LATER. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHICH WK IS WHICH. BOILER AND REMAINS OF ENGINE LIE IN GEN DEPTHS OF 11MTRS. SURROUNDED BY LOTS OF RUSTING IRON PLATES, LEAD PIPES AND BENT AND FLATTENED COPPER PIPING. ALL IS BEING CONCRETED INTO THE SAND AND ROCKS. PROPELLER CAN BE SEEN ALONG WITH AN ANCHOR AND PILES OF RUSTY CHAIN. (R YOUNG). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH090/915/01 21.1.02 NOT LOCATED. SEABED IS ROCK. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (GARDLINE, HI 915). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2021/000090526 27.7.21 AWAITING FULL INVESTIGATION. (MERITAITO, HI1591).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL, BOILER & ENGINE REMAIN

Position: 55 40.2 N,1 45.5 W

 

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