This is the information page about the shipwreck Thistlebank, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4 N,10 2 W (51.066666666667, -10.033333333333)

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: THISTLEBANK

Length 86.4 meter, width: 13 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 2430 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built 1891 by russel & co, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by akt olivebank (e. monsen). passage bahia blanca for queenstown? destroyed by german submarine u24 in the sw approaches, crew forced to abandon ship before she was torpedoed. no loss of life. (naval staff monographs vol 14, sii).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 120 meter

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 4.9.75 4.9.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS SW APPROACHES. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14). NCA, POSN 503000N, 093000W FOR FILING ONLY. 23.3.07 23.3.07 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 25M SW OF FASTNET. (LLWW1). NCA, POSN FOR FILING AMENDED TO 5104.00N, 1002.00W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 4 N,10 2 W

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