This is the information page about the shipwreck Thistlegarth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 43 N,15 0 W (58.716666666667, -15)

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: THISTLEGARTH

Length 123.4 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 4747 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1929 by sir j laing & sons. owned at time of loss by albyn line. triple expansion engine of 430nhp. passage scapa flow for father point, st lawrence seaway. torpedoed & sunk by u 103. (dods, ll ww2, axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1070 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN 584300N, 150000W. 28.7.87 28.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE, PLOTS IN 1079MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES, LL WW2). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 250M W OF BUTT OF LEWIS. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 43 N,15 0 W

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