This is the information page about the shipwreck Thistlemor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.916 N,4 24.207 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)

 

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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.

 

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34. Thistlemor
35. Villasandino

 

Name: THISTLEMOR

Length 106.7 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4008 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1906 by craig, taylor & co of stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by allan, black & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 316 hp, single shaft. foundered in heavy weather while on passage cardiff for cape town. triple expansion engines of 316 nhp. eight men recovered by ss arndale.

Year of registration: 1909

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 98 cm

Known since: 1909, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: SANK OFF CLOVELLY. (DOD). H1310/85/28 10.9.85 H1310/85/28 10.9.85 LIES IN POSN 510359N, 042411W. STANDS 18FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 60FT (AT LW). (P SLEE, TELECON 28.8.85). CHARTED DEPTH IN POSN IS 25MTRS, BUT FROM V OLD SURVEY. CHART AS WK 13MTRS.

- NM 2565/85. HH100/351/05 15.4.92 HH100/351/05 15.4.92 LOCATED IN 510402.5N, 042415.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. EASY TO FIND. LIES IN ABOUT 28MTRS. (J HEWITT, 20.4.92). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 28.7.99 28.7.99 RIBS STAND PROUD AND OUTLINE WK. BIG BOILERS AND ENGINE ROOM MACHINERY EXPOSED. DEEP SCOUR AROUND ENTIRE STERN SECTION. (DIVER MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1999). NCA. HH091/158/01 16.7.08 HH091/158/01 & SEP 2008/000065863 16.7.08 LOCATED 7.8.07 IN 5103.916N, 0424.207W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.46 IN GEN DEPTH 20.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 108.4MTRS, WIDTH 36.5MTRS, HT 3.6MTRS. LIES 098/278 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FURUGO OSAE, HI 1158). AREA OF DISTURBED SEABED WITH PROBABLE DEBRIS. ?BOWS E. INS AS WK 16.4MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DISTURBED SEABED WITH DEBRIS, ?BOWS E

Position: 51 3.916 N,4 24.207 W

 

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