This is the information page about the shipwreck Thornaby (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 4.142 N,1 45.171 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Annie
6. Atlanticos
7. Batavier 5
8. Blackhill
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Clan monroe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Coalgas
21. Corcrest
22. Cormorant
23. Cormount (probably)
24. Coureur des mers
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Dynamo
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Empire bridge
37. Erna boldt (probably)
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Grisdeale
58. Groenlo
59. Groeswen (probably)
60. H h petersen
61. Harlington (probably)
62. Harlyn (probably)
63. Harriet
64. Hebe
65. Hendon hall
66. Heworth
67. Hillglen
68. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
69. Hms adonis (possibly)
70. Hms arethusa
71. Hms donna nook
72. Hms donside (possibly)
73. Hms duchess of hamilton
74. Hms dundalk
75. Hms eros (possibly)
76. Hms forward iii
77. Hms franc tireur
78. Hms harvest gleaner
79. Hms hastfen
80. Hms hirose (probably)
81. Hms holdene
82. Hms japan
83. Hms jessie nutten
84. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
85. Hms lord airedale
86. Hms ludlow
87. Hms marconi
88. Hms monarch
89. Hms moravia (possibly)
90. Hms nadine
91. Hms new comet (possibly)
92. Hms resono (possibly)
93. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
94. Hms river clyde (possibly)
95. Hms river clyde (possibly)
96. Hms sisters melville
97. Hms st seiriol
98. Hms tervani
99. Hms velia (possibly)
100. Hms waveflower
101. Hms whooper
102. Hms william wesney
103. Hmsm e6
104. Hmtb 10
105. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
106. Hnlms 227
107. Hornchurch
108. Ignis (possibly)
109. Ingi
110. Ionian (possibly)
111. J c dalble
112. Janny
113. Jim
114. Josefina thorden (after part)
115. Kankakee
116. Kenneth hawksfield
117. Khartoum (possibly)
118. Knarsdale
119. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
120. Koningen emma (possibly)
121. Kwasind
122. Lady salisbury
123. Lapwing
124. Lapwing (possibly)
125. Lincairn (possibly)
126. Lisette
127. Little world
128. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
129. Lonhelen (possibly)
130. Lord bute
131. Lowland
132. Magdapur
133. Mangara
134. Maria rosa
135. Marie leonhardt (probably)
136. Mascotte
137. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
138. Mexico
139. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
140. Moidart
141. Morar
142. Nereus
143. Newhaven (possibly)
144. Nico
145. Nicolaos piangos
146. Norhauk
147. Norwich trader
148. Ocean pride
149. Old charlton
150. Ostprussen (possibly)
151. Palembang (probably)
152. Paullette
153. Peik
154. Pescado
155. Petshenga (possibly)
156. Phryne
157. Plawsworth (possibly)
158. Polgarth
159. Profit
160. Protinus (possibly)
161. Quickstep
162. Ravenscraig (possibly)
163. Ren
164. Rhenas (possibly)
165. Rochester city
166. Savona (probably)
167. Scimitar
168. Sea king
169. Second chance (possibly)
170. Simon bolivar
171. Southford
172. St patrick
173. Stad alkmaar
174. Storm
175. Sunk head tower
176. Sunniside (probably)
177. Taber park
178. Tergestea
179. Terukuni maru
180. Thornaby (possibly)
181. Thyra
182. Torchbearer
183. Uc 11 (possibly)
184. Uc 72 (possibly)
185. Vae victis
186. Vancouver
187. Victorious
188. Volscian (possibly)
189. Warrenpoint
190. Wearside
191. White ghost
192. White lady
193. Wychwood (possibly)
194. Wyetown
195. Yarmouth
196. Yewkyle (possibly)
197. Ypapanti

 

Name: THORNABY (POSSIBLY)

Length 78.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1782 ton

Cause: built in 1889 by ropner & son, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by sir r roper & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 152hp, single shaft. machinery by blair & co. passage marbella for west hartlepool. cargo iron ore. struck a mine laid by uc-3.

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 179 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK POSN 2 MILES NE OF SHIPWASH LTV OR 520330N, 014300E, APPROX. H2501/72 23.3.72 WRECK LOCATED IN 520412N, 014518E USING DECCA. (GPO/KH CABLE ROUTE SURVEY 1971). H4139/76 5.1.77 EXAM'D 5.8.76 IN 520407.2N, 014514.4E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 14.0, FOUL 14.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.0 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SCOUR 21MTRS. SMALL WK, 35MTRS X 20MTRS. POSSIBLY PARTLY BURIED. LIES NNE/SSW. SCOUR TO S. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 31/76). BR STD. H2917/83 28.3.85 LOCATED 15.11.84 IN 520407N, 014515E [OGB] HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. GEN DEPTH 19.5MTRS. NOT EXAM'D. (HMS ECHO, HI 196). NCA. HH090/667/01 13.12.95 EXAM'D 16.7.95 IN 520408.48N, 014510.16E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.7, FOUL 15.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4 IN GEN DEPTH 19.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. BROKEN INTO TWO OR THREE SECTIONS, MOSTLY BURIED. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 1.9.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16; IN 5204.142N, 0145.171E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 34.6MTRS, WIDTH 18.1MTRS, HEIGHT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 179/359 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 29.82MTRS, 1.13MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 012 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN IN TWO SECTIONS. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 15.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 4.142 N,1 45.171 E

 

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