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 (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Atlanticos
6. Batavier 5
7. Bonnington court
8. British captain
9. British fortune (probably)
10. Brixton
11. Bygdo (possibly)
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Clan monroe
17. Claudia (possibly)
18. Coalgas
19. Corcrest
20. Cormorant
21. Cormount (probably)
22. Coureur des mers
23. Cressdene (possibly)
24. Cresta
25. Dagmar (probably)
26. Denewood
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Dynamo
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. Empire bridge
35. Erna boldt (probably)
36. Estrella (possibly)
37. Eva witte
38. F stobart (probably)
39. Faithful star
40. Farmatyr
41. Firth
42. Fort massac
43. Forth
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Frumenton
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gasfire
49. Gena
50. Gerhard
51. Gipsy (possibly)
52. Golconda (possibly)
53. Grantleyhall (possibly)
54. Grenadier (probably)
55. Grisdeale
56. Groenlo
57. Groeswen (probably)
58. H h petersen
59. Harlington (probably)
60. Harlyn (probably)
61. Harriet
62. Hebe
63. Hendon hall
64. Hillglen
65. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
66. Hms adonis (possibly)
67. Hms arethusa
68. Hms donna nook
69. Hms donside (possibly)
70. Hms duchess of hamilton
71. Hms eros (possibly)
72. Hms forward iii
73. Hms franc tireur
74. Hms hastfen
75. Hms hirose (probably)
76. Hms holdene
77. Hms japan
78. Hms jessie nutten
79. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
80. Hms lord airedale
81. Hms ludlow
82. Hms marconi
83. Hms monarch
84. Hms moravia (possibly)
85. Hms nadine
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms resono (possibly)
88. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
89. Hms river clyde (possibly)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms sisters melville
92. Hms tervani
93. Hms velia (possibly)
94. Hms waveflower
95. Hms whooper
96. Hms william wesney
97. Hmsm e6
98. Hmtb 10
99. Hnlms 227
100. Hornchurch
101. Ignis (possibly)
102. Ingi
103. Ionian (possibly)
104. J c dalble
105. Janny
106. Jim
107. Josefina thorden (after part)
108. Kankakee
109. Kenneth hawksfield
110. Khartoum (possibly)
111. Knarsdale
112. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
113. Koningen emma (possibly)
114. Kwasind
115. Lady salisbury
116. Lapwing
117. Lincairn (possibly)
118. Lisette
119. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
120. Lonhelen (possibly)
121. Lord bute
122. Lowland
123. Magdapur
124. Mangara
125. Maria rosa
126. Marie leonhardt (probably)
127. Mascotte
128. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
129. Mexico
130. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
131. Moidart
132. Morar
133. Nereus
134. Newhaven (possibly)
135. Nico
136. Nicolaos piangos
137. Norhauk
138. Norwich trader
139. Ocean pride
140. Old charlton
141. Ostprussen (possibly)
142. Palembang (probably)
143. Paullette
144. Peik
145. Pescado
146. Petshenga (possibly)
147. Phryne
148. Plawsworth (possibly)
149. Polgarth
150. Profit
151. Protinus (possibly)
152. Quickstep
153. Ravenscraig (possibly)
154. Ren
155. Rhenas (possibly)
156. Rochester city
157. Savona (probably)
158. Scimitar
159. Second chance (possibly)
160. Simon bolivar
161. Southford
162. St patrick
163. Stad alkmaar
164. Storm
165. Sunk head tower
166. Sunniside (probably)
167. Taber park
168. Tergestea
169. Terukuni maru
170. Thornaby (possibly)
171. Thyra
172. Torchbearer
173. Uc 11 (possibly)
174. Uc 72 (possibly)
175. Vae victis
176. Vancouver
177. Victorious
178. Volscian (possibly)
179. Warrenpoint
180. Wearside
181. White ghost
182. White lady
183. Wychwood (possibly)
184. Wyetown
185. Yarmouth
186. Yewkyle (possibly)
187. 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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