This is the information page about the shipwreck Thorsa (part of)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.316 N,5 43.841 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Besse (probably)
14. Bessemer city (probably)
15. Bill (part of)(possibly)
16. Bill (possibly)
17. Bolette (possibly)
18. Boynton (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Cato
21. Cheerful
22. Chimu
23. Christina
24. Christos markettos
25. City of cardiff
26. City of westminster (& kul)
27. Clan macnab
28. Congener
29. Conqueror
30. Courtown
31. Dageid
32. Denebola
33. Depois
34. Devon
35. Dunaskin
36. Dundee (probably)
37. Dux (possibly)
38. Emblem
39. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
40. Empire kingsley
41. Enrico parodi
42. Facto
43. Fanny lambert
44. Gallier (possibly)
45. Garthclyde (possibly)
46. Gemini
47. Geopotes viii
48. Glamorgan coast
49. Gleno
50. Hampshire
51. Helene (probably)
52. Hellopes
53. Hms royalo
54. Hms warspite
55. Hms warspite (part of)
56. Hms warwick
57. Hmy viva 2
58. Holland xix
59. Hopeful (possibly)
60. Iona
61. J duncan
62. Jose de aramburu
63. Joshua nicholson
64. Juan ferrer
65. Juanita
66. Kate thomas (possibly)
67. Kildonan ?
68. Kilmaho
69. Kintuck
70. Lake grafton
71. Lake grafton (possibly)
72. Liberty
73. Lincoln
74. Luna
75. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
76. Luxembourg (probably)
77. Lyminge
78. Maria de larrinaga
79. Marie roberts
80. Maroc
81. Moorview
82. Mystique (possibly)
83. Nanna (possibly)
84. New pioneer
85. Nile
86. Ocean harvest
87. Orion
88. Oriskany
89. Pacific reliance
90. Phoenix 202
91. Phoenix 203
92. Pioneer (possibly)
93. Polesley (possibly)
94. Ponthieu
95. Primo ?
96. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
97. Regency (probably)
98. Reidar (possibly)
99. Rms mulheim
100. Saint guenole
101. Saxon briton
102. Sea viper
103. Setubel(probably)
104. Sirius (possibly)
105. St chamond
106. St george
107. Stabil (possibly)
108. Sten (possibly)
109. Sylvia-mary z-525
110. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
111. Traute sarnow
112. Tungufoss
113. Tyrhaug
114. U 1209 (possibly)
115. U 247 (possibly)
116. Umbre
117. Underwood
118. Union crystal (possibly)
119. Union star (parts of)(probably)
120. Veghtstroom (possibly)
121. Vine branch (possibly)
122. Vinovia
123. Wild boar
124. William cory
125. Yewcroft
126. Zone (probably)

 

Name: THORSA (PART OF)(POSSIBLY)

Length 73.2 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1319 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1884 by barclay curle & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by the leith, hull & hamburg ss co. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 187 nhp, single shaft. passage le havre for liverpool. torpedoed by ub-103. two men lost. (ww1sl, ll ww1, der krieg zur see & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 138 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: 3.5.18 SUNK IN 501215N, 054400W. (CUSTOMS, SWANSEA). 7.5.18 SUNK 3M NNW OF PENDEEN LTHO. (BOT MASTER, DOCKET M23261). 6.5.18 2M NNW OF PENDEEN. (AP FALMOUTH, DOCKET M09597). 2.5.18 3M NNW FROM PENDEEN LTHO. (DOCKET M22482). H2537/28 WK IN 501215N, 054400W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA YET. 12.11.75 AMEND USC PA 11FMS (20MTRS) IN 501215W, 054400W. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NE 2649. 4.5.78 AMEND USC PA 25MTRS. NC 1178. 14.12.11 LOCATED 31.10.10 IN 5012.316N, 0543.841W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.64 IN GEN DEPTH 45.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 19.4MTRS, WIDTH 9.0MTRS, HT 5.41MTRS. LIES 138/318 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). ?DEBRIS FROM THIS VESSEL. AMEND WK 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?DEBRIS FROM THIS WK

Position: 50 12.316 N,5 43.841 W

 

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