This is the information page about the shipwreck Tiberon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.83 N,1 50.612 W (58.931, -1.9510833333333)

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: TIBERON

Length 121.9 meter, width: 16.2 meter, tonnage 5225 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built 1920 by richardson, duck & co., thornaby. owned at time of loss by r chapman & son, newcastle-upon-tyne. passage narvik for middlesbrough not in convoy. torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u 23. vessel sank in 30 seconds with loss of all 34 crew. photo supplied. (k heath)

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 91 meter, Height above seabed: 106 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: BANCREST SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 585300N, 015200W. (WW2SL). 6.9.78 INS AS WK USC PA 68MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 1942. HH091/137/01 - SEP 2009/000003219 24.12.08 EXAM'D 11.8.08 IN 5853.8302N, 0150.6118W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 81.67 IN GEN DEPTH 91.1MTRS. SCOUR 2.2MTRS DEEP AROUND BOW. LENGTH 116MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 11.7MTRS. LIES 106/286DEGS WITH BOWS WNW. INTACT, COLLAPSED. DEBRIS CLOSE TO WK. LIMITED DETAIL DUE TO DEPTH. (NETSURVEY, HI 1137). AMEND WK 81MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 13.5.09 BANCREST NOW BELIEVED TO PROBABLY BE THE WRECK LOCATED IN 58547.44N, 0200.902W [SEE 72964]. RESEARCH WOULD SHOW THAT THIS WK IS POSSIBLY SS TIBERTON. CINC REQUESTED UNTIL IDENTITY CAN BE CONFIRMED. (K HEATH, TELECON 11.5.09 & E-MAILS 12.5.09 & 13.5.09) AMENDED TO TIBERTON (POSSIBLY). NCA. 17.8.10 DIVED 16.8.10, FOUND TO BE A LARGE VESSEL WITH TONS OF IRON ORE SCATTERED AROUND. CONFIRMS IDENTITY AS TIBERTON. CINC TO REMAIN AT PRESENT UNTIL RELATIVES INFORMED. (K HEATH, E-MAIL DTD 16.8.10) IDENTITY AMENDED TO TIBERTON. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, BOWS WNW, SCOUR AT BOW

Position: 58 53.83 N,1 50.612 W

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