This is the information page about the shipwreck Togston (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 53.377 N,0 10.596 E (53.6109, 0.26485)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: TOGSTON (POSSIBLY)
Length 64 meter, width: 10.1 meter, tonnage 1057 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1909 by osbourne, graham & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the metropolitan gas co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 106hp, single shaft. machinery by richardsons, westgarth & co ltd, sunderland. passage the tyne for london. cargo 1440 tons coal. torpedoed and sunk by uc-47. five men lost.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 180 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160321
Details measurements/cartography: H7127/17 SUNK IN 535400N, 001200E, APPROX. - FNM 715/17 ISSUED. SUNK 20 MILES S X E 1/2 E FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. (WW1SL). H3849/18 26.8.18 LEAST DEPTH 15FMS. MARKED BY DAN BUOY LAID 50YDS E. (VAEC). H5484/18 15.10.18 INS WK PA 15FMS (1917) IN 535400N, 001200E. - FNM 659/18. H4523/26 16.10.26 AMEND TO NDW PA (1917) IN 535345N, 001045E. BR STD. H90/30 1.1.30 DELETE LEGEND PA. (SURVEY OFFICER, HUMBER). H01624/44 10.6.44 WK IN 535345N, 001045E KNOWN TO HAVE AT LEAST 56FT OVER IT. (CAPT. M/S, HUMBER, 14.4.44). 11.11.65 SHOWN AS F AND NDW ON NE 1190. 10.4.72 AMEND TO WK 17MTRS. NC 121. 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 16.4MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H5084/77 20.3.80 SMALL, BROKEN UP WK EXAM'D 27.11.79 IN 535321N, 001043E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.6 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.7MTRS, LENGTH 37MTRS. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79). INS AS WK 28MTRS. BR STD. 13.10.06 DIVED 9.10.06 IN 5353.370N, 0010.596E [WGD] USING DGPS. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH ON E/S. POOR VISIBILITY SHOWED THE BOW AREA OF A SMALL SS. WILL BE DIVED AGAIN. (D ROBINSON, HUMBERSIDE POLICE DIVING UNIT, TELECON). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 11.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5353.377N, 0010.596E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.47MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 65.3MTRS, WIDTH 16.3MTRS, HEIGHT 4.21MTRS, ORIENTATION 180/360 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 7MTRS, TOWARD 90 DEGS. WRECK MOSTLY DISINTEGRATED WITH ONLY THE BOW STILL INTACT WITH STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SITS IN AN AREA OF SANDWAVES. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP
Position: 53 53.377 N,0 10.596 E