This is the information page about the shipwreck Torchbearer, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 4.534 N,1 43.58 E (52.150016666667, 1.8159666666667)

 

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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. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. Clan monroe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormorant
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Coureur des mers
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Denewood
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Dynamo
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Firth
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Frumenton
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Gerhard
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Golconda (possibly)
56. Grantleyhall (possibly)
57. Grenadier (probably)
58. Grisdeale
59. Groenlo
60. Groeswen (probably)
61. H h petersen
62. Harlington (probably)
63. Harlyn (probably)
64. Harriet
65. Hebe
66. Hendon hall
67. Heworth
68. Hillglen
69. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
70. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
71. Hms adonis (possibly)
72. Hms arethusa
73. Hms donna nook
74. Hms donside (possibly)
75. Hms duchess of hamilton
76. Hms dundalk
77. Hms eros (possibly)
78. Hms forward iii
79. Hms franc tireur
80. Hms harvest gleaner
81. Hms hastfen
82. Hms hirose (probably)
83. Hms holdene
84. Hms japan
85. Hms jessie nutten
86. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
87. Hms lord airedale
88. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
89. Hms ludlow
90. Hms marconi
91. Hms monarch
92. Hms moravia (possibly)
93. Hms nadine
94. Hms new comet (possibly)
95. Hms resono (possibly)
96. Hms river clyde (possibly)
97. Hms river clyde (possibly)
98. Hms sisters melville
99. Hms st seiriol
100. Hms tervani
101. Hms waveflower
102. Hms whooper
103. Hms william wesney
104. Hmsm e6
105. Hmtb 10
106. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
107. Hnlms 227
108. Hornchurch
109. Ignis (possibly)
110. Ingi
111. Ionian (possibly)
112. J c dalble
113. Janny
114. Jim
115. Josefina thorden (after part)
116. Kankakee
117. Kenneth hawksfield
118. Khartoum (possibly)
119. Knarsdale
120. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
121. Koningen emma (possibly)
122. Kwasind
123. Lady salisbury
124. Lapwing
125. Lincairn (possibly)
126. Lisette
127. Little world
128. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
129. Lonhelen (possibly)
130. Lowland
131. Mac 5 (possibly)
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. Rhineland
166. Rochester city
167. Savona (probably)
168. Scimitar
169. Sea king
170. Second chance (possibly)
171. Sheaf field
172. Simon bolivar
173. Southford
174. St patrick
175. Storm
176. Sunbeam
177. Sunk head tower
178. Sunniside (probably)
179. Taber park
180. Tergestea
181. Terukuni maru
182. Thornaby (possibly)
183. Thyra
184. Torchbearer
185. Uc 11 (possibly)
186. Uc 72 (possibly)
187. Vae victis
188. Vancouver
189. Victorious
190. Volscian (possibly)
191. Warrenpoint
192. Wearside
193. White ghost
194. White lady
195. Wychwood (possibly)
196. Wyetown
197. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: TORCHBEARER

Length 68.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1267 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1929 by john crow & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the gas light & coke co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 156nhp, single shaft. passage seaham for london. cargo coal. mined. crew of 4 lost.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 63 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 025 DEG, 2M FROM SHIPWASH LTV. (WW2SL). H0162/39 28.11.39 PNM 2627/39 ISSUED. H0162/39 13.4.40 INS AS DWPA.

- NM 939/40. H0162/39 26.5.49 EXAM'D IN 520433N, 014343E. OROPESA SWEEP APRIL 1949 CLEAR AT 46FT. DEPTH IN VICINITY 72FT. E/S 57FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 23.6.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1071/49. 3.11.73 AMEND TO WK 14.0MTRS. NC 2052. H4139/76 5.1.77 EXAM'D 4.8.76 IN 520431.2N, 014340.8E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 16.0, FOUL 16.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.0 IN GEN DEPTH 21-22MTRS. SCOUR 23MTRS. LYING ENE/WSW. NO SIGN OF BREAKUP. ILL DEFINED SCOUR. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 31/76). BR STD. H2917/83 28.3.85 EXAM'D 11.12.84 IN 520430N, 014341E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.0 IN GEN DEPTH 21.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 25MTRS. WRECKAGE EXTENDS OVER AREA ABOUT 100MTRS LONG, LYING 080/260 DEG. (SOISS, HI 196). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. NCA. SEP 2012/000212161 1 14.1.12 WK LOCATED IN 5204.538N, 0143.606E [WGD]. HT 4MTRS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EAST ANGLIA OFFSHORE WIND LTD, REPORT BY EMU LTD DTD 12.6.12). SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 17.6MTRS IN DIGITAL DATA. RETAIN SW 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/00091759 18.8.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16; IN 5204.534N, 0143.580E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.87MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 75.6MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HEIGHT 6.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 063/183 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 28.21MTRS, 6.48MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 032 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 4.534 N,1 43.58 E

 

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