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 (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Burtonia (possibly)
12. Bygdo (possibly)
13. Cairnside
14. Carica milica
15. Cedarwood (possibly)
16. Churston
17. Clan monroe
18. Claudia (possibly)
19. Coalgas
20. Corcrest
21. Cormorant
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Dynamo
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Firth
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Frumenton
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Grisdeale
57. Groenlo
58. Groeswen (probably)
59. H h petersen
60. Harlington (probably)
61. Harlyn (probably)
62. Harriet
63. Hebe
64. Hendon hall
65. Hillglen
66. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
67. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
68. Hms adonis (possibly)
69. Hms arethusa
70. Hms donna nook
71. Hms donside (possibly)
72. Hms duchess of hamilton
73. Hms eros (possibly)
74. Hms forward iii
75. Hms franc tireur
76. Hms hastfen
77. Hms hirose (probably)
78. Hms holdene
79. Hms japan
80. Hms jessie nutten
81. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
82. Hms lord airedale
83. Hms ludlow
84. Hms marconi
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms resono (possibly)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms sisters melville
93. Hms tervani
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. Lowland
122. Mac 5 (possibly)
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. Rhineland
157. Rochester city
158. Savona (probably)
159. Scimitar
160. Second chance (possibly)
161. Simon bolivar
162. Southford
163. St patrick
164. Storm
165. Sunbeam
166. Sunk head tower
167. Sunniside (probably)
168. Taber park
169. Tergestea
170. Terukuni maru
171. Thornaby (possibly)
172. Thyra
173. Torchbearer
174. Uc 11 (possibly)
175. Uc 72 (possibly)
176. Vae victis
177. Vancouver
178. Victorious
179. Volscian (possibly)
180. Warrenpoint
181. Wearside
182. White ghost
183. White lady
184. Wychwood (possibly)
185. Wyetown
186. 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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