This is the information page about the shipwreck Torridge (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 36.35 N,4 0.685 W (49.605833333333, -4.0114166666667)

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: TORRIDGE (PROBABLY)

Length 119.8 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 5036 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine 30m s by w of start point while on passage genoa to tyne. (ll ww1 & naval staff monographs, vol.17).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 78 meter, Height above seabed: 29 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 21.2.75 21.2.75 SUNK 40 MILES SSW FROM START POINT. (WW1SL). 21.2.75 21.2.75 SUNK 30 MILES S BY W OF START POINT. (LL WW1). 26.7.78 26.7.78 INS AS USC PA 50MTRS IN 493600N, 040200W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT QUOTED). NE 442. 7.1.82 7.1.82 AMENDED TO USC 50MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT QUOTED). NC 2655. H2302/84 30.6.86 H2302/84 30.6.86 NOW USC 46MTRS. (FR NM 86 23 28). NCA. HH100/351/03 31.8.90 HH100/351/03 31.8.90 WK LOCATED 5.7.88 IN 493621.5N, 040043W [?OGB] USING GPS. EXTENSIVE WK SITE LYING WITHIN A ROCKY AREA. MAXIMUM HT 7MTRS. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (T ALLEN, 13.8.90). AMEND TO WK USC 65MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 2.2.99 2.2.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HH100/351/20 6.8.03 HH100/351/20 6.8.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 80-100MTRS. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH BY DIVE COMPUTER. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND AND GRAVEL. A LARGE SS LYING ON STBD SIDE WITH BOW BROKEN OFF. HAS APPARENT CARGO OF ?CHINA CLAY THAT WAS ONCE ENCASED IN BARRELS. SUBSTANTIAL HOLD OF COAL BUT THIS COULD BE BUNKERS. BRIQUETTES OF FUEL ALSO NOTED ON THE SEABED. AT THE STERN A VERTICAL IRON PROP HAS ONE BLADE OUT OF THE SEABED. NO MUNITIONS NOTED BUT CONDITION SUGGESTS HEAVY DAMAGE, POSSIBLY DUE TO TORPEDO. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE OR BRIDGE NOTED, MAY HAVE BEEN TRAWLED OFF. TWO MASTS NOTED ON THE SEABED ON THE PORT SIDE. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 23.11.05 HH091/059/01 23.11.05 EXAM'D 11.4.05 IN 4936.350N, 0400.685W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 71.9 IN GEN DEPTH 78.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 116MTRS, WIDTH 52MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 029/209 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 209 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE, GENERALLY INTACT WK LYING BETWEEN TWO SANDWAVES. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 71MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOW BROKEN OFF, ON STBD SIDE, BETWEEN SANDWAVES

Position: 49 36.35 N,4 0.685 W

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