This is the information page about the shipwreck Towneley, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 51.795 N,4 49.419 W (50.863250, -4.823650)

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: TOWNELEY

Length 93.3 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2476 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1910 by wood skinner & co., with triple expansion engines of 254nhp. owned at time of loss by burnett steamship co. passage devonport for barry roads. torpedoed by german submarine u 46, 18m ne 0.25e from trevose head. 6 killed. (ww1sl, dods ll ww1 & krieg zur zee).

Year of registration: 2001

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 18M NE 1/4 E FROM TREVOSE HEAD. (WW1SL). 1918 ACCEPT APPROX POSN 505000N, 044800W. (DOCKET M6067) SEE [17815]. HH090/799/01 10.1.02 HH090/799/01 10.1.02 EXAM'D 14.11.01 IN 5051.795N, 0449.419W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.2 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. LIES 095/275DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN IN TO SEVERAL LARGE SECTIONS, ALL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. (NP 1008, HI 799). BR STD. 21.6.10 21.6.10 DIVED IN LISTED POSN ON 19-20.6.10. BELL RECOVERED BEARING NAME "TOWNELEY" AND DATE 1910. (G POUND, TELECON 21.6.10) DETAILS TRANSFERRED FROM RECORD [171815].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN SEVERAL SECTIONS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY

Position: 50 51.795 N,4 49.419 W

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