This is the information page about the shipwreck Trebartha, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 6.122 N,2 4.295 W (57.160566666667, -2.0339)
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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.
Name: TREBARTHA
Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4327 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1920 by j readhead & sons ltd, south shields. owned at time of loss by hain ss co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 425nhp, single shaft. passage london for philadelphia. in ballast. attacked by german aircraft with bombs and machine guns. crew abandoned and the vessel drifted ashore. sank the following day after breaking in half. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 94 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 20220429
Details measurements/cartography: 16.8.72 WK IN POSN 570440N, 015758W PA. H3965/75 30.11.77 WK IN 570608N, 020412W. HARD AGAINST ROCK IN DEPTH OF 40FT. IN TWO PARTS ABOUT 50FT APART. (R DAY, LTR). H1310/80 30.3.80 WELL BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED AROUND LINE OF ROCKS WHICH NEARLY COVER AT HWS. ENGINE & BOILERS STAND ABOUT 15FT HIGH BUT PRESENT NO HAZARD BECAUSE OF NEARBY ROCKS. 4-BLADED CAST IRON PROPELLER NEARBY. (J THOMPSON, STONEHAVEN). NCA. RSDRA2022000243080 18.11.22 EXAM’D 29.04.22; IN 5706.122N, 0204.295W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.01MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LENGTH 38.2MTRS, WIDTH 8.4MTRS, HT 4.2MTRS. ORIENTATION 094/274 DEGS. DEGRADED WITH BOILER AND ENGINE VISIBLE AND SCATTERED DEBRIS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1732 - H525-2135). AMEND DST REMAINS OF WK 8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED
Position: 57 6.122 N,2 4.295 W