This is the information page about the shipwreck Tregantle (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 32.994 N,1 54.886 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: TREGANTLE (POSSIBLY)
Length 98.5 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3091 ton
Load: grain
Cause: Built in 1903 by j readhead & sons, south shields. owned at time of loss by hain ss co, st ives. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 281hp, single shaft. passage galveston for hull. cargo 4900 tons wheat. initially thought to have been torpedoed by ub-16, but probably struck mine laid by uc-5.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 164 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161218
Details measurements/cartography: H6391/19 POSN 523030N, 015224E, APPROX, OR 1.5M ESE FROM CORTON LTV. (WW1SL). H5371/51 4.12.51 EXAM'D 3.7.51 IN 523259N, 015458E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 62FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEA BED 17FT. GEN DEPTHS 79FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 16.10.51). INS AS WK 10FMS 2FT. BR STD. H4629/71 22.12.71 SHIP PULVERISED, NOT POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY EVEN BOWS OR STERN. ROUGHLY LYING E/W. CONSIDERABLE SILTING AT ENDS. (E GILES 22.11.71). 30.7.74 AMEND TO SW 18.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 2.9.82 EXAM'D 27.2.82 IN EXAM'D IN 523257N, 015501E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.5 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 9.9MTRS, LENGTH 104MTRS, BEAM 17.6MTRS. LYING 162/342 DEGS. UPRIGHT, BUT PARTIALLY BURIED IN SEDIMENTS. BOW & SUPERSTRUCTURE PROMINENT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). AMEND TO 15.1MTRS.
- NM 2874/82. SEP 2016/000091758 20.7.17 EXAM'D 18.12.16; IN 5232.994N, 0154.886E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 98.8MTRS, WIDTH 26.6MTRS, HEIGHT 5.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 164/344 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 70MTRS, 1.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 001 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 18.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY BURIED
Position: 52 32.994 N,1 54.886 E