This is the information page about the shipwreck Tregenna (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 5.248 N,4 41.536 W (49.993283333333, -4.6426333333333)

 

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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. Afric
2. Alexander kennedy
3. Almond branch (possibly)
4. Andromeda
5. Atlantis (possibly)
6. Beatrice (possibly)
7. Ben rein
8. Benito
9. Bosphorous (possibly)
10. Brialan
11. Carolus
12. Centurion (possibly)
13. Dionne marie
14. Eastfield
15. Elisabeth (possibly)
16. Eskdale
17. Foylemore (possibly)
18. Ganymede
19. Hera
20. Hmcs trentonian
21. Hms almond (after part)
22. Hms almond (bow part)
23. Hms comet
24. Hms javelin (stern section)
25. Hms lady of the isles
26. Hms narwhal
27. Hms rinovia
28. Hms torrent
29. Jersey queen (possibly)
30. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
31. Kantoeng (part of)
32. King harry (probably)
33. Kremsertor
34. Kwester
35. Lancaster
36. Lauwerzee
37. Lord snowden (probably)
38. Lucent (possibly)
39. Mary
40. Mountby
41. Mourne (probably)
42. Orchis
43. Par time and tide bell
44. Pegasus
45. Penelope jane (possibly)
46. Rigmor (possibly)
47. Rio sorocaba
48. Rosehill
49. Shoal fisher
50. Silver laurel
51. Spital
52. St andre (possibly)
53. Sunik (probably)
54. Tregenna (possibly)
55. Twilight water
56. Ub 113
57. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
58. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
59. Western coast (possibly)
60. Wilhelmina maria

 

Name: TREGENNA (POSSIBLY)

Length 122 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 5772 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1917 by j redhead co ltd, south shields. owned at time of loss by hain ss co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 488nhp, single shaft. armed with 1 x 4 inch qf gun, 2 x 7.5 inch howitzers. passage south shields for gibraltar. torpedoed by ub-57. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 23 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 9M S OF DODMAN POINT. (WW1SL). H2839/66 7.1.67 UNKNOWN WK SWEPT 30.3.66 IN 500510N, 044130W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH 189FT IN GEN DEPTH 225FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND AND BROKEN SHELL OUTSIDE SURVEY AREA. (HMS MERMAID, ROS 30.3.66). CHART AS WK 31FMS [57MTRS]. BR STD. H113/45 5.4.60 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500448N, 044100W [OGB]. LENGTH 120FT, HEIGHT 40FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). 8.4.60 SONAR CONTACT LENGTH 120FT HEIGHT 40FT. (ESCORT GROUP 2, 11.3.45, AUBD 302/83). H3110/72 8.1.73 WK IN 500514.5N, 044129.7W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR CONTACT. FLAT BOTTOM AREA, GOOD E/S TRACE 60MTRS IN 69MTRS. SEABED OF MUD, SAND & BROKEN SHELL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). AMEND POSN TO 500514N, 044130W [OGB]. BR STD. H3193/70 18.6.73 LARGE WK IN 500529N, 044136W [OGB] USING DECCA. AT LEAST 300FT LONG & 42FT HIGH LYING E/W [POSSIBLY TREGENNA - 1917]. (R DAVIS & C WILLIAMS, 25.4.73). NCA. H1280/76/31 30.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500523N, 044125W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. H5982/82 8.4.83 WK SHOWN IN 500510N 044143W [OGB] USING DECCA ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)5 [1982 EDN]. NCA. 7.8.00 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. BOW IN 5005.238N, 0441.448W [WGD], STERN IN 5005.196N, 0441.476W [WGD]. POSN BY DGPS. VESSEL IS INVERTED AND PARTIALY COLLAPSED. BOILERS PROTRUDE THROUGH THE HULL. ENGINE VISIBLE BELOW HULL. BOWS TO THE NE. HT 10.2MTRS. CINC REQUESTED FOR POSITION. (A WILD, VIA J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 7.8.00). AMEND POSN TO 5005.217N, 0441.462E [WGD]. BR STD. 8.4.02 COMMERCIAL GUARD NO LONGER REQUIRED FOR THIS WRECK. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE TELECON 6.4.02) CINC REMOVED. NCA. HH100/351/21 17.5.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. IN TWO PARTS. STERN LIES IN 5005.224N, 0441.542W [WGD] AND BOW IN 5005.283N, 0441.520E SOME 80-100MTRS N OF THE MAIN SECTION. LIES STERN W. STANDS 11MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. INVERTED AND COLLAPSING. LARGE SINGLE PROP AND RUDDER ARE THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE WK. HULL COLLAPSING ONTO BOILERS AND ENGINE, WHICH PROTRUDE THROUGH A LARGE HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE HULL. (M ADES, EMAIL DTD 17.5.04). NCA. SEP 2014/000153151 19.9.14 EXAM'D 19.7.14 IN 5005.248N, 0441.536W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.2 IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 8.8MTRS. LIES 023/203 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INVERTED, INTACT. (MMT, HI 1455). AMEND WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, COLLAPSING, BOWS E

Position: 50 5.248 N,4 41.536 W

 

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