This is the information page about the shipwreck Trevethoe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 46.429 N,1 56.679 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aberhill
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Ala
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Atle
8. Avonwood
9. Barkis
10. Barrhill
11. Begona no 5
12. Blacktoft (possibly)
13. Bob read (probably)
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Bovey tracy
16. Cardanel
17. Castle galleon
18. Chevington
19. City of kobe
20. Continental coaster (probably)
21. Corbrook
22. Cordene
23. Corduff
24. Cormead
25. Crichtoun
26. Cross sand ltv
27. Daisy (possibly)
28. Dashwood
29. David b summers
30. Db 8 (possibly)
31. El dorado
32. Elnet
33. English trader
34. Ethel radcliffe
35. Excellenz mehnert
36. G and e (possibly)
37. Galatea (possibly)
38. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
39. Geneva
40. George fisher
41. Georgia (for'd part)
42. Glen derry (probably)
43. Glen tilt (possibly)
44. Glynn
45. Goodwood (possibly)
46. Hamsterley
47. Hector gannet
48. Helena
49. Hms agate
50. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
51. Hms cantatrice
52. Hms condor (probably)
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms exmoor
55. Hms fontenoy
56. Hms force
57. Hms glen prosen
58. Hms irvana (part of)
59. Hms kaphreda
60. Hms m a west (probably)
61. Hms pelton (probably)
62. Hms speeton (possibly)
63. Hms spider
64. Hms tettenhall
65. Hms tonbridge
66. Hms tranio
67. Hms true accord (probably)
68. Hms washington (probably)
69. Hms william stephen
70. Hmsm d5
71. Horseferry (probably)
72. Ilse
73. Impulsion
74. Ionian (probably)
75. Kentwood (probably)
76. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
77. Knitsley (possibly)
78. La perouse (possibly)
79. Langeli (possibly)
80. Leelite
81. Leopold ii
82. Liliane (possibly)
83. Lindisfarne (probably)
84. Lingfield
85. Mardyke
86. Marsworth
87. Mascota (possibly)
88. Memento (possibly)
89. Meriones
90. Montferland
91. Murdoch (probably)
92. Nadir
93. Navarra (possibly)
94. Nereus
95. Newland (possibly)
96. Nordborg (possibly)
97. Norman queen
98. Oil trader
99. Onto
100. Osprey
101. Otis tarda
102. Oxshott (possibly)
103. Philipp m
104. Pluton
105. Polaris
106. Prima
107. Regain
108. Reward (possibly)
109. Robrix
110. Rogate
111. Roine
112. Rokos vergottis
113. Roxanna
114. Roy
115. Rye
116. Seagull
117. Seaham
118. Silksworth hall (probably).
119. Sir william stephenson
120. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
121. Stanmount
122. Thomas m (possibly)
123. Togston
124. Tregantle (possibly)
125. Trevethoe
126. Uc 62 (possibly)
127. Vanguard
128. Vigo
129. Viola (possibly)
130. Virgilia
131. Waldinge
132. Walkure
133. War mehtar
134. War valley
135. White swan
136. White swan (possibly)
137. Willowpool
138. Xanthe
139. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: TREVETHOE

Length 131.8 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.5, tonnage 5257 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built in 1940 by a stephen & sons ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by the nain ss co ltd. oil engine of 449hp, single shaft. machinery by barclay curle & co, glasgow. cargo 8160 tons wheat. attacked by e-boats. was towed for a short distance prior to foundering.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 524600N, 015700E APPROX. (WW2 SL). H01073/41 WK 5FMS IN 524615N, 015657E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1411/41. H01073/41 21.10.60 LOCATED IN 524625N, 015648E WITH LESS THAN 27FT OVER IT. (TH, 15.5.41). 14.7.48 EXAM'D AFTER DISPERSAL IN 524624N, 015633E. SWEPT BY OROPESA, CLEAR AT 48FT. LEAST DEPTH 52FT IN GEN DEPTH 99FT BY E/S. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 14.7.48). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.

- NM 1673/48. 21.8.50 EXAM'D IN 524625N, 015648E. SWEPT BY OROPESA CLEAR AT CLEAR 58FT, FOUL AT 60FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, AUG '50). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 4FT. H4629/71 21.12.71 LYING NEARLY UPRIGHT. HT 21FT IN GEN DEPTH 105FT WITH LIST OF 10DEGS TO PORT. LYING WSW/ENE, BOWS WEST. LARGE PIECES TORN OUT OF BOWS & IT IS NOT THOUGHT THEY WILL RETAIN PRESENT ATTITUDE FOR MANY MORE YEARS. STERN ONLY HAS SCOUR TO N. STRUCTURE HERE SOUND. CENTRE ALSO SOUND BUT HULL PLATES ARE RIPPING OFF. SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE LEFT. (UNDERMARINE OPS, OCT 1971). 14.3.73 AMEND TO WK 17.5MTRS. NC 106. H4852/74 23.12.74 EXAM'D 29.7.74 IN 524623N, 015646E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8MTRS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.4MTRS FOUL AT 23.0MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 109/74). AMEND TO SW 22.4MTRS. BR STD. H2054/82 16.9.83 EXAM'D 23.6.83 IN 524625N, 015648E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27-30MTRS. SCOUR 5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. SUBSTANTIAL WK LYING NE/SW, UPRIGHT AND SHOWING FEW SIGNS OF BREAKING UP. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 126). CHART AS WK SW 22MTRS IN 524625N, 015648E. BR STD. 28.10.04 [EUT] POSN: 52 46.442N, 0156.688E. NE 106. 8.7.08 LOCATED USING GPS IN LISTED POSN & DIVED ON 30.6.08. LEAST DEPTH 28MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS, SCOUR 4.5MTRS. SEABED SAND. STERN MAINLY INTACT & LISTING 45DEGS, MIDSHIPS MAINLY BROKEN, BOW INTACT & UPRIGHT. STERN TO W, NOT BOW AS STATED IN 1971 REPORT ABOVE. (G BUXTON, EMAIL DTD 7.7.08). NCA. SEP 2014/000101130 31.12.14 EXAM'D 27.7.14 IN 5246.429N, 0156.679E [WGD] . LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.75 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 15MTRS TOWARDS 020 DEGS. LENGTH 140MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN, IN TWO PARTS. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). AMEND WK 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, IN TWO PARTS, COLLAPSED

Position: 52 46.429 N,1 56.679 E

 

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