This is the information page about the shipwreck Trongate, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 10.545 N,0 7.263 W (54.17575, -0.12105)

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: TRONGATE

Length 94.5 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2553 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1897 by t turnbull & son, whitby. owned at time of loss by turnbull, scott shipping co ltd. triple expansion engine of 235 inp, single shaft. torpedoed by u71, two lives lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 11 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160217

Details measurements/cartography: H7137/17 POSN 541035N 000740W PA. - FNM 744/17. H124/19 3.1.19 5 MILES N FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. NO OBST'N FOUND. 10.4.24 AMEND TO DW. BR STD. H3752/26 11.6.26 AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. 21.6.72 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 129. 5.12.74 AMEND TO USCPA 18MTRS. BR STD. HH090/730/01 17.12.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. HH100/351/13 30.4.98 LIES IN 541036N, 000714.5W [WGD] BY GPS. LEAST DEPTH 27MTRS. GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'BLACK MAST'. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY, LTR DTD 14.4.98). INS AS WK 26MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 21.06.16 EXAM'D 17.02.16 IN 5410.545N, 0007.263E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 102.3 MTRS, WIDTH 15.6 MTRS, HT 9.9 MTRS, ORIENTATION 011/191. SCOUR LENGTH 32.3MTRS, 1.2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 022DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND TO DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 10.545 N,0 7.263 W

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