This is the information page about the shipwreck Tummel (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 32.315 N,1 39.833 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: TUMMEL (PROBABLY)
Length 50.3 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 531 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1912 by earle's & co, hull. owned at time of loss by e p hutchinson. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 78hp, single shaft. passage grimsby for treport. cargo coal. struck a mine laid by uc-5 and sank. 9 men lost. (ww1 sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H6345/26 4.11.26 INS NDW WRECK (1916)(PA) IN 513200N, 014148E. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H5355/46 15.4.47 POSSIBLE A/S CONTACT ABOUT 0.5M SW OF POSN 513220N 014220E. EXISTENCE OF WK IN DOUBT BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION REQ'D. STEEP BANK IN DEEP WATER CLOSE PROBABLE CAUSE OF ECHO. (HMS FRANKLIN, E 8003). AMEND POSN. H5197/70 10.8.71 LOCATED IN 513218N, 013956E [OGB]. SWEPT DEPTH 23.4MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HN). INS AS SW 12FMS 5FT. BR STD. H4988/71 4.1.72 EXAM'D IN 513218N, 013956E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 23.4, FOUL 23.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.4 IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. SCOUR 44MTRS. LIES 115/295DEGS. ABOUT 190FT LONG. (HMS FAWN). H4988/71 4.1.72 NO TRACE FOUND IN POSN 513220N 014220E AFTER SEARCHING AREA ABOUT 1M SQUARE WITH FISHERMANS SONAR & DCS3. (HMS FAWN, K6274/10). DELETE. NE 1610.23.5.73 AMEND TO SW 23MTRS [LAT]. NC 2051. HH090/667/01 5.1.96 EXAM'D 28.7.95 IN 513219.13N, 013948.48E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.3, FOUL 22.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.6 IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 6MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 105/285 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY BURIED, UPRIGHT. MOST OF SUPERSTRUCTURE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. WK HAS NETS AND BUOYS. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NOT FULLY SWEPT. IN VIEW OF SHOALER DEPTH OBTAINED BY SWEEP, AMEND TO WK 22.0MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2017/000123580 15.9.17 EXAM'D 3.4.17 IN 5132.315N, 0139.833E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 33.4MTRS, WIDTH 9.4MTRS, HEIGHT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 115/295 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 207MTRS, 4MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 216 DEGS. WRECK IS UPRIGHT, INTACT AND LARGELY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND TO DW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 32.315 N,1 39.833 E