This is the information page about the shipwreck Tweed, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.263 N,1 18.247 W (50.471050, -1.304117)

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: TWEED

Length 81.7 meter, width: 11.5 meter, draught: 5.3, tonnage 1025 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel

Cause: built in 1892 by d j dunlop & co ltd, port glasgow. owned at the time of loss by w sloan & co (dods), john george hill steam shipping co (sibi). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 224 nhp for 10 knots, single shaft. passage newhaven for cherbourg. cargo 6000 tons government stores. torpeoded and sunk s by w 1/4 w of st catherine's point. seven men lost. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 71 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 10 MILES S BY W 1/4 W FROM ST CATHERINE'S POINT. (BVLS 1914-1918). 23.3.18 MINED OR TORPEDOED IN 503000N, 011800W. (SNO NEWHAVEN, DOCKET M07900). 23.3.18 POSN 502500N, 011800W. (AP REPORT, PORTSMOUTH, DOCKET M07900). 25.3.18 ABOUT 8 MILES OFF ST CATHERINE'S POINT. (BOT MASTER, DOCKET M15142). 7.1.56 NSC IN 502818N, 011803W [OGB]. PERSISTENT ECHO, CONTACTED ON 178DEGS & 338DEGS. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY 1955). NCA. HH090/962/01 13.12.02 EXAM'D 25.7.02 IN 5028.262N, 0118.246W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 29.7, FOUL 30.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.0 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS PARTIALLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS SW 29.5MTRS. BR STD. 2.2.07 THIS IS THE TWEED. IDENTIFIED BY BUILDER'S NAMPLATE, NAMEPLATE FROM STERN STEERING BOSS AND ENGRAVED CAPSTAN COVER. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 3.10.20 IN 5028.263N, 0118.247W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. ORIENTATION 071/251 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT & UPRIGHT

Position: 50 28.263 N,1 18.247 W

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