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 (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Algerian
5. Asborg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Augustenburg
8. Barbara (possibly)
9. Bettann (stern section)
10. Borgsten (probably)
11. Braat ii
12. Brestois
13. Camberwell
14. Cambrian
15. Cambrian (part of)
16. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
17. Campen
18. Camswan
19. Capable
20. Carbon
21. Castle crag
22. Ceres (possibly)
23. Cleddy (probably)
24. Cuba
25. Daylesford
26. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
27. Duddon (probably)
28. Dulce t
29. Empire crusader
30. Empress queen
31. Ernest lagouve
32. Espagne
33. Faith
34. Fallodon
35. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
36. G-cbpt
37. Glen (possibly)
38. Gorizont
39. Grip fast
40. Harry sharman
41. Hauler
42. Highland brigade
43. Hm lct 427 (after part)
44. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
45. Hms acheron (bow section)
46. Hms acheron (stern section)
47. Hms albion ii
48. Hms assurance
49. Hms boxer
50. Hms crestflower
51. Hms hazard
52. Hms invincible
53. Hms listrac (probably)
54. Hms michael clements
55. Hms new dawn
56. Hms p12 (stern section).
57. Hms pomone
58. Hms tiger
59. Hms undine
60. Hms velox
61. Hms warwick deeping
62. Hmsm swordfish
63. Hmsm upstart
64. Iduna
65. Indutionmare
66. Inger
67. Irex
68. Isleworth
69. Joannis millas
70. Juno
71. Kurland
72. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
73. Lct 1068
74. Lct 757 (possibly)
75. Lct 809
76. Leon
77. Londonier
78. Luis
79. Luxor
80. Margaret smith
81. Mary rose
82. Meandros (possibly)
83. Mechanician
84. Mendi
85. Millmer
86. Minerva (possibly)
87. Molina
88. Moonraker (probably)
89. Neath (possibly)
90. Nichola (probably)
91. Nw68
92. Nw96
93. Olivine
94. Oriflamme
95. Pearl (probably)
96. Pool fisher
97. Ps ryde
98. Redesmere
99. Reindeer
100. Rosehill (probably)
101. Roway
102. Rtc no.9
103. Serrana (bow section)
104. Serrana (stern part)
105. Simla
106. Smyrna
107. Spyros (possibly)
108. Stokes bay pier (remains)
109. Teamwork
110. Terlings
111. Tweed
112. U 122 (possibly)
113. U 123
114. U 152
115. U 153 (possibly)
116. U 90
117. Ub 122 (possibly)
118. Ub 21
119. Vanessa (probably)
120. Varvassi
121. Volkerak
122. Wapello
123. War knight
124. Westville
125. Witte zee
126. Woodham
127. Y48

 

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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