This is the information page about the shipwreck Tyrhaug, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.954 N,5 35.507 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Bard (possibly)
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Bolette (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Cheerful
21. Chimu
22. Christina
23. Christos markettos
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Clan macnab
27. Conqueror
28. Courtown
29. Dageid
30. Denebola
31. Depois
32. Devon
33. Dunaskin
34. Dundee (probably)
35. Dux (possibly)
36. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
37. Empire kingsley
38. Enrico parodi
39. Fanny lambert
40. Gallier (possibly)
41. Gemini
42. Genevieve (possibly)
43. Glamorgan coast
44. Glendale
45. Gleno
46. Hampshire
47. Helene (probably)
48. Hellopes
49. Hms anson
50. Hms royalo
51. Hms warspite
52. Hms warspite (part of)
53. Hms warwick
54. Hmy viva 2
55. Hopeful (possibly)
56. Iona
57. J duncan
58. Jose de aramburu
59. Joshua nicholson
60. Juan ferrer
61. Juanita
62. Kate thomas (possibly)
63. Kildonan ?
64. Kintuck
65. Kynance (probably)
66. Lake grafton
67. Lake grafton (possibly)
68. Liberty
69. Lincoln
70. Loe bar wk
71. Luna
72. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
73. Luxembourg (probably)
74. Lyminge
75. Madeline
76. Maroc
77. Moorview
78. Mystique (possibly)
79. New pioneer
80. Nile
81. Ocean harvest
82. Onega
83. Oriskany
84. Pacific reliance
85. Peer gynt (possibly)
86. Petersham
87. Phoenix 202
88. Phoenix 203
89. Pioneer (possibly)
90. Polesley (possibly)
91. Ponthieu
92. Primo ?
93. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
94. Princess royal
95. Quarnero
96. Rms mulheim
97. Saint guenole
98. Saxon briton
99. Sea viper
100. Secil japan (bow section)
101. Secil japan (stern section)
102. Setubel(probably)
103. Shanes castle
104. Sirius (possibly)
105. Sna i (possibly)
106. St anthony (possibly)
107. St chamond
108. St george
109. St george (possibly)
110. Stabil (possibly)
111. Sten (possibly)
112. Sylvia-mary z-525
113. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
114. Traute sarnow
115. Tyrhaug
116. U 400 (possibly)
117. Umbre
118. Union crystal (possibly)
119. Union star (parts of)(probably)
120. Veghtstroom (possibly)
121. Vesuvius
122. Vine branch (possibly)
123. War baron (probably)
124. Wild boar
125. William cory
126. Yewcroft
127. Zone (probably)

 

Name: TYRHAUG

Length 70.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1483 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,timber

Cause: ex -kjled. built in 1906 by fredrikstad mek. verks, fredrikstad. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 132 nhp, single shaft. passage belfast for falmouth. torpedoed by ub-103. two men lost. (ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 131 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: 25.3.18 25.3.18 SUNK IN 501900N, 053300W. (A P FALMOUTH). H6391/19 H6391/19 CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 777. H2537/28 28.8.28 H2537/28 & H4337/28 28.8.28 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 777. H1270/71 7.1.72 H1270/71 7.1.72 PRESUMED TO BE TYHAUG OR PRINCE TYHAUG IN 501915N, 053533W USING DECCA. VESSEL APPROX 1000-1250 TONS LYING NNW/SSE. SETTLED ON PORT SIDE, BOILERS FALLEN OUT OF WRECK AND LYING BY STERN WHICH HAS BROKEN OFF. SOME SALVAGE HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED AS PROP AND STERN TUBE MISSING. SHOALEST POINT 105FT IN 120FT [84FT AFTER 21FT TIDE DEDUCTION]. (MR MATHEWS, 22.11.71). AMEND TO WK 25.5MTRS IN NEW POSN. NC 1149. H2959/73 11.7.73 H2959/73 11.7.73 MAGNETOMETER CONTACT ABOUT 2C S OF ABOVE POSN. (E GILES). 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS WK 25MTRS [DECIMETRES NOT SHOWN]. NC 1178. HH100/351/14 13.11.98 HH100/351/14 13.11.98 NOT LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER SEARCH AROUND LISTED POSN. INDICATIONS OF WRECKAGE NOTED ABOUT 2 CABLES SOUTH. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). NCA. HH100/351/15 17.9.99 HH100/351/15 17.9.99 DIVED IN 5018.960N, 0535.500W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. HT 4MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES NNW/SSE WITH BOWS N. SEABED ROCK, SAND AND SHINGLE. AN AREA SOME 200MTRS RADIUS FROM THE PREVIOUSLY LISTED POSN SEACHED WITH NO INDICATION ON MAGNETOMETER. NO ANOMALY NOTED. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY IN LOCATED POSN. LITTLE SEEN ON E/S. (A D STOTT, 17.9.99). RETAIN AS WK 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 2.7.01 2.7.01 LOCATED IN 5018.926N, 0535.448W [WGD]. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY E/S. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 16.12.11 16.12.11 LOCATED 19.3.10 IN 5018.954N, 0535.507W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.23 IN GEN DEPTH 34.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 18.5MTRS, WIDTH 12.2MTRS, HT 4.27MTRS. LIES 131/311 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL FLATTENED, BOWS NW

Position: 50 18.954 N,5 35.507 W

 

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