This is the information page about the shipwreck Uskmoor (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 10.465 N,3 47.274 W (50.174417, -3.787900)

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: USKMOOR (PROBABLY)

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3189 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1912 by j blumer & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by moor line ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 291nhp, single shaft. passage dunkirk for barry. torpedoed by ub 80. no crew lost. (der kreig zur see & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 3M SW FROM PRAWLE POINT. (MASTER). 9.5.74 CHARTED USC PA 30MTRS IN 501045N, 034320W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1631. H1936/80 29.9.81 LARGE WK EXAM'D 28.2.81 IN 501025N, 034710W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS, DCS3 HT 12MTRS. OVER 100MTRS LONG, LYING NW/SE. NO SCOUR, BUT PROMINENT SAND RIPPLES NOTED E/W FROM WK, PARTICULARLY TO THE E. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). AMEND TO WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/87/16 20.5.87 DIVED IN 1986. MEDIUM TO LARGE WRECK. SIDE AND BOTTOM PLATES SEEN LYING FLAT ON SEABED. ALSO PART OF UPSIDE DOWN HULL. BOW AND STERN NOT SEEN. (A HILLGROVE, 9.4.87). NCA. HH100/351/01 20.10.89 DIVED ON DURING 1989 IN 501025N, 034712W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK ALMOST UPSIDE DOWN WITH HULL SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT. LARGE HOLE SEEN IN SIDE WHICH APPEARS THE RESULT OF TORPEDO EXPLOSION. (M R ROWLEY, 17.9.89). NCA. HH091/059/01 4.5.05 EXAM'D 14.7.04 IN 5010.452N, 0347.237W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.1 IN GEN DEPTH 54.4MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 090/270 DEGS. LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 10.3MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 125/305 DEGS. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 44MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 29.11.05 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A LARGE SS, COMPLETELY INVERTED. PROP SHAFT HALF BURIED. PROBABLY ARMED AS NUMEROUS SHELL CASES IN THE STERN AREA. LISTED IN 'DIVE DEVON' AS USKMOOR, BUT THIS VESSEL WAS UNARMED. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH091/151/01 20.5.08 EXAM'D 26.1.07 IN 5010.4650N, 0347.2739W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.94 IN GEN DEPTH 54.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 130.5MTRS, WIDTH 19.3MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. INVERTED WITH SHADOW OF RUDDER AND KEEL VISIBLE TO THE NW. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1186). RETAIN WK 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, BOWS SE, SCOUR 090/270 DEGS

Position: 50 10.465 N,3 47.274 W

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