This is the information page about the shipwreck W h dwyer, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.136 N,3 6.09 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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.

 

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80. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: W H DWYER

Length 76.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1770 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1913 by the sunderland shipbuilding co. owned at time of loss by forwarders ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 122 nhp, single shaft. machinery by maccoll & pollock ltd, sunderland. 1 x 3 pdr gun. passage rouen for newport. torpedoed by ub-31. no lives lost. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 22.1.45 H0113/45 22.1.45 SUNK IN 502100N, 030600W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, PCWO 22.1.45). H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 25.3.45 POSN AMENDED TO 502130N, 030600W. (PLYMOUTH LIST 840/5). 25.3.45 25.3.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 502130N, 030600W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). H2502/51 H2502/51 WK IN 502102N, 030604W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23FMS. HT ABOVE SEABED 35FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). H6025/53 7.10.53 H6025/53 7.10.53 INS WK 23FMS IN 502102N, 030604W. NC 3315. H3950/70 21.5.71 H3950/70 21.5.71 AMENDED TO WK 40.0MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 9.2.83 H5982/82 9.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502101N, 030602W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)2, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 3.10.84 H2923/83 3.10.84 EXAM'D 10.5.84 IN 502106N, 030601W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS. LIES 025/205DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). BR STD. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 HH100/351/13 10.9.98 WK POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY BUILDER'S PLATE AND NAME IN RAISED LETTERS ON STERN. WK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT WITH STERN TO THE NORTH. DIVED IN 8.98. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 30.4.13 30.4.13 EXAM'D 18.1.13 IN 5021.136N, 0306.090W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.5 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 13.8MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS WITH BOWS S. BOW & STERN VISIBLE, REMAINDER OF WK COLLAPSED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). INTACT, UPRIGHT. RETAIN WK 46MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS S, CENTRE PART COLLAPSED

Position: 50 21.136 N,3 6.09 W

 

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