This is the information page about the shipwreck Wallsend, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 22.976 N,0 26.581 W (54.4542667, -0.3978333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amulet
5. Anboto mendi (possibly)
6. Angelo rose
7. Ard aidhm
8. Ardens (probably)
9. Ardgantoch
10. Athos
11. Aucuba (possibly)
12. Audax
13. Avance (probably)
14. Balfron (probably)
15. Ballater
16. Ballogie
17. Battersea
18. Beaumanoir (probably)
19. Black prince (possibly)
20. Bonhomme richard
21. Botha (possibly)
22. Brentwood
23. Bur
24. Cap palos (part of)
25. Castleford (probably)
26. Commercial
27. Constantia
28. Corsican prince
29. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
30. Creteblock
31. Crimdon (possibly)
32. Defiant
33. Deptford
34. Disperser
35. Doris burton (probably)
36. Eaglescliffe (probably)
37. Earl percy
38. Eli
39. Ellida (probably)
40. Erich lea
41. Ferruccio
42. Florence (possibly)
43. Florentia
44. Fred everard
45. G.3
46. Garthwaite
47. Gem (bow section)
48. Gem (stern section)
49. Gimle
50. Glamorganbrook
51. Glengarry (probably)
52. Glow (part of) (possibly)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Gwalia (possibly)
55. Hannah
56. Harrow (probably)
57. Hercules
58. Hercules
59. Highgate
60. Hms banyers
61. Hms desire (possibly)
62. Hms desire (possibly)
63. Hms dromio
64. Hms garmo (probably)
65. Hms locheil
66. Hms lord ridley
67. Hms swallow
68. Hms thalia
69. Hornsund (probably)
70. Houghton
71. Hurstwood
72. Jane
73. Jerv
74. Lady ann
75. Lady helen
76. Lampada (probably)
77. Lanthorn
78. Leersum (probably)
79. Lerwick (probably)
80. Linaria (probably)
81. London
82. Lowtyne (possibly)
83. Lucy
84. M c holm
85. Madame renee
86. Manx queen
87. Marchioness of londonderry
88. Marie stuart
89. Martina
90. Melanie (probably)
91. Membland (possibly)
92. Merrie islington
93. Modemi (possibly)
94. Mongolian
95. Moorlands
96. Moorwood (possibly)
97. Norenda (possibly)
98. Norhilda
99. Novillo
100. Oakwell
101. Pandora
102. Paul
103. Phare (probably)
104. Philander (probably)
105. Polanna
106. Polruan
107. Princess olga (possibly)
108. Quaggy (probably)
109. Rikard nordraak
110. Runswick
111. Rutil
112. Saint ninian
113. Sapphire (probably)
114. Sarah thinnesen
115. Seistan
116. Sir francis
117. Sixty-six
118. Skane
119. Sna ii
120. Southborough
121. Springhill
122. Sumus (probably)
123. Suntrap (probably)
124. Tangistan
125. Taurus (probably)
126. Ub 30
127. Ub 41
128. Ub 75
129. Uc 70
130. Vaaren
131. Vaaren (possibly)
132. Victo (bow section)
133. Victo (stern section)
134. Victoria (probably)
135. Wallsend
136. Westowrie
137. Woodstock (bow section)
138. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: WALLSEND

Length 97.8 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2697 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 104 while on passage harlepool to london.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 344 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160220

Details measurements/cartography: 16.8.18 SUNK ABOUT 1M S OF RAVENSCAR. SANK IN 20MINS. (B OF T). H5003/18 POSN 542415N, 002810W. NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (BAEC). LIES 1 MILE SE FROM S CHEEK, ROBIN HOOD BAY. (BMVS). 24.8.18 LIES 2M S OF RAVENSCAR. (VAEC, AP REPORT). H6391/19 NOT ON CHARTS. ACCEPT POSN 542416N, 002810W FOR 1191. H3752/26 11.6.26 AMEND TO DW ON 1191 H1284/76/155 18.5.76 APPARENTLY LIES NEAR CHARTED POSN IN 98FT AT HW. STANDS ABOUT 30FT ABOVE SEABED. FAIRLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. HAS STERN GUN WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF AMMUNITION NEARBY. (I D SLADE). H1310/86/34 15.12.86 LOCATED 2.2 MILES SE OF RAVENSCAR IN POSN 542300N, 002630W. WK LIES ON ITS PORT SIDE, BUT BOW SECTION IS UPSIDE DOWN AND STANDS 5MTRS ABOVE SEABED. GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. GUN LIES SOME WAY FROM WK ON SEABED. IDENTIFIED BY BOILERS. (G WADSWORTH 13.11.86). AMEND TO WK PA 23MTRS. BR STD. HH100/353/06 23.2.93 LIES IN 542255N, 002629W. POSN BY RADAR. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). LOCATED IN 542255N, 002637W. (DIVE YORKSHIRE). NCA YET. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES IN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). AMEND POSN TO JACKSON 1993. RETAIN AS PA. BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 13.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5422.976N, 0026.581W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LENGTH 97.7MTRS, WIDTH 24.6MTRS, HT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 344/164. SCOUR LENGTH 6.6MTRS, 1.1MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 054 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY,?PARTIALLY INTACT, COLLAPSED AND SCATTERED OVER ROCKY SEABED, CENTRE RETAINS STRUCTURE AND TWO BOILER. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND DW 20.2MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact

Position: 54 22.976 N,0 26.581 W

 

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