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 (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)

 

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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. Amsteldam
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Angelo rose
8. Ard aidhm
9. Ardens (probably)
10. Ardgantoch
11. Athos
12. Aucuba (possibly)
13. Audax
14. Avance (probably)
15. Balfron (probably)
16. Ballater
17. Ballogie
18. Battersea
19. Beaumanoir (probably)
20. Black prince (possibly)
21. Bonhomme richard
22. Botha (possibly)
23. Brentwood
24. Bur
25. Cap palos (part of)
26. Castleford (probably)
27. Commercial
28. Constantia
29. Corsican prince
30. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
31. Creteblock
32. Crimdon (possibly)
33. Defiant
34. Deptford
35. Disperser
36. Doris burton (probably)
37. Eaglescliffe (probably)
38. Earl percy
39. Eli
40. Ellida (probably)
41. Erich lea
42. Ferruccio
43. Florence (possibly)
44. Florentia
45. Fred everard
46. G.3
47. Garthwaite
48. Gem (bow section)
49. Gem (stern section)
50. Gimle
51. Glamorganbrook
52. Glengarry (probably)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Glow (part of) (possibly)
55. Gwalia (possibly)
56. Hannah
57. Harrow (probably)
58. Hercules
59. Hercules
60. Highgate
61. Hms banyers
62. Hms desire (possibly)
63. Hms desire (possibly)
64. Hms dromio
65. Hms garmo (probably)
66. Hms locheil
67. Hms lord ridley
68. Hms swallow
69. Hms thalia
70. Hornsund (probably)
71. Houghton
72. Hurstwood
73. Jane
74. Jerv
75. Lady ann
76. Lady helen
77. Lampada (probably)
78. Lanthorn
79. Leersum (probably)
80. Lerwick (probably)
81. Linaria (probably)
82. London
83. Lowtyne (possibly)
84. Lucy
85. M c holm
86. Madame renee
87. Manx queen
88. Marchioness of londonderry
89. Marie stuart
90. Martina
91. Melanie (probably)
92. Membland (possibly)
93. Merrie islington
94. Modemi (possibly)
95. Mongolian
96. Moorlands
97. Moorwood (possibly)
98. Norenda (possibly)
99. Norhilda
100. Novillo
101. Oakwell
102. Onslow
103. Pandora
104. Paul
105. Phare (probably)
106. Philander (probably)
107. Polanna
108. Polruan
109. Princess olga (possibly)
110. Quaggy (probably)
111. Rikard nordraak
112. Runswick
113. Rutil
114. Saint ninian
115. Sapphire (probably)
116. Sarah thinnesen
117. Scotia
118. Seistan
119. Sir francis
120. Sixty-six
121. Skane
122. Sna ii
123. Southborough
124. Springhill
125. Sumus (probably)
126. Suntrap (probably)
127. Tangistan
128. Taurus (probably)
129. Trelyon
130. Ub 30
131. Ub 41
132. Ub 75
133. Uc 70
134. Vaaren
135. Vaaren (possibly)
136. Victo (bow section)
137. Victo (stern section)
138. Victoria (probably)
139. Wallsend
140. Westowrie
141. Woodstock (bow section)
142. 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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