This is the information page about the shipwreck Waltham (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 56.877 N,4 44.652 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abydos
2. Afton
3. Amber rose
4. Aurora
5. Bessie
6. Briar
7. Calista (probably)
8. Carmelite (possibly)
9. Citrine
10. Clan macmaster
11. Clwyd (probably)
12. Conovium (probably)
13. Cressado
14. Crois bhride
15. Darro
16. Don boscoe
17. Downshire (possibly)
18. Downshire (probably)
19. Dundalk
20. Eileen
21. Fenella ann
22. Florence
23. G-azjy
24. Ginger
25. Grinder
26. Hms racehorse
27. Jane brown
28. Lily
29. Liverpool
30. Madge wildfire
31. Marianne toft (possibly)
32. Mary heeley
33. Mayfield
34. Melfort
35. Mfv polaris
36. Moonlight
37. Moonlight (possibly)
38. Noel du marin
39. Our lassie
40. Our queen
41. Pt1 or pt2
42. Ringwall
43. Saint mirren (possibly)
44. Sarpfos
45. Speedwell
46. Thracian
47. Treveal
48. Tumi joy 2
49. Tuskar
50. U 1024 (probably)
51. U 246
52. Waltham (probably)
53. William hanbury

 

Name: WALTHAM (PROBABLY)

Length 31.7 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 161 ton

Cause: completed in may 1897 by mackie and thompson, glasgow. powered by a triple expansion engine by muir and houston ltd, glasgow. before the great war was owned by consolidated steam fishing & ice co, grimsby. whilst on admiralty service disappeared off the isle of man. presumed sunk by a german submarine.

Year of registration: 1991

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1991, last detected: 1997

Details measurements/cartography: HH3944/88/2 8.4.91 HH3944/88/2 8.4.91 WK EXAM'D 28.1.91 IN 535651.7N, 044435.2W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEG, APPARENTLY IN TWO PIECES. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 466). BR STD. 21.10.96 21.10.96 THE STERN PART OF THE SHIP IS LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE AND STANDS WELL PROUD OF THE SEABED, THE BOW HAS COLLAPSED AND IS MOSTLY BURIED. (J SHAW, 10.10.96). HH100/351/12 16.5.97 HH100/351/12 16.5.97 WK OF A SS - PROBABLY A STEAM TRAWLER AS THERE IS A LARGE WINCH IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGE. APPROX 200 TONS AND 100 TO 120 FEET IN LENGTH. BOILER AND ENGINE AFT. ENGINE IS TRIPLE EXPANSION TYPE. STEERING WHEEL AND BRIDGE RIGHT AT AFTER END OF VESSEL. OPEN BRIDGE OF EARLY STEAM TRAWLER TYPE. VESSEL IN ONE PIECE BUT BOW SECTION IS VERY BROKEN. LYING ON PORT SIDE. LACK OF BRASS FITTINGS. ONLY VESSEL KNOWN TO BE LOST IN THE VICINITY IS VIVID IN 1892. OF ALL THE VESSELS LOST THE WALTHAM IS THE ONLY ONE TO MEET ALL THE CRITERIA. THUS ASSUMED TO BE WALTHAM. (A CORKILL). HH100/351/12 29.7.97 HH100/351/12 29.7.97 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK IS IN TWO PARTS. THE LARGEST SECTION IS THE STERN WHICH GIVES THE LEAST DEPTH. THIS IS LYING HARD OVER ON ITS PORT SIDE WITH A DEBRIS FIELD EXTENDING TO THE SE. THIS SECTION OF HULL CONTINING THE BOILERS AND MACHINERY IS 23MTRS LONG APPROX. THE BOW, WHICH LIES A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, IS COMPLETELY BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED. IT COVERS SOME 20MTRS. LIES WITH BOW WSW, STERN ENE. (K HURLEY). NCA. 28.2.07 28.2.07 DIVED 18.7.06 AND CONFIRMED TO BE A S TRAWLER BY WARP HOLDERS WITHER SIDE OF THE HULL NEAR THE BOW. FURTHER AFT THERE IS A FISH HOLD AND BETWEEN THIS AND THE BRIDGE IS A LARGE STEAM WINCH. SITS UPRIGHT. (A CORKILL, EMAIL DTD 27.2.07). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 53 56.877 N,4 44.652 W

 

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