This is the information page about the shipwreck Wearsider, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 17.752 N,1 10.407 W (55.344783333333, -0.89558333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: WEARSIDER
Length 41.2 meter, width: 7.7 meter, tonnage 373 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid
Cause: 19.12.1925 built 1915 by c. rennoldson & co., south shields, with steel hull, 2 cylinder compound steam engine, single shaft, 1 boiler. owned at time of loss by "t" steam coasters ltd, newcastle, managed by robinson, brown & co. passage perth for lynn. declared missing on 19.12.1925. (r young)
Year of registration: 1999
Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1999, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: HH090/843/01 11.11.99 HH090/843/01 11.11.99 EXAM'D 26.7.99 IN 5517.752N, 0110.407W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72.3 IN GEN DEPTH 79MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 843). PROBABLY UPRIGHT. INS AS WK 72MTRS. BR STD. 13.2.08 13.2.08 DIVED IN CHARTED POSN BY J MAINE, & IDENTIFIED FROM BELL AS "WEARSIDER". (R YOUNG, E-MAIL 10.2.08) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PROBABLY UPRIGHT
Position: 55 17.752 N,1 10.407 W