This is the information page about the shipwreck Westergate (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.175 N,3 7.268 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.

 

1. Aleyna
2. Angelena bm 271
3. Avalanche
4. Avalon g ii
5. Ave
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bleamoor (probably)
9. Bokn (possibly)
10. Boma
11. Borgund i (possibly)
12. Bretagne
13. Broomhill (probably)
14. Buesten
15. Chateau yqem
16. Cheshire
17. Chorley
18. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
19. City of swansea (probably)
20. Clan stuart (probably)
21. Cornelia
22. Einar jarl
23. Emsstrom
24. Gefion
25. General leman (possibly)
26. Gibel-hamam
27. Glocliffe
28. Greenville
29. Greleen
30. Greta c
31. Hms amazon
32. Hms bittern
33. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
34. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
35. Hms formidable
36. Hms harstad
37. Hms hickory
38. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
39. Hms lord hailsham
40. Hms manor
41. Irma germaine (possibly)
42. Isbjorn
43. Jade star gypsy
44. Karen marie (probably)
45. Kendal castle
46. Kongshaug (probably)
47. La blanca (possibly)
48. La portaise (probably)
49. Lct 381
50. Lofoten (probably)
51. Lord stewart
52. Lucinda (possibly)
53. Majorca
54. Marguerite (possibly)
55. Marie des isles
56. Marjolene
57. Modavia
58. Moel tryvan
59. Motano (probably)
60. Mudstomper (probably)
61. Northville (possibly)
62. Nyasaland
63. Ocean vagabond
64. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
65. Pergo
66. Peronne
67. Pomella
68. Quest
69. Radaas (probably)
70. Reggestroom (probably)
71. Renilde
72. Rosten (possibly)
73. Rota
74. Rotorua
75. Sarah jayne
76. Sevilla
77. Siren
78. Sparkling foam (possibly)
79. Ster de zee (possibly)
80. Taeping
81. Tandil (probably)
82. Two sisters
83. U 1191
84. Ub 19 (probably)
85. Ursa (probably)
86. Visborg (possibly)
87. W h dwyer
88. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: WESTERGATE (PROBABLY)

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1760 ton
Load: coal,coke

Cause: built of iron in 1881 by short brothers, sunderland. owned at time of loss by franco-british ss co ltd. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 198 nhp, single shaft. machinery by t richardson & sons, hartlepool. one 4.7 inch gun. passage hartlepool for cartegena. torpedoed by ub-80. 24 men lost. (sibi, ww1 sl & dods).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 51 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 POOR SONAR CONTACT IN 501900N, 030600W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H4638/55 23.7.55 H4638/55 23.7.55 WK IN 501807N, 030716W USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 26FMS IN GENERAL DEPTH 30FMS. SEABED MUD, SAND AND SHELL. GOOD A/S RESPONSE. (HMS SCOTT, 14.10.54). CHART AS WK 26FMS [48MTRS]. BR STD. HH09/961/01 10.12.03 HH09/961/01 10.12.03 EXAM'D 22.6.03 IN 5018.175N, 0307.268W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.3 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 81MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.4MTRS. LIES 051/231 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL PART 8MTRS BY 7MTRS WITH HT 3.9MTRS LIES 8MTRS NW OF WK. (GARDLINE, HI 961). ?BURIED AT SW END. AMEND WK 47MTRS. BR STD. 8.10.08 8.10.08 A WELL BROKEN AND PARTIALLY DISPERSED WK WITH A CARGO OF COKE. SINGLE SCOTCH BOILER WHICH LOOKS TOO SMALL FOR A SHIP OF 81MTRS. WRECKAGE IS PILED UP BEHIND THE BOILER SO THE ENGINE CANNOT BE SEEN. THE AFTER PART OF THE WK CONSISTS MAINLY OF COKE CARGO BUT THE STERN IS INTACT WITH A SINGLE IRON PROP. DEPTH TO SEABED IS 59MTRS BY DIVE COMPUTER. IDENTITY BY POSN, SIZE AND COKE CARGO. WESTERGATE SHOULD HAVE HAD TWO BOILERS BUT ONE SUPPOSEDLY EXPLODED AS THE SHIP SANK (CHANNEL WRECKS - MAW). (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 27.10.08 27.10.08 4.7 INCH SHELLS FOUND IN STERN SUGGESTING THAT WESTERGATE IS THE CORRECT IDENTIFICATION. (N R CHIPCHASE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP AND DISPERSED

Position: 50 18.175 N,3 7.268 W

 

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