This is the information page about the shipwreck Westowrie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 20.495 N,0 16.763 W (54.3415833, -0.2793833)

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.

Name: WESTOWRIE

Length 39 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 252 ton

Cause: Sank following a collision with ss lambeth.

Year of registration: 1927

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 161 cm

Known since: 1927, last detected: 20160220

Details measurements/cartography: 9.7.27 SANK ABOUT 6 MILES NE OF SCARBOROUGH. (LL 9.7.27). H1310/82/20 23.7.82 DEFINITE WK IN 542030N. 001634W. POSN BY DECCA. (K T HERRON). INS AS USC 40MTRS. BR STD. H1310/84/43 27.6.86 FOUL IN 542018N, 001645W. POSN BY DECCA. (MR DODGSON, 28.11.84). HH100/351/03 25.10.90 WK IN 542027N, 001655W IDENTIFIED AS THE WESTOWRIE - BELL RECOVERED AND ENGINE/BOILER DETAILS CORRECT. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 48 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. (A C JACKSON, 16.10.90). PRESUMABLY THIS WK. NCA. HH100/351/06 2.3.93 NOW REFERRED TO AS WK OF RATTRAY HEAD. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). HH090/730/01 17.11.97 EXAM'D 20.6.97 IN 542029.5N, 001645.6W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.4 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 156/336 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. SAND RIPPLES FORM LONG 'TAIL' EXTENDING 140MTRS TO THE NW. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. HH100/351/13 6.4.98 BELL RECOVERED WAS MARKED 'RATTRAY HEAD' WHICH WAS THE PREVIOUS NAME OF THE 'WESTOWRIE'. (A C JACKSON & C A LACEY, LTR DTD 1.4.98). SEP 2016/000007250 09.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5420.495N, 0016.763W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. LENGTH 37.2MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 161/341 DEGS. WK INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (EGS, HI 1472) AMEND NDW 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Intact and partially buried

Position: 54 20.495 N,0 16.763 W

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