This is the information page about the shipwreck Westville, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.93 N,1 31.871 W (50.565500, -1.531183)

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: WESTVILLE

Length 102.1 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3207 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built n 1913 by john redhead, south shields. owned at time of loss by ville ss ltd (balls & stansfield, managers). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 310 nhp, single shaft. passage blyth for blae. torpedoed by ub-35. (d c wendes).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 198 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H952/18 H952/18 SUNK IN POSN 7 MILES WNW OF ST CATHERINES LTHO. (DOCKET M 4388). IN POSN 503500N, 012800W. (MASTER, DOCKET M8535). H6391/19 H6391/19 INS NDW IN 503500N, 012800W, APPROX. BR STD. H0121/45 29.3.45 H0121/45 29.3.45 WK REPD IN 503400, 013100W, APPROX. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, 22.3.45). 29.3.45 29.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 503400N, 012948W, APPROX. REPD BY ESCORT GROUP 26. (AUBD 304/45). 7.8.53 7.8.53 INS NDW PA IN 503400N, 013100W ON NC F6841. H0121/45 1.4.65 H0121/45 1.4.65 LOCATED BY A/S AND DIVED ON IN 503354N, 013348W. LIES 230/050DEGS IN GEN DEPTH 20FMS. DIMENSIONS 30X20FT. STANDS 15FT PROUD OF SEABED. CONSIDERABLY BROKEN UP AND CONSISTS OF LOOSE GIRDERS AND RIBS. (HMS SHOULTON, 26.2.65). H121/45 1.4.65 H121/45 1.4.65 AMEND TO NDW IN 503354N, 013148W.

- NM 574/65.3.1.74 AMEND TO WK 30MTRS. NC 2045. H1968/77 17.8.81 H1968/77 17.8.81 EXAM'D 18.2.81 IN 503351.5N, 013149.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.5 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR 2.4MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 040/220DEGS. LENGTH AT LEAST 50MTRS. (SCESU, HI 81/80). AMEND TO WK 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/14 26.3.99 HH100/351/14 26.3.99 LOCATED IN 5033.917N, 0131717W [OGB] USING DECCA. STERN OF VESSEL IS INVERTED. SHAFT AND SHAFT TUNNEL VISIBLE. HULL SOUND ON ONE SIDE BUT COLLAPSING ON THE OTHER. STANDS APPROX 5MTRS HIGH. SEABED SHINGLE. (M PRITCHARD, 9.3.99). NCA. 1.2.07 1.2.07 LIES HALF OVER ON PORT SIDE, MIDSHIPS ARE HIGHEST PART. BOWS ARE QUITE BROKEN, AT THE STERN THE LARGE PROP AND RUDDER CAN BE SEEN. THE BRIDGE, MADE OF STEEL, HAS SLIPPED OFF THE WK AND LIES ON THE SEABED. LIES WITH BOWS SE ON SHINGLE SEABED. BRIDGE STEERING PEDESTAL RECOVERED BEARING THE DATE OF 1913, THE YEAR THE SHIP WAS COMPLETED. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. 23.10.12 23.10.12 EXAM'D 28.1.12 IN 5033.930N, 0131.871W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 29.63MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS DEEP EXTENDS SE FROM S END. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 6.0MTRS. LIES 018/198DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL PART LENGTH 15MTRS LIES CLOSE N. (EMU, HI 1366). RETAIN WK 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN INVERTED. GENERALLY COLLAPSING

Position: 50 33.93 N,1 31.871 W

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