This is the information page about the shipwreck Whitemantle (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 44.417 N,0 12.598 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Bellerophon
7. Benmacdhui
8. Breitenburg
9. Brema
10. British councillor
11. British prince
12. Briton (possibly)
13. Cadmus
14. Canada
15. Carson
16. Chant 63
17. Chloris (possibly)
18. City of birmingham
19. Cook s26
20. Corhampton
21. Corinth (possibly)
22. Cramlington (possibly)
23. Cyclope
24. Dana (possibly)
25. Daphne ii
26. Dayrian
27. Deerpool (after section)
28. Diana
29. Diana
30. Dido
31. Dryade
32. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
33. Dunsany
34. Empress (probably)
35. Ethel (possibly)
36. Exmoor
37. Faunus
38. Feltre
39. Femke
40. Fermo
41. Forest queen
42. Fowberry tower (part)
43. Francis
44. Fryken
45. Georgie
46. Georgios
47. Gerhardt (possibly)
48. Girl kitty (possibly)
49. Giuseppe
50. Gothic
51. Grangemouth
52. Harlech
53. Harnis (probably)
54. Helmsman (probably)
55. Hms benvolio
56. Hms botanic
57. Hms calverton
58. Hms corfield
59. Hms egret
60. Hms fairy
61. Hms falcon (stern section)
62. Hms mistletoe
63. Hms othello
64. Hms princess victoria
65. Hms remillo
66. Hms silicia
67. Hms strathborve (part)
68. Hms susarion
69. Hms yorkshire belle
70. Horsted
71. Hugh taylor
72. Hvitveis
73. Ida
74. Ightham (possibly)
75. Ionic (probably)
76. J b paddon
77. Jane (possibly)
78. Janet helen (possibly)
79. John and thomas
80. John mowlem
81. John rettig (probably)
82. Kalo (probably)
83. Kernoozer
84. Kimberley (possibly)
85. Kingston cameo
86. Knuthenborg
87. Kyma
88. Ladas (possibly)
89. Lady anstruther (probably)
90. Laurel (possibly)
91. Lifeguard (possibly)
92. Lord haig (possibly)
93. Lord haig (possibly)
94. Lottie (possibly)
95. Lucerne
96. Lyra (bow section)
97. Magdalyn ann
98. Maggie
99. Marian francis
100. Marie l
101. Markersdall (probably)
102. Meeuw
103. Modig
104. Modiva (possibly)
105. Monimia (possibly)
106. Nar
107. Nimrod
108. Norfolk coast
109. Odessa
110. Onward (possibly)
111. Ophir ii (possibly)
112. Orsa
113. Otis tetrax
114. Paraciers
115. Peebles (possibly)
116. Portia
117. Ravonia (part)
118. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
119. Rayford
120. Realf
121. Reculver
122. Retriever
123. Revello
124. Revi
125. Rhuys
126. Rievaulx abbey
127. Rivaulx
128. River don (part of)(probably)
129. River witham
130. Sagacity
131. Salacon
132. Salmondby
133. Saltoun
134. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
135. Sergei
136. Sna iii
137. Sota eduardo
138. Stanburn
139. Stylianos chandris
140. Tees
141. Thessaly
142. Thomas deas
143. Togston (possibly)
144. Triton
145. Uc 39
146. Uc 47
147. Uc 75
148. Umbe
149. Upminster (possibly)
150. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
151. Varangmalm (possibly)
152. Venture (possibly)
153. Ville de valenciennes
154. Violet (probably)
155. Wayside flower (possibly)
156. Whitemantle (possibly)
157. William hanson
158. Windsor (part of)
159. Winga
160. Xavier
161. Zeemermin

 

Name: WHITEMANTLE (POSSIBLY)

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1692 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1920 by wood, skinner & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the gas light & coke co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 208hp, single shaft. machinery by the ne marine engine co ltd, newcastle-upon-tune. passage the tyne for london. cargo coal. mined. crew of 14 lost.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN: 5-6 MILES E OF WITHERNSEA LT (WW2SL). APPROX 50M SSE FLAMBOROUGH HD. (DODS). POSN 087DEG 6.2M FROM WITHERNSEA HD LTH. (FO HUMBER & TH). H0146/39 27.12.39 SANK 6M OFF WITHERNSEA, 087 DEGS 6.2 M FROM LT. (SHIPPING CASUALTY LIST, 10.12.39). H0146/39 27.12.39 INS AS DWPA. - FNM 2882/39. H01624/44 14.6.44 LARGE OBSTN WITH ABOUT 40 FT OVER IT LOCATED IN 534421N, 001320E. THOUGHT TO BE WHITEMANTLE. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 14.4.44). AMEND POSN.

- NM 1213/44. H01624/44 16.10.47 NOW IN 534421N, 001320E. (HMS SCOTT). DELETE PA.

- NM 2754/47. H01624/44 20.8.49 LEAST DEPTH 50 FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER & TH). AMEND TO WK 8.25FMS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1702/49. 10.2.67 AMEND TO DW. NE 109. H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED 6.9.77 IN 534424.8N, 001247E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LYING E/W AND APPARENTLY PARTIALLY BURIED. (SOISS, HI 54/77). H1944/80 23.4.82 EXAM'D 11.6.81 IN 534424N, 001244E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15 IN GEN DEPTH 17.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 3.29MTRS. LIES 069/249 DEGS, BOWS ENE. BOWS SHOALEST POINT. SONAR LENGTH 50.1MTRS, BEAM 8.6MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). AMEND TO WK 14.2MTRS. BR STD. 5.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5344.417N, 0012.598E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.32 IN GEN DEPTH 18.4MTRS. LENGTH 48.1MTRS, WIDTH 18.5MTRS, HT 3.08MTRS. LIES 075/255 DEGS WITH BOWS ENE. COLLAPSED, BOILERS FORM HIGHEST POINT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). MINOR SCOUR CLOSE TO WK ON S SIDE. AMEND WK 15.3MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, BOWS ENE, HIGH PT MIDSHIPS

Position: 53 44.417 N,0 12.598 E

 

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