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 (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Acklamd (possibly)
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Amenity
5. Arcona champion
6. Audacity
7. Avalon
8. B o borjesson
9. Beaconsfield
10. Bellerophon
11. Benmacdhui
12. Box hill
13. Boys own
14. Breitenburg
15. Brema
16. British councillor
17. British prince
18. Briton (possibly)
19. Cadmus
20. Canada
21. Chant 63
22. Chloris (possibly)
23. City of birmingham
24. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
25. Coastal fort no-1
26. Corhampton
27. Corinth (possibly)
28. Cramlington (possibly)
29. Cyclope
30. Dana (possibly)
31. Daphne ii
32. Dayrian
33. Deerpool (after section)
34. Deerpool (for'd section)
35. Diana
36. Diana
37. Dido
38. Dryade
39. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
40. Dunsany
41. Empress (probably)
42. Ethel (possibly)
43. Exmoor
44. Faunus
45. Feltre
46. Femke
47. Fermo
48. Forest queen
49. Fowberry tower (part)
50. Fowberry tower (part)
51. Francis
52. Fryken
53. Georgie
54. Georgios
55. Gerhardt (possibly)
56. Girl kitty (possibly)
57. Giuseppe
58. Gothic
59. Grangemouth
60. Harlech
61. Harnis (probably)
62. Helmsman (probably)
63. Hms benvolio
64. Hms botanic
65. Hms calverton
66. Hms corfield
67. Hms cortina
68. Hms dervish
69. Hms egret
70. Hms fairy
71. Hms falcon (stern section)
72. Hms falmouth
73. Hms lormont
74. Hms mistletoe
75. Hms othello
76. Hms princess victoria
77. Hms remillo
78. Hms st cyrus
79. Hms strathborve (part)
80. Hms susarion
81. Hms yorkshire belle
82. Horsted
83. Hugh taylor
84. Ida
85. Ightham (possibly)
86. Ionic (probably)
87. J b paddon
88. Jane (possibly)
89. Janet helen (possibly)
90. John and thomas
91. John mowlem
92. John rettig (probably)
93. Kalo (probably)
94. Kimberley (possibly)
95. Kingston cameo
96. Knuthenborg
97. Kyma
98. Ladas (possibly)
99. Lady anstruther (probably)
100. Lady dinah
101. Laurel (possibly)
102. Lifeguard (possibly)
103. Longbenton (probably)
104. Lord haig (possibly)
105. Lord haig (possibly)
106. Lord selborne
107. Lottie (possibly)
108. Lucerne
109. Lyra (bow section)
110. Magdalyn ann
111. Maggie
112. Magnolia (probably)
113. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
114. Marian francis
115. Markersdall (probably)
116. Marshall (probably)
117. Modig
118. Modiva (possibly)
119. Monimia (possibly)
120. Nadod (possibly)
121. Nautilus
122. Nimrod
123. Norfolk coast
124. Odessa
125. Onward (possibly)
126. Ophir ii (possibly)
127. Orsa
128. Otis tetrax
129. Paraciers
130. Peebles (possibly)
131. Peggotty
132. Portia
133. Ravonia (part)
134. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
135. Rayford
136. Realf
137. Reculver
138. Retriever
139. Revello
140. Revi
141. Rhuys
142. Rievaulx abbey
143. Rivaulx
144. River don (part of)(probably)
145. River witham
146. Sagacity
147. Salacon
148. Salmondby
149. Saltoun
150. Sandra glen
151. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
152. Sna iii
153. Sota eduardo
154. Stanburn
155. Stylianos chandris
156. Teano
157. Tees
158. Thessaly
159. Thomas deas
160. Togston (possibly)
161. Tredegar hall
162. Triton
163. Uc 39
164. Uc 47
165. Uc 75
166. Umbe
167. Upminster (possibly)
168. Varangmalm (possibly)
169. Venture (possibly)
170. Ville de valenciennes
171. Wayside flower (possibly)
172. Whitemantle (possibly)
173. William hanson
174. Windsor (part of)
175. Windsor (part of)
176. Winga
177. Xavier
178. Xavier
179. 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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