Wreck: Wileysike (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Wileysike, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 35.426 N,5 16.306 W (51.590433, -5.271767)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: WILEYSIKE
Length 91.4 meter, width: 11.7 meter, tonnage 2501 ton
Cause: built in 1888 by the tyne iron shipbuilding co ltd, willington quay-on-tyne. owned at time of loss by w s miller & co, glasgow. triple expansion engine, single shaft. torpedoed by u 54. four lost.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 134 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: 18.5.18 M24638 18.5.18 ABOUT 7M SW OF MILFORD HAVEN, (BOT, MASTER). INS ON CHARTS. H351/20 H351/20 POSN 513500N, 051600W PA. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H3451/24 16.5.24 H3451/24 16.5.24 AMEND TO NDWPD (1918). NE 1488. 28.5.52 28.5.52 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1178. H4819/71 22.11.71 H4819/71 22.11.71 LOCATED IN 513523N, 051613W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.2 IN GEN DEPTH 55.0MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. EXCELLENT SONAR. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 43/71). AMEND TO WK 26FMS.
- NM 1959/71. 6.4.72 6.4.72 AMEND TO WK 48MTRS. NC 1478. H1921/80 31.3.80 H1921/80 31.3.80 LOCATED BY HMS FOX IN 513524N, 051614W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.4 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. LIES IN A GULLEY. HEIGHTING NOT POSSIBLE. (HMS BULLDOG HI 52/80). NCA. 2.12.11 2.12.11 LOCATED 27.4.10 IN 5135.426N, 0516.306W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.72 IN GEN DEPTH 55.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 115.3MTRS, WIDTH 21.5MTRS, HT 7.38MTRS. LIES 134/314 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1328). INTACT, UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS NW
Position: 51 35.426 N,5 16.306 W
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