This is the information page about the shipwreck Wreathier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 10.7 N,3 49.7 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Ambassador
2. Amelie (probably)
3. Amelie-suzanne
4. Anna
5. Arandora star
6. August conseil (possibly)
7. Australbush (possibly)
8. Baychattan
9. Bell virtue
10. Belle ile (possibly)
11. Brenda
12. Broadmayne (part of)
13. Cantabria
14. Carol anne
15. Catherine allen
16. Cheapside (possibly)
17. Chelydra (possibly)
18. Chloe t
19. Claverley (possibly)
20. Constance
21. Dartmeet
22. Demetrios
23. Dutton
24. Eagle
25. East point
26. Edam ii
27. Elizabeth caroline
28. Empire harry
29. Exploiter
30. Fiona mary
31. Fylrix
32. Glen strathallan
33. Glory
34. Grelhame (probably)
35. Gro
36. Halfdan (possibly)
37. Halloween
38. Haugastol (possibly)
39. Havbris (probably)
40. Hazel claire (possibly)
41. Hazelpark (possibly)
42. Heron i
43. Herzogin cecilie
44. Heye p
45. Hms benton castle
46. Hms chorley (possibly)
47. Hms crocodile
48. Hms jasper (possibly)
49. Hms newbridge (probably)
50. Hms penylan (e part)
51. Hms penylan (w part)
52. Hms picton castle
53. Hms ramillies
54. Hms savage
55. Hms stockforce (possibly)
56. Hmsm m1
57. Hmsm untiring
58. Kazan
59. Kishmul of ayr
60. Koningin der engelen (probably)
61. Laertes
62. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
63. Liberta
64. Lochwood
65. Louis shied
66. Maine
67. Marana (bow section)
68. Marie
69. Medina
70. Merc enterprise (probably)
71. Neches (probably)
72. Newholm
73. North sea (probably)
74. Oregon
75. Perm (possibly)
76. Persier
77. Phoenix
78. Placidas faroult
79. Reine des flots
80. Riversdale
81. Skaala
82. Soudan
83. St katharine (probably)
84. Stanhope
85. Talvaldis (possibly)
86. Tasmania (possibly)
87. Ternefjell
88. Totnes castle
89. U 1063
90. U 214 (probably)
91. Uc 51
92. Uskmoor (probably)
93. W.s.w. one
94. Waikawa (possibly)
95. Warsaw
96. Wreathier
97. Yvette bm217

 

Name: WREATHIER

Length 61 meter, width: 9.5 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 852 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1897 by craig, taylor & co, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by allen, adams & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 115 nhp, single shaft. machinery by macoll & pollock, sunderland. passage barry for rouen. torpedoed by ub 35. 3 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H243/18 REPD TO BE 1.5M FROM STEEPLE COVE. 2.7.70 CHARTED AS DW [POSN NOT STATED]. (MR HAWKINS, 25.6.70). H3950/70 23.9.70 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1613. 6.3.73 NOW CHARTED AS USC 28MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2519. H1936/80 29.9.81 EXAM'D 28.2.81 IN 501040N, 034939W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. NO SCOUR. ABOUT 60MTRS LONG, LYING NNE/SSW, AND APPARENTLY INTACT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). BR STD. H1310/84/45 7.1.85 IDENTIFIED AS THE 'WREATHIER' AND THE BELL RECOVERED. LIES UPRIGHT AND STANDS 9MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. (A HILLGROVE, 10.12.84). 2.9.98 INTACT AND UPRIGHT WITH GUN ON ITS STERN. (DIVER MAGAZINE 9.1998). HH100/351/14 9.8.99 DIVED IN 5010.716N, 0349.691W [WGD] USING DGPS. (A CUMMING, FAX DTD 9.8.99). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/151/01 20.5.08 EXAM'D 26.1.07 IN 5010.7000N, 0349.7002W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.32 IN GEN DEPTH 49.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50.3MTRS, WIDTH 12.3MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. INTACT, UPRIGHT, STERN BECOMING BURIED. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1186). RETAIN WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000153150 10.9.14 EXAM'D 21.6.14 IN 5010.700N, 0349.700W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.33 IN GEN DEPTH 49.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60.4MTRS, WIDTH 9.8MTRS, HT 7.27MTRS. LIES 014/194 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, INTACT WITH STERN BURIED. (MMT, HI 1454). DEBRIS AT N END. AMEND WK 42MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS S, STERN BURIED

Position: 50 10.7 N,3 49.7 W

 

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