This is the information page about the shipwreck Wychwood (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 34.031 N,5 59.507 W (52.567183333333, -5.9917833333333)

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: WYCHWOOD (POSSIBLY)

Length 85.1 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1985 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1907 by osbourne, graham & co ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by w france, fenwick & co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 194 hp, single shaft. passage barry for scapa flow. torpedoed by german submarine uc-65 4m ssw from s arklow ltv. three men lost. (sii & ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4 MILES SSW OF S ARKLOW-BANK. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES WW1). POSN 523600N, 060000W APPROX. NCA. H1950/76 7.11.80 H1950/76 7.11.80 WK EXAM'D 27.6.79 IN 523400N, 055924W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56.5 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTR. APPROX 45MTRS LONG. LYING N/S. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/79-80). BR STD. 8.11.91 8.11.91 SHOWN IN 523400.6N, 055926.5W. [OSI]. NE 1787.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 34.031 N,5 59.507 W

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