This is the information page about the shipwreck Wyndhurst, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 5.496 N,1 11.352 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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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53. Y48

 

Name: WYNDHURST

Length 50.3 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 570 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1917 by j lewis & sons. owned at time of loss by cleeves west'n valleys collieries. single shaft. passage st helen's roads for rouen in escorted convoy. torpedoed and sank immediately. 11 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter

Known since: 1990, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: HH351/352/01 28.2.90 WK 47MTRS SHOWN IN 500532N, 011112W ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN] & STATED AS WK 47.4MTRS IN 500533N, 011116W [EUR] WITH POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS NO 18101088 [CORR TO JAN 1990]. - OGB POSN: 500537.5N, 011115.5W. NE 2450. 1917 SUNK 30M S OF ST CATHERINE'S POINT. (DOCKET M016761). HH100/351/22 19.4.06 DIVED IN 5005.498N, 0111.348W [WGD]. LENGTH 50-60MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT BY E/S & DEPTH GAUGE 6MTRS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 4MTRS FROM STERN. BOLT UPRIGHT. MAINLY INTACT WITH HOLDS FULL OF COAL. SOME DAMAGE TO STERN. ENGINE BLOCK BLOWN OUT OF STERN. BRIDGE SECTION ROTTED AWAY. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED GRAVEL. IDENTIFIED BY BELL (RECOVERED BY D WOODWARD). (DELTA DIVERS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MAINLY INTACT, UPRIGHT, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER

Position: 50 5.496 N,1 11.352 W

 

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