Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak African transport (probably), op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 54 32.899 N,0 42.477 W (54.3829333, -0.4430167)

 

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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

 

1. Adine (probably)
2. African transport (probably)
3. Afrique
4. Aigburth
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Ardgantoch
8. Athelstane
9. Athos
10. Atlas (possibly)
11. Atwing (possibly)
12. Audax
13. Beaumanoir (probably)
14. Ben aden
15. Berwick (possibly)
16. Black prince (possibly)
17. Botha (possibly)
18. Brentwood
19. Commercial
20. Corsham
21. Corsican prince
22. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
23. Creteblock
24. Crimdon (possibly)
25. Dayspring (probably)
26. Defiant
27. Disperser
28. Eaglescliffe (probably)
29. Earl percy
30. Ellida (probably)
31. Ferruccio
32. Fervent
33. Florentia
34. Fred everard
35. Garthwaite
36. Gimle
37. Gothia
38. Gwalia (possibly)
39. Harrow (probably)
40. Hartley
41. Helene
42. Hercules
43. Highgate
44. Hms desire (possibly)
45. Hms dromio
46. Hms locheil
47. Hms lord ridley
48. Hms ruthin castle
49. Hms swallow
50. Hurstwood
51. John miles
52. Lady helen
53. Lampada (probably)
54. Lanthorn
55. London
56. Lowtyne (possibly)
57. Lucy
58. Marchioness of londonderry
59. Marie stuart
60. Melanie (probably)
61. Membland (possibly)
62. Merrie islington
63. Modemi (possibly)
64. Moorlands
65. Moorwood (possibly)
66. Oakwell
67. Pandora
68. Pathfinder
69. Paul
70. Philander (probably)
71. Polanna
72. Polruan
73. Quaggy (probably)
74. Rosella (probably)
75. Rutil
76. Saint ninian
77. Sarah thinnesen
78. Schaldis (possibly)
79. Sir francis
80. Skane
81. Stora-korsnas-link i
82. Suntrap (probably)
83. Talisman (possibly)
84. Tatiana (possibly)
85. Teesdale (possibly)
86. Ub 30
87. Uc 70
88. Wallsend

 

Naam: AFRICAN TRANSPORT (PROBABLY)

Lengte 117.3 meter, breedte: 15.8 meter, diepgang: 8.2, tonnage 4482 ton
Lading: coal

Oorzaak: Built 1913 by northumberland sb co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by empire transport co. ltd (houlder's). three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage the tyne for to falmouth and gibraltar. torpedoed while under escort by armed vessels, taken in tow by 2 trawlers but abandoned and sank before reaching shallow water. 3 men lost. stern gun removed by divers and mounted on memorial plinth on whitby west cliff. (ll & sibi). torpedoed by ub-88. (der kreig zur see).

Jaar registratie: 1918

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 30 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 100 cm

Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 20170106

Details metingen/cartografie: POSN 4M N OF WHITBY & 2M OFFSHORE. (MASTER, B OF T WR 8/1645). POSN 3M N OF WHITBY. (BMVS) H7622/18 8.1.19 WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1918) IN 543230N, 004220W. (SNO TYNE)

- NM 118/19. H3752/76 11.6.26 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BR STD. H2534/74 8.4.75 WK, FISHERMENS FASTENER, IN 543300N, 004212W FIXED BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER OBSTN REPORT NO.106) BR STD. H1280/76/42 26.2.76 THIS WRECK IS OWNED BY E. PENDLETON & J.P. STEVENSON. (J.P. STEVENSON, 17.1.76) H1310/86/34 15.12.86 LOCATED IN 543248N, 004215W. LIES COLLAPSED, ON PORT SIDE IN A HOLLOW. HIGHEST POINT, BOILERS STANDING 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. LEAST DEPTH 26MTRS [MHWS]. LIES LEVEL WITH SURROUNDING GEN DEPTH. (G. WADSWORTH, 13.11.86) TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS, CHART AS WK PA 20MTRS. BR STD. H6331/87/2 19.1.89 EXAM'D 11.8.88 IN 543254N, 004223W [OGB] USING 4-RANGE TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 24.7, FOUL AT 25.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.1 IN GEN DEPTH 28-30MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT [ABOVE SEABED LEVEL] 2.9MTRS, MAKING HT FROM BOTTOM OF DEPRESSION, IN WHICH WK LIES, 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 135MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. VERY BROKEN UP AND ORIENTATED 100/280DEG. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B) HH100/351/09 8.6.95 BIG VESSEL, WELL BROKEN UP. UNUSUAL TYPE OF GUN FALLEN ON TO SEA BED AT THE STERN. STEAM TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, THREE BOILERS, NINE FURNACES. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). 1.3.06 EUT POSN: 5432.909N, 0042.484W. BA 1612 [6TH EDN, MAY '02]. SEP 2015/000095701 1.6.15 EXAM'D BY BDC 25.74MTRS IN 5432.901N, 0042.469W [WGD]. NFS. (CEFAS SURVEY, DS9). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 8.5.17 EXAM'D 06.01.17 IN 5432.899N, 0042.477W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 119MTRS, WIDTH 33MTRS, HEIGHT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 100/280 DEGS. WRECK LIES WELL BROKEN UP AT A GENERAL DEPTH OF 30M, IDENTIFIABLE AMONGST THE DEBRIS ARE TWO BOILERS. LYING AT IRREGULAR ANGLES AROUND THE SITE ARE SECTIONS OF THE HULL PLATE AND THESE SHOW THAT THE LINE OF THE HULL IS DISRUPTED AROUND THE MIDSHIPS AREA. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Positie: 54 32.899 N,0 42.477 W

 

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