Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Waltham (probably), op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 53 56.877 N,4 44.652 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)
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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.
Naam: WALTHAM (PROBABLY)
Lengte 31.7 meter, breedte: 6.4 meter, diepgang: 3.4, tonnage 161 ton
Oorzaak: completed in may 1897 by mackie and thompson, glasgow. powered by a triple expansion engine by muir and houston ltd, glasgow. before the great war was owned by consolidated steam fishing & ice co, grimsby. whilst on admiralty service disappeared off the isle of man. presumed sunk by a german submarine.
Jaar registratie: 1991
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 51 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 60 cm
Bekend sinds: 1991, laatst gedetecteerd: 1997
Details metingen/cartografie: HH3944/88/2 8.4.91 HH3944/88/2 8.4.91 WK EXAM'D 28.1.91 IN 535651.7N, 044435.2W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEG, APPARENTLY IN TWO PIECES. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 466). BR STD. 21.10.96 21.10.96 THE STERN PART OF THE SHIP IS LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE AND STANDS WELL PROUD OF THE SEABED, THE BOW HAS COLLAPSED AND IS MOSTLY BURIED. (J SHAW, 10.10.96). HH100/351/12 16.5.97 HH100/351/12 16.5.97 WK OF A SS - PROBABLY A STEAM TRAWLER AS THERE IS A LARGE WINCH IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGE. APPROX 200 TONS AND 100 TO 120 FEET IN LENGTH. BOILER AND ENGINE AFT. ENGINE IS TRIPLE EXPANSION TYPE. STEERING WHEEL AND BRIDGE RIGHT AT AFTER END OF VESSEL. OPEN BRIDGE OF EARLY STEAM TRAWLER TYPE. VESSEL IN ONE PIECE BUT BOW SECTION IS VERY BROKEN. LYING ON PORT SIDE. LACK OF BRASS FITTINGS. ONLY VESSEL KNOWN TO BE LOST IN THE VICINITY IS VIVID IN 1892. OF ALL THE VESSELS LOST THE WALTHAM IS THE ONLY ONE TO MEET ALL THE CRITERIA. THUS ASSUMED TO BE WALTHAM. (A CORKILL). HH100/351/12 29.7.97 HH100/351/12 29.7.97 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK IS IN TWO PARTS. THE LARGEST SECTION IS THE STERN WHICH GIVES THE LEAST DEPTH. THIS IS LYING HARD OVER ON ITS PORT SIDE WITH A DEBRIS FIELD EXTENDING TO THE SE. THIS SECTION OF HULL CONTINING THE BOILERS AND MACHINERY IS 23MTRS LONG APPROX. THE BOW, WHICH LIES A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, IS COMPLETELY BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED. IT COVERS SOME 20MTRS. LIES WITH BOW WSW, STERN ENE. (K HURLEY). NCA. 28.2.07 28.2.07 DIVED 18.7.06 AND CONFIRMED TO BE A S TRAWLER BY WARP HOLDERS WITHER SIDE OF THE HULL NEAR THE BOW. FURTHER AFT THERE IS A FISH HOLD AND BETWEEN THIS AND THE BRIDGE IS A LARGE STEAM WINCH. SITS UPRIGHT. (A CORKILL, EMAIL DTD 27.2.07). NCA.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, WELL BROKEN UP
Positie: 53 56.877 N,4 44.652 W