Maritime record MWX2495 - Hartlepool find

The Hartlepool was sunk by a torpedo in 1940 fired by a German E-Boat. (4)

Wreck site and archaeological remains:

Horizontal Datum: OGB
Vertical Datum: LAT
Quality of Depth: ES
General Depth: 13 metres
Method of Fix: EDM

See wreck number 013402675 in 50 36 26.5N, 02 25 52W.

For details prior to 1986 survey - see wreck no 013402675 in 50 36 26N, 02 25 52W.

03-OCT-1986: Least echosounder depth 10.00 in general depth 12.5m. No scour. Broken up and spread over wide area. Diver confirmed no shape to wreck and identified 2 metal sheets, roughly 10 x 15 feet, lying flat but supporting jagged edges and girders. (1)

Wreck in 50 36.49N; 002 25.47W. She was partially removed and her remains were dispersed by heavy explosive charges and now lie in two areas. The main area is the position given, the second area is just to the south at 50 36.43N; 002 25.85W [see record 904660]. (4)

31-MAR-2008: Examined in 5036.530N, 0225.541W [WGD] using DGPS. The least multibeam depth was 11.95m in a general depth of 12.72m. No scour. Length 1.53m. Width 1.29m. Height 0.77m. Square object located approximately 35m north of listed position. Two smaller objects located 75m to the west. (5)(6)

17th century pewter plate in 4 pieces recovered from the wreck of the Hartlepool. (7)

Wreck event and documentary evidence:

NRHE. See record 904660 for details of the wreck event.

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23-NOV-1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<3> 1988, British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, 65 (Monograph). SWX4538.

<4> Hinchcliffe, J and V, 1999, Dive Dorset: a diver guide (3rd Edition), Wreck 136, p109 (Monograph). SWX1.

<5> United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Wreck report, 18673 (Monograph). SDO20514.

<6> SeaZone Hydrospatial, Digital marine geographic information derived from SeaZone Hydrospatial, 30-Nov-17 (Digital archive). SDO20540.

<7> Receiver of Wreck, Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/4380 (Unpublished document). SWX689.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 904661 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 2 2024 2:20PM