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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 408 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Wreck site of Amplegarth |
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Summary
The Amplegarth was a 3707 Ton steamship built in 1910 by W Pickersgill & Sons of Sunderland was on a voyage from the Kent Downs to St Nazaire with a cargo of coal when she struck a mine laid by UC-71 on 10 May 1918. This explosion blew the winch and 12 Pounder gun off the poop deck. The crew took to the boats and made their way into Dover harbour.. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on avilable information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3326 4061 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (sunk in 1918, Modern - 1910 AD to 1918 AD)
Full description
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Struck a mine which blew the gun and a winch clean off the poop deck at 5.55am causing the ship to sink at 6.05am. The crew left the vessel in their own boat, landing at Dover. Year Built: 1910 Builder: W Pickersgill and Sons Ltd. Engine HP: 307 Propulsion: Screw, 3 cylinder triple expansion Machinery: Blair and Co. Ltd., Stockton Boilers: 2 Construction: 1 x deck; p.deck 29ft; b.deck 113ft; f.castle 36ft Armament: 1 x 12pdr 12cwt. gun Owner: Ampleforth SS Co. Ltd. Master: T H Moorson Crew: 31 Crew Lost: 0 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: PRO.Kew.Adm.137/2964; LR.1915-16 No.104(supp)(A); MOD(N).Hyd.Wk. No.013703365; LCWLR.1914-18 p215; BVLS.1914-18 p89; BMS.1914-18 p10 . (1-2)
The wreck was bvisited by Canterbury Divered who noted: The wreck lies up to 12m proud in a max depth of 34m only a few miles outside of Dover Harbour. She is quite intact and there are lots of areas that can be looked into and penetrated and its all quite clean and free of obstructions.The 12 Pounder Gun and some shell cases are lying on the seabed off of her stern. (3)
<1> Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, 1993, Desk based study of the maritime archaeological potential in areas under proposal for the Dover & Folkeston (Unpublished document). SKE6801.
<2> Hydrographic Office wreck index (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.
<3> Unknown, 2019, Canterbury Divers: Wreck Sites (Website). SKE52189.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology. 1993. Desk based study of the maritime archaeological potential in areas under proposal for the Dover & Folkeston. |
| <2>XY | Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. [Mapped feature: #13983 Wreck site, ] |
| <3> | Website: Unknown. 2019. Canterbury Divers: Wreck Sites. |
