Charted as TEESWOOD 'entire wreck' just SSE of Dover harbour, in the Marine zone.
Vessel remains:
Lies in position 51°04.67N, 001°20.46E at a depth of 19.3m at a general depth of 25m.
Sonar dimensions: 50 x 20 x 11m. Orientation 70°. No scour.
Located using trisponder in 1978 and thought initially to be another vessel but her identity was confirmed in 1999.
Her present condition is not known.
Documentary evidence:
'Built in 1953 by the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company. Owned at the time of loss by Constantine Shipping Company
Limited. Passage Blythe to Shoreham by Sea. Cargo Coal and general.'
'Foundered off Dungeness 26.7.56 but drifted upside down before sinking off Dover on 1.7.56.' (1, citing I Todd)
'Capsized 4 nautical miles East of Dungeness 29.7.56 and sank 2 nautical miles off Dover 31.7.56 [Blyth-Shoreham,
coal].'
'Vessel foundered in heavy weather' . This source gives the TEESWOOD's date of loss as 26.07.56
Built: 1953
Builder: Burntisland Shipbuilding Company )
Where built: Burntisland
LBD: 68.9 x 10.8 x 5.4m ; Source 3 gives her depth as 4.78m
Tonnage: 1261 grt ; 1246
Propulsion: 5 cylinder screw-driven oil engine 2SA
Machinery: Aft, by British Polar
Speed: 10.5 knots
Owner: Constantine Shipping Company Limited
Source 6 shows photographs of the vessel on the River Humber in 1956.