Charted as WESTERN FARMER (Bow section) in the Marine zone.
Vessel structure:
Lies in position 51°54.19N, 001°05.55E in a general depth of 36m.
Orientation: 4°
Length of wreck is 75m, orientated North to South, 'lies aside.' ( comment JL Aug 2007)
Documentary evidence:
'Broke in two following collision, her forepart sinking. The after part of the vessel was saved.'
Built: 1943
Where built: Quincy, Massachusetts ; Fairfield ; Baltimore, Maryland
Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Limited ; Bethlehem-Fairfield
LBD: 134.6 x 17.3m x 8.16m
Tonnage: 7240 ; 7176 (4)
Propulsion: Single shaft triple expansion engine
HP: 2500
Speed: 11 knots )
Ship registration / ownership:
1943 - 1951 Named HENRY LOMB and registered to the US Government, in Baltimore, USA. She was built as a
Liberty Ship. Source 2 gives her former name as the HENRY COMB, but this appears to be an error.
1951 - 1952 Owned by the Western Navigation Corporation and re-named WESTERN FARMER. Registered in New
York.
These ownership details are somewhat at odds with those given by NV in Source 2, where they appear as follows:
HENRY LOMB 1943 WSA (A H Bull and Company, New York), 1946 WSA (Lykes Brothers Steamship Company,
New Orleans), 1951 WESTERN FARMER, Western Navigation Corporation, New York. 20.8.52 Collided with
BJORGHOLM near Ramsgate, broke in two. Fore part sank, after part towed to Calais, and scrapped in 1955. (
comment NV Aug 2008)