More information : Wreck Site and Archaeological Remains:
Vertical Datum: LAT (11)
27-SEP-1972: Found, identified as the ST CHAMOND.
11-JUL-1973: Cargo confirms identity, stands 10ft high at the boilers, being salvaged. Structure flattened and spread out, in general depth 27m, max height 6m.
30-SEP-1976: Located in 50 14.49N, 005 29.51W.
15-MAR-1991: In general depth 27m (LW neaps), max height 6m. (4)
The wreck lies in 27m depth and stands roughly 6 metres above the seabed at the top of the boilers. Decca position (SW Chain) Green A 44.72, Purple C 69.4488. (6)
Two steam engines sunk by a German submarine while being shipped to the Western Front during the First World War have been discovered off the Cornish Coast. The 100-year-old locomotives are the only remaining pair of their type, and the diving team aims to bring them ashore. (7)
A sounding weight reported off this wreck. (Droit A/318) (8)
A valve recovered from this wreck, position 50 14.50N 005 29.54W. (Droit A/1566) (8)
2 water sight glass tubes, 40 x 20 mm shells, 2 electric motor components and an instrument holder recovered from this wreck, off North Cornwall. (Droit A/4555) (8)
The boilers, drive shaft and prop along with assorted cargo were identified. Three trains were seen, two on their sides while the other had fallen off its bogeys. (9)
Some of the locomotives are said to lie on their side on the seabed. (10)
Charted without qualification as the ST CHAMOND in 26m. (11)
Located approximately 1.5 miles N of Clodgy Point. (12)
Wreck Event and Documentary Evidence:
Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U60 whilst carrying a general cargo as well as five railway locomotives complete at 75 tons each as deck cargo. (1)
Place of loss 1.75 miles N of St. Ives Head. (2)
The French steamship ST CHAMOND was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Bristol Channel on 30-APR-1918, gross tonnage given as 2866. (3)
29-APR-1918: Torpedoed by German submarine U-60 3.5 miles NE of St. Ives. (5)
Position of loss stated as 1 mile off Clodgy Point. Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-60 while carrying a general cargo, as well as five railway locomotives complete at 75 tons each, as deck cargo. (6)
Position stated as 50 15N 005 30W., off St. Ives Head. The locomotives were standard gauge 2-8-0s with serial numbers 140.337 to 140.340, 140.368, 140.369, built by the North British works. The cargo was intended for the war effort in France, and it is thought that the engines were in fact replacements for others which had also been lost in transit. (10)
Built: 1913 (1)(6)
Builder: W Gray and Co. (1)(6)
Where Built: West Hartlepool (1)(6)
HP: 250 (1)(6)
Boilers: 2 (1)(6)
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine (1)(6)
Construction: poop-deck 22ft; bridge 78ft; forecastle 27ft (1)(6)
Machinery: Central Marine Eng. Works Ltd., West Hartlepool (1)(6)
Master: Doln (1)(6)
Owner: Soc. Anon. des Chargeurs de l'Ouest (1)(6)
Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss
Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles:
LR.No.105(S)
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