Wreck: Adgillus (Sailing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Adgillus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 2.833 N,3 48.458 W (54.290033333333, -3.9008833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ADGILLUS
Length 43.3 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 426 ton
Load: armament,general and mixed goods,salt
Cause: sank during a severe gale the day after leaving liverpool bound for the brass river, west africa. (k hurley).
Year of registration: 1991
Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 24 cm
Known since: 1991, last detected: 1996
Details measurements/cartography: SANK ABOUT 18M NW OF MORECAMBE BAY LTV. (INQUIRY INTO LOSS). HH100/351/04 29.8.91 WK DIVED ON IN 540252N, 034823W [OGB]. POSN BY DECCA. E/S INDICATES IT STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. BELL RECOVERED INSCRIBED 'ADGILLUS, 1874'. APPEARS TO BE INTACT. CARGO APPARENTLY INCLUDES A LARGE AMOUNT OF POTTERY. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (K HURLEY, 23.8.91). CHART AS FOUL. NC 1320. 11.9.98 CINC REMOVED. (K HURLEY, TELECON). HH100/351/04 25.9.91 DIVED AGAIN. HULL APPEARS COMPLETELY INTACT BUT WELL BURIED. LIES E/W WITH STERN, OR COLLAPSED ROUND-HOUSE, THE HIGHEST POINT AT E END. (K. HURLEY, 20.9.91). HH090/706/01 20.9.96 EXAM'D 25.6.96 IN 540250.0N, 034827.5W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 34.0MTRS, FOUL NOT OBTAINED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.0 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 1MTR. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. LIES 024/204 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 160MTRS, IN DIRECTION 090/270DEGS. SANK HAS ENCROACHED OVER MOST OF THE WK GIVING A WEAK OUTLINE. HIGH POINT AT THE S END OF THE WK. (GARDLINE, HI 706). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL BURIED
Position: 54 2.833 N,3 48.458 W
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