This is the information page about the shipwreck Afon dulais, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.121 N,0 38.499 W (50.652366666667, -0.61618333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Afon dulais
2. Ala
3. Alaska
4. Algiers
5. Alison (possibly)
6. Angry fish
7. Ariel
8. Armenier
9. Arno (possibly)
10. Asger ryg
11. Atlas (probably)
12. Axwell
13. Basil-2
14. Cairndhu
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Candia
17. Carbineer
18. City of mexico
19. Del rio
20. Donegal (possibly)
21. Duke of buccleuch
22. Fpt iv
23. Frode
24. Gartland
25. Gascony
26. Gerarda
27. Germa geisha
28. Giuseppina accame
29. Glenlee
30. Hedwig lunstedt
31. Highland corrie
32. Hmcs alberni
33. Hms apley (possibly)
34. Hms evadne (possibly)
35. Hms hazardous
36. Hms implacable
37. Hms kingston jacinth (possibly)
38. Hms moldavia
39. Hms northcoates
40. Hms pine
41. Hms prince leopold
42. Hms sapper
43. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
44. Hmsm a1
45. Indiana
46. Jaffa
47. Lightfoot (possibly)
48. Lola (possibly)
49. Lowmount
50. Marga
51. Marie marguerite (possibly)
52. Molesey (possibly)
53. Montecrana (possibly)
54. Ny-eeasteyr
55. Polandia (possibly)
56. Ramsgarth
57. Ramsholm (possibly)
58. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
59. Saint andre (probably)
60. Shirala
61. Sines (possibly)
62. Spearfish
63. Stanwold
64. Stavros (possibly)
65. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
66. Teelin head
67. U 1195
68. U 86 (formerly)
69. U 86 (possibly)
70. Vesuvio (possibly)
71. Vigda
72. War helmet
73. Zaanstroom

 

Name: AFON DULAIS

Length 63.4 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 988 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1919 by dundee sb co ltd, dundee. owned at time of loss by afon llied ss co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 152hp, single shaft. passage seaham for poole. cargo coal. mined.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20180207

Details measurements/cartography: H02183/42 26.3.43 REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK IN 503520N, 003836W. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 21.6.42). CHART AS DW.

- NM 632/43. H02183/42 30.12.47 AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES IN AN E/W DIRECTION & 0.5 MILES IN A N/S DIRECTION WITH CENTRE OF CHARTED POSN OF WRECK WAS SWEPT BY OROPESA CLEAR TO A DEPTH OF11FMS 3FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 12FMS 5FT IN GEN DEPTH 14FMS 3FT. (CSO PORTSMOUTH, 31.10.74). AMENDED TO WK 11FMS 0FT [20.1MTRS] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3033/47. 29.10.74 LOCATED BY SUB-AQUA DIVER. STANDS 15/20FT HIGH ON SEABED. WK IN TWO PIECES, IDENTIFIED AS A COASTER TYPE. (C SILVESTER, TELECON 29.10.74). NCA. H1284/75 13.6.75 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE OWERS LT BUOY. MUCH BROKEN & SILTED STANDING 15FT. SANDY BOTTOM. (R J TODD, SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE LTD, 20.5.75). NCA. H2318/74 26.8.75 LOCATED 26.6.75 AND EXAMINED 30.6.75 IN 503506N, 003826W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26.0MTRS. SCOUR 27.0MTRS. (SCES, HI 102/1975). NCA. HH091/002/01 29.10.02 EXAM'D 14.7.02 IN 5035.115N, 0038.504W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.3, FOUL 22.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.4 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.0MTR. LIES 160/340 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VERY BROKEN WITH NO DISTINCT SHAPE. (NP 1016, HI 1002). AMEND TO SW 22MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 10.08.18 EXAM'D 07.02.18; IN 5035.121N, 0038.499W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.30MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 16.5MTRS, HEIGHT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180 DEGS. BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN & SILTED

Position: 50 35.121 N,0 38.499 W

 

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