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 (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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