This is the information page about the shipwreck Aghios spyridon (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.974 N,4 23.442 W (51.535133333333, -4.1645166666667)
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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.
Name: AGHIOS SPYRIDON (POSSIBLY)
Length 78.9 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1618 ton
Load: coal
Cause:
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20230211
Details measurements/cartography: 3.2.71 SUNK IN BRISTOL CHANNEL. (DODS). H3804/72 20.3.78 LOCATED 15.9.77 IN 511956.6N, 042326.9W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS. ORIENTATION E/W. E/S TRACE INDICATES TWO HIGH SPOTS. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/77). DCS3 TRACE INDICATED POSSIBLE ISOLATED DEBRIS ABOUT 200MTRS SW. BR STD. SEP 2013/000174975 29.9.13 LOCATED IN 5119.973N, 0423.476W [WGD]. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 10.3MTRS, HT 7.6MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALYL. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY FOR CHANNEL ENERGY LTD, ATLANTIC ARRAY OFSHORE WINDFARM ROS DTD 3.2010 - 5.2010). RETAIN WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2023000182713 4.9.23 EXAM’D 11.02.23 IN 5119.974N, 0423.442W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.72MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 70.0MTRS, WIDTH 15.1MTRS, HT 7.78MTRS. ORIENTATION 090/270 DEGS. LARGELY INTACT, WITH BOW DISLOCATED AND TILTED, OTHERWISE UPRIGHT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1723). AMEND NDW 37.72 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGELY INTACT. BOW IS DISLOCATED AND TILTED, OTHERWISE UPRIGHT
Position: 51 19.974 N,4 23.442 W