Wreck: Andola (Barque)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Andola, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.194 N,5 3.398 W (50.053233, -5.056633)
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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: ANDOLA
Length 84.1 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 2093 ton
Load: grain
Cause: after arriving two months overdue at falmouth following a voyage from tacoma, was ordered to proceed to hull. went aground on northern side of sharks fin rock after tacking across the channel in adverse wind conditions. vessel was built in 1886 by t. royden & sons, liverpool. (cornish shipwrecks, south coast & shipwreck index of the british isles).
Year of registration: 1895
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1895, last detected: 2002
Details measurements/cartography: BECAME TOTAL LOSS. SOME SALVAGE CARRIED OUT. MUCH WRECKAGE AND MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST REMAIN ON WK SITE. (CORNISH SHIPWRECKS). H1282/77/116 4.5.77 REPD LOST ON SHARKS FIN ROCK, NEAR PORTHOUSTOCK. (P. R. JONES, 25.2.77). 11.12.80 LIES BETWEEN CARRAG LUZ AND VERVAN ROCKS IN 8MTRS OF WATER. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL.III) POSN 500312N, 050313W FOR FILING ONLY. HH351/100/18 9.4.02 MIDSHIP POSN OF WK: 5003.194N, 0503.398W [WGD] USING DGPS. LYING APPROX 127/307DEGS, IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS [MLWS]. NO WRECKAGE STANDS MORE THAN 2MTRS ABOVE SEABED. DURING THE SUMMER SEASON THE WRECKAGE LOOKS MORE LIKE A NAUTRAL REEF DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF KELP GROWING OVER IT. (JASON ROSEVEARE, E-MAIL DTD 6.4.02) CHART AS NDW. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 3.194 N,5 3.398 W
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