This is the information page about the shipwreck Andromeda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.971 N,4 59.254 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Acadian
2. Adams (possibly)
3. Adolf vinnen
4. Alexander kennedy
5. Almond branch (possibly)
6. Andola
7. Andromeda
8. Arab
9. Ardgarry
10. Arvor
11. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
12. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
13. Atlantis (possibly)
14. Atlantis (possibly)
15. Ballarat
16. Bamse (probably)
17. Bay of panama
18. Beatrice (possibly)
19. Bellucia
20. Ben asdale
21. Ben rein
22. Benito
23. Bjornvik (possibly)
24. Brest
25. Bretonne (probably)
26. Cape finisterre (probably)
27. Carmarthen
28. Caroline
29. Carolus
30. Caroni river
31. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
32. Centurion (possibly)
33. Cieszyn
34. Citrine
35. City of ghent
36. Clan apline
37. Clan malcolm
38. Cristina
39. Cromdale
40. Czar
41. Dionne marie
42. Dispatch (possibly)
43. Eastfield
44. Elisabeth (possibly)
45. Epsilon
46. Erato
47. Eric calvert (possibly)
48. Eskdale
49. Forde
50. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
51. Ganymede
52. Gap
53. Godolphin
54. Grip (part of)
55. Gunvor
56. Hanover
57. Hansy
58. Happy returns (possibly)
59. Hera
60. Hmcs trentonian
61. Hmml 380
62. Hms almond (after part)
63. Hms almond (bow part)
64. Hms anson
65. Hms brandlebas
66. Hms comet
67. Hms gloaming
68. Hms kurd
69. Hms lady of the isles
70. Hms narwhal
71. Hms primrose
72. Hms rinovia
73. Hms roche bonne
74. Hms torrent
75. Hmy sappho (possibly)
76. Hnlms brielle
77. Ilston
78. Jersey queen (possibly)
79. John
80. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
81. Juno
82. Karen marie
83. Kerris reed
84. King harry (probably)
85. Kremsertor
86. Krosfond
87. Kwester
88. La suippe
89. Lady dalhousie
90. Le vieux tigre
91. Leander
92. Leon martin (part of)
93. Lia'g
94. Loe bar wk
95. Lord snowden (probably)
96. Lucent (possibly)
97. Lydie
98. Mina cantiquin
99. Mitera marigo
100. Mohegan
101. Mosel
102. Mountby
103. Mourne (probably)
104. N g petersen
105. Normand
106. Nyassa
107. Ocklinge
108. Omer denise
109. Orfordness
110. Ospra
111. Par time and tide bell
112. Pearl (possibly)
113. Penelope jane (possibly)
114. Petersham
115. Pindos
116. Plantaganet
117. Poljames
118. Poljames
119. Ponus
120. Port chalmers
121. Prestige
122. Queen (possibly)
123. Rigmor (possibly)
124. Robert
125. Rock island bridge
126. Rosehill
127. Rossmore (possibly)
128. Royal anne galley
129. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
130. Schiedam
131. Shoal fisher
132. Siracusa
133. Spital
134. Spyridion vagliano
135. St anthony (possibly)
136. Stanwood
137. Tregenna (possibly)
138. Twilight water
139. U 95
140. Ub 106 (possibly)
141. Ub 112 (possibly)
142. Ub 113
143. Ub 128 (possibly)
144. Ub 86 (possibly)
145. Ub 97 (possibly)
146. Ula
147. Veritas
148. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
149. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
150. Violet
151. Volnay
152. War tune
153. Wyndcliffe
154. Zebra

 

Name: ANDROMEDA

Length 82.7 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 7.2, tonnage 1928 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built in 1890 by r duncan & co. ltd, port glasgow. passage tacoma for falmouth. was wrecked on killigerran head in a southerly gale whilst awaiting the pilot. (cornish shipwrecks vol 1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 8.1.80 8.1.80 WRECKED ON KILLIGERRAN HEAD, NEAR FALMOUTH. (CORNISH SHIPWRECKS VOL 1). POSN 500905N, 045850W [OGB] FOR FILING ONLY. 19.2.13 19.2.13 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (EGS, FOR CHANNEL COASTAL OBSERVATORY, HI 1403). NCA. 29.10.13 29.10.13 BOW OF WK LIES IN 5008.971N, 0459.254W [WGD], IN A GULLY ABOUT 10MTRS FROM THE SHORE. THE GULLY HAS A SHALLOW REEF AT THE SEAWARD SIDE THAT STOPS MOST BOATS GETTING NEAR IT APART FROM AT A HIGH SPRING TIDE. AVERAGE DEPTH IS BETWEEN 6 & 8MTRS. (M MILLBURN, EMAIL DTD 25.10.13). BA 154 STS TO SHOW. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES IN GULLY, SHALLOW REEF LIES TO SEAWARD

Position: 50 8.971 N,4 59.254 W

 

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