Wreck: Angloman (possibly) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Angloman (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.112 N,4 36.598 W (53.418533, -4.609967)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§, 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: ANGLOMAN (POSSIBLY)

Length 123.1 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4892 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,animals (land & sea) and birds,grain

Cause: built in 1892 by laird brothers, birkenhead. owned at time of loss by british & n atlantic steam navigation co (dominion line). three boilers, triple expansion engine of 524 nhp, single shaft. passage boston, mass, for liverpool. struck west platters in sw force 4 in dense fog, slipped off rocks and sank close by. crew recovered. wk sold in situ for ΓΊ115, july 1897. (sibi). reported that wk can still be seen by divers lying in about 35ft of water. (shipwrecks of n wales).

Year of registration: 1897

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1897, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H1286/75 22.7.75 H1286/75 22.7.75 SHOWN IN 532506N, 043630W ON CHART CUTTING SUPPLIED. (A NEWTON, LTR DTD 22.7.75). FOR FILING ONLY. H5249/76 23.7.81 H5249/76 23.7.81 MR NEWTON'S POSN CONFIRMED BY CHART CUTTING. (W E BUTLAND, LTR REC'D 20.7.81). NCA. 14.1.82 14.1.82 DESCRIBED AS VERY BROKEN UP, LYING IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS BETWEEN TWO PROMINENT ROCKS OF W PLATTERS IN 532454N, 043630W. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 4). FOR FILING ONLY. 11.3.14 11.3.14 EXAM'D 24.11.13 IN 5325.112N, 0436.598W [WGD] (MAIN PART). LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.26 IN GEN DEPTH 8.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30-40MTRS, WIDTH 7.8MTRS, HT 6.24MTRS. LIES ALONG 040/220 DEGS. FOUR WRECKS LIE CLOSE BY, [7327], [7308], [7309] & [7307]. NOT POSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH INDIVIDUAL WKS, ALL DATA IS IN THIS REPORT. ONE MAIN AREA OF WRECKAGE SHOWN A PART-BROKEN UP WK. OTHERS (SEE GRAPHICS) APPEAR TO BE DEBRIS FROM THE SAME WK, OR FROM THE OTHERS LISTED. LIES IN ROCKY OUTCROP. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). INS AS WK 2.2MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MAIN AREA IS BROKEN UP WK, OTHER ARE BOILERS & DEBRIS

Position: 53 25.112 N,4 36.598 W

 

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