This is the information page about the shipwreck Angola (part of)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.809 N,3 19.777 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ANGOLA (PART OF)(POSSIBLY)
Length 79.2 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1045 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1880 by r & j evans & co, liverpool. owned at time of loss by halton & cookson, liverpool. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 120hp, single shaft. passage gaboon for liverpool. general cargo. when at anchor about 1.5m nw 3/4 w from bar ltv was run into & sunk by ss 'reginald'.
Year of registration: 2003
Water depth above wreck: 17 meter
Known since: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: HH206/460/11 5.2.03 HH206/460/11 5.2.03 DIVED IN 5331.80N, 0319.72W [WGD] USING GPS. EXTENSIVE AREA OF METAL PLATES LOCATED TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE BOILER ON ITS SIDE AND ENGINE COMPONENTS. HIGHEST PART OF THE WRECKAGE IS AT 13.2MTRS BELOW DATUM FROM DEPTH GAUGE AND PREDICTED TIDES. (C MICHAEL, LTR DTD 3.2.03). INS AS WK 13MTRS.
- NM 1273/03. HH206/460/11 19.3.03 HH206/460/11 19.3.03 SITE REVISITED. HIGHEST PART OF THE WK IS AT 5331.809N, 0319.777W [WGD] USING DGPS. (C MICHAEL, LTR DTD 17.3.03). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ENGINE COMPONENTS, BOILER ON ITS SIDE & PLATING
Position: 53 31.809 N,3 19.777 W