This is the information page about the shipwreck Angola, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.006 N,3 19.929 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
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 ta halton 7 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: 1959
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter
Known since: 1959
Details measurements/cartography: H3906/59 21.12.59 H3906/59 21.12.59 WK 6FMS 1FT IN 533159.5N, 031951W. (K2184/55D). BR STD. H4288/62 19.6.64 H4288/62 19.6.64 INS ON 1981.
- NM 1199/64. 24.4.73 24.4.73 DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB, AFTER MOST OF CARGO HAD BEEN SAVED, BETWEEN 25.7.1887 & 20.8.1887. DEPTH 37FT BELOW LBD. POSN 533200N, 031951W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 28.2.74 28.2.74 AMEND TO WK 10.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 1951. HH100/351/19 5.2.03 HH100/351/19 5.2.03 NOT LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER AND E/S. (C MICHAEL, LTD DTD 3.2.03). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL, SEE ALSO [61993]
Position: 53 32.006 N,3 19.929 W