Wreck: Arcadian (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Arcadian (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 21.549 N,5 47.461 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)
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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: ARCADIAN (POSSIBLY)
Length 97.5 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2855 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal
Cause: ex-wharfdale '08, ex-alangueta '03, ex-nerano '91. built in 1891 by short bros, sunderland. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 266nhp, single shaft. passage london for glasgow and the far east. foundered following collision with ss aryshire in thick fog. was struck in stbd side just fwd of the mast and sank quickly. 15 men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1979
Water depth above wreck: 89 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1979, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: HH1950/76 10.11.80 HH1950/76 10.11.80 EXAM'D 23.4.80 IN 522131N, 054725W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/7 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 75.5 IN GEN DEPTH 89MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. APPROX LENGTH 95MTRS. LYING ABOUT NE/SW. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). BR STD. 11.6.07 SEP 2007/000043225 11.6.07 WK LOCATED IN 5221.549N, 0547.461W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 88MTRS. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 16.6MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 045/225 DEGS. INTACT. AMEND WK 70MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 3029/07.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, HIGHEST PART AT N END
Position: 52 21.549 N,5 47.461 W
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