This is the information page about the shipwreck Architect, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.249 N,2 59.264 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: ARCHITECT
Length 125 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 5421 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1912 by c connel & co ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by charente ss co ltd, liverpool. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 538nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for tampico. grounded while leaving the brunswick entrances was refloated but made water and was grounded again. subsequently broke her back. cargo discharged into lighters, some cargo floated out. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1933
Water depth above wreck: -2 meter
Known since: 1933, last detected: 1989
Details measurements/cartography: H7477/33 3.11.33 H7477/33 3.11.33 NO ACTION. INNER WATERS. (MERSEY HB NM). H7477/33 8.11.33 H7477/33 8.11.33 WRECK TO BE MARKED BY CAN LT BUOY. NO ACTION. (MERSEY HB NM). H7477/33 25.6.35 H7477/33 25.6.35 REMOVED & BUOY WITHDRAWN. (MERSEY HB NM). SHOWN AS ST (AWASH) ON 3490. 24.4.73 24.4.73 CONTRACT ENTERED INTO WITH SHIPBREAKERS FOR REMOVAL OF VESSEL LEVEL WITH LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). H5282/71 24.2.75 H5282/71 24.2.75 INS ST DR 0.5MTRS IN 532314N, 025911W. NC 3490. 12.10.89 12.10.89 SHOWN AS WK DRIES 0.5MTRS ON DRYING BANK OF DRIES 3.0MTRS. (MERSEY 21/6). CHART AS F.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: DISPERSED
Position: 53 23.249 N,2 59.264 W