This is the information page about the shipwreck Arfon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.581 N,2 3.559 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Aeneas (probably)
4. Aeolian sky
5. Albert c field (probably)
6. Alex van opstal
7. Alexandrovna
8. Aparima
9. Arctic dawn
10. Arfon
11. Balmoralwood
12. Baron garioch
13. Barryman
14. Betelgeuse (bow section)
15. Betsy anna
16. Binnendijk
17. Black hawk (fwd section)
18. Bobbyb
19. Braedale (probably)
20. Bretagne
21. British inventor (bow section)
22. Carentan
23. Castlereagh
24. Chasseur 6
25. Chasseur 7
26. Cheyenne
27. Clan macvey
28. Dagmar
29. Derna (probably)
30. El kahira
31. Elena r
32. Elmcrest
33. Emile miguet
34. Ethel (probably)
35. Everleigh
36. Evertsen
37. Fleur de lys
38. Fluent
39. General jackson
40. Georgios kyriakides
41. Goathland
42. Halsewell
43. Hartburn (probably)
44. Hartley (possibly)
45. Hms arfon
46. Hms fame
47. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
48. Hms john mitchell
49. Hms warrior ii
50. Hms waterlily
51. Hmsm a3
52. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
53. Iolanthe
54. Iona
55. Janna
56. Kafiristan
57. Kyarra
58. Lady of avenel
59. Lcvp 120
60. Leny (possibly)
61. License to kill (possibly)
62. Lil boat
63. Lochavon
64. Louisiane
65. Magog
66. Mallard (possibly)
67. Mayflower
68. Messina
69. Michelle
70. Midland queen
71. Miefield
72. Milo
73. Nailsea lass
74. Navasota
75. Neree (possibly)
76. Neree (possibly)
77. Neree (probably)
78. Nestlea
79. Nidarholm
80. Normandy
81. Orne (possibly)
82. Pescalanza
83. Piedras
84. Pitchipoy (possibly)
85. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
86. Rapana
87. Rowella
88. San fernando
89. Saratoga
90. Seahawk
91. Security (possibly)
92. Sheer grace
93. Snowdrop
94. Southampton
95. Spiral (possibly)
96. Start
97. Surdelo
98. Tamele
99. Tiiu
100. Togimo
101. Trafalgar (possibly)
102. Vera (probably)
103. Waitara
104. Woodbury

 

Name: ARFON

Year of registration: 2014

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter

Known since: 2014, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2014/000184501 5.9.14 WK LOCATED IN 5032.566N, 0203.569W [WGD] BY DIVING COMPANY. GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. ?S TRAWLER MINED DURING WW1.(M JONES, TELECON 2.9.14). INS AS NDW. 8.1.16 CONFIRMED WK "ARFON" IN 5032.581N, 0203.559W [WGD]. (E-MAIL HISTORIC ENGLAND, DTD 1.8.16. DORSET BASED DIVERS FOUND ARFON). MOVE TO REVISED POSN. 2.8.16 CONVERSATION WITH MARTIN JONES (2.8.16) DORSET DIVER WHO FOUND WK OF THE ARFON, VERY CONCERNED THAT CINC HAS NOT BE PLACED ON WK. MR JONES HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ALISON JAMES (HISTORIC ENGLAND) REFERENCE A PROTECTION ORDER. AWAITING PHONE CALL FROM HISTORIC ENGLAND. 18.8.16 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT; SI 2016 NUMBER 841, CAME INTO EFFECT 17.8.2016. 50MTR RESTRICTED ZONE AROUND WK. (E-MAIL DOMINIC MARTIN, CENTRAL DESIGNATION COORDINATOR, HISTORIC ENGLAND; REF NUMBER 1432590). NM 4893/16. NM 5036/16.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: 50m Restricted Area.

Position: 50 32.581 N,2 3.559 W

 

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