This is the information page about the shipwreck Argo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 17.901 N,0 36.461 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)

 

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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. Amelie-mathilde
2. Anonity
3. Arduity
4. Argo
5. B o borjesson
6. Bogatyr
7. Capitaine edmond laborie
8. Clavis
9. Deodata
10. Dusty miller
11. Egret
12. Fair maid
13. Fane
14. Fermain (possibly)
15. Fittonia (possibly)
16. Flashlight (probably)
17. Fowberry tower (part)
18. Freidig (possibly)
19. Fryken
20. Heimland
21. Hms cape spartel (probably)
22. Hms corfield
23. Hms pintail
24. Hms princess victoria
25. Hms strathborve (part)
26. Hms susarion
27. Ightham (possibly)
28. Katina bulgari
29. Konstantinos hadjipateras
30. Kyma
31. Lady marieke
32. Lancaster (possibly)
33. Laurium (possibly)
34. Lct(4) 1029
35. Lindy sue
36. London
37. Lottie (possibly)
38. Marie dawn
39. Matanuska (probably)
40. Mirabel
41. Myndroom
42. Onesta
43. Petroswift
44. Polzella (possibly)
45. Ravonia (part)
46. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
47. Rayford
48. Rhuys
49. Rivergate
50. Rosebud (possibly)
51. Royal scott
52. Schieland (possibly)
53. Shepherd lad
54. Strumpet
55. Stylianos chandris
56. Sverre (possibly)
57. Thessaly
58. Trignac (possibly)
59. Tunis
60. Victoria
61. William balls (probably)

 

Name: ARGO

Length 71.6 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 103.6, tonnage 1261 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1883 by martens, olsen & co, bergen. owned at time of loss by h m wrangell & co. two boilers, compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage hull for rouen. cargo coal. mined.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 38 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H882/17 SUNK IN 531754N, 003636E. MAST SHOWS ABOUT 15FT ABOVE HW. - FNM 306/17. H3849/18 26.8.18 NOT FOUND. GEN DEPTH 11FMS. NOT DANGEROUS. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). INS AS NDW IN 531754N, 003636E. BR STD. 10.4.24 AMEND TO DW. NE 1190. H0129/39 28.11.49 WK EXAM'D IN 531745N, 003636E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 30, FOUL AT 31FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 64FT [MLWS]. PRESUMED TO BE ARGO. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1.11.49). AMEND TO WK 5FMS WITH G CON LTBY, GP FL(3)G 10SEC, CLOSE E.

- NM 2434/49. H0129/39 23.7.50 EXAM'D AFTER DISPERSAL. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 45FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62 IN GEN DEPTH 66FT IN 531754N, 003636E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 19.7.50). AMEND TO WK 7.5FMS. DELETE BUOY. (TH).

- NM 1446/50. H332 1.2.63 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). NCA. 26.11.74 AMEND TO WK 13.4MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH090/593/01 7.1.94 EXAM'D 4.7.93 IN 531753.4N, 003634.5E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.2, FOUL AT 16.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.2 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 19.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.4MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, BREADTH 30MTRS. BROKEN WK LYING 025/205 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. SEP 2020/0000180469 5.8.20 EXAM'D 27.2.20 IN 5317.901N, 0036.461E [WGD]. LEAST WC DEPTH 16.09 MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 19 MTRS, LENGTH 53.3 MTRS, WIDTH 18.7 MTRS, HEIGHT 3.3 MTRS, ORIENTATION 038 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 53 MTRS, WIDTH 27 MTRS, HEIGHT 0.4 MTRS, ORIENTATION 048 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1675). AMEND DW 16 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN WK

Position: 53 17.901 N,0 36.461 E

 

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