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 (53.574133333333, 0.78151666666667)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Anonity
4. Arduity
5. Argo
6. Audacity
7. B o borjesson
8. Bogatyr
9. Box hill
10. Capitaine edmond laborie
11. Clavis
12. Dalemoor
13. Deodata
14. Dromore castle
15. Dusty miller
16. Egret
17. Fair maid
18. Fane
19. Fermain (possibly)
20. Fittonia (possibly)
21. Flashlight (probably)
22. Fowberry tower (part)
23. Fowberry tower (part)
24. Freidig (possibly)
25. Fryken
26. Heimland
27. Hms cape spartel (probably)
28. Hms corfield
29. Hms cortina
30. Hms dervish
31. Hms lormont
32. Hms pintail
33. Hms princess victoria
34. Hms strathborve (part)
35. Hms susarion
36. Ightham (possibly)
37. Katina bulgari
38. Konstantinos hadjipateras
39. Kyma
40. Lady marieke
41. Lancaster (possibly)
42. Laurium (possibly)
43. Lavinia westholl (possibly)
44. Lct(4) 1029
45. Lindy sue
46. London
47. Lottie (possibly)
48. Marie dawn
49. Matanuska (probably)
50. Mirabel
51. Myndroom
52. Onesta
53. Petroswift
54. Polzella (possibly)
55. Ravonia (part)
56. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
57. Rayford
58. Rhuys
59. Rivergate
60. Rosebud (possibly)
61. Royal scott
62. Schieland (possibly)
63. Shepherd lad
64. Strumpet
65. Stylianos chandris
66. Sverre (possibly)
67. Thessaly
68. Trignac (possibly)
69. Tunis
70. Victoria
71. 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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