This is the information page about the shipwreck Arnside (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.802 N,5 45.25 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: ARNSIDE (POSSIBLY)
Length 48.8 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 533 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products
Cause: built in 1912 by j crown & sons, sunderland. passage birkenhead to boston (lincs). cargo manure. single boiler, single screw, triple expansion of 110 nhp. crew of 11 lost. cause of loss unknown, but boat with three crew seen to be swamped. all lost. (shipwreck index of the british isles).
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1914, last detected: 1998
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/14 23.9.98 LOCATED IN 500342.5N, 054503W [?OGB] USING GPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 37MTRS. LENGTH APPROX 50MTRS. LIES E/W. INTACT, UPRIGHT. CENTRE PART WELL BURIED IN SAND TO TOP OF BULWARK, BOW AND STERN CLEAR. REMAINS OF SUPERSTRUCTURE LIE ASTERN. SEABED OF LIGHT SAND. ANCHOR ON BOW, SCREW ON PROP SHAFT. NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. (R. BAKER, 21.9.98). POSN AMENDED TO 500346N, 054511.5W [OGB] FOR PLOTTING TO AGREE WITH CHARTED DEPTHS. INS AS WK 33MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2009000029168 19.6.09 NM ACTION TO INS WK 33MTRS IN 5003.802N, 0545.250W [EUT].
- NM BLOCK 3483/09.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, CENTRE WELL BURIED, BOW & STERN CLEAR
Position: 50 3.802 N,5 45.25 W