This is the information page about the shipwreck Aurora, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 44.924 N,1 7.865 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Atlas (possibly)
4. Atwing (possibly)
5. Aurora
6. Azira
7. Balzac
8. Blairhall
9. Blue dawn
10. Braconash (possibly)
11. British officer (after part)
12. Burnhope (part of)
13. Cairnglen
14. Carlo
15. Carmarthen coast
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
19. Clare (possibly)
20. Clavering (part of)
21. Corsham
22. Cranford (possibly)
23. Denham (probably)
24. Dimitris
25. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
26. Eagle iii
27. Elemore
28. Empire bay
29. Eston
30. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
31. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
32. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
33. Eventide
34. Fawn (probably)
35. Fenella
36. Fervent
37. Firelight (possibly)
38. Gateshead (possibly)
39. General havelock
40. Gran
41. Grit
42. H a brightman
43. H c flood (possibly)
44. H c flood (probably)
45. Harraton
46. Hartley
47. Harvest
48. Hawkwood
49. Hebble (probably)
50. Heckler
51. Hekla (possibly)
52. Helene
53. Helvetia (possibly)
54. Hendrika
55. Hercules
56. Hmms 180
57. Hms ben ardna (probably)
58. Hms ethel taylor
59. Hms euston
60. Hms fairplay 2
61. Hms james ludford
62. Hms loch naver
63. Hms ruthin castle
64. Hms snaefell (probably)
65. Hms southsea
66. Hms star of devoran
67. Hms summer rose
68. Hms witherington
69. Hogarth
70. Humber
71. Ida duncan
72. Ilios (possibly)
73. Ilious
74. Intent
75. Inverlane (part of)
76. Inverlane (stern section)
77. Jenny m (possibly)
78. John m smart (possibly).
79. John miles
80. Jolly girls
81. Jolly girls (possibly)
82. Jonkoping i (possibly)
83. Jytte (possibly)
84. Kalua
85. Kasko
86. Kilkis (possibly)
87. King james (possibly)
88. La basiase (la bastaise)
89. Linden (probably)
90. Llwyngwair (possibly)
91. Loch-na-gar (probably)
92. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
93. Lucida
94. Lyng
95. Maggie mcleman ii
96. Maindy bridge (possibly)
97. Marcheller (possibly)
98. Margaret sutton
99. Marne (part of)(possibly)
100. Mayoress pelican
101. Mile end (possibly)
102. Montauban
103. Narcissus (possibly)
104. Nordheim (possibly)
105. Nyula
106. Ocean
107. Orion (probably)
108. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
109. Ottoland (possibly)
110. Pathfinder
111. Patria
112. Pitwines (probably)
113. Polleon (possibly)
114. Poltava (possibly)
115. Povena
116. Presto (possibly)
117. Presto (possibly)
118. Protector (possibly)
119. Providence
120. Quillota
121. Ragni (probably)
122. Ravensbourne (possibly)
123. Ravnanger (probably)
124. Renen
125. Rfa creosol
126. Richard de larrinaga
127. Rio colorado
128. Rising sun (part of)
129. Rising sun (part of)
130. Rosa (possibly)
131. Rosella (probably)
132. Rotha
133. S t wallsend
134. Saga (possibly)
135. Sargasso (possibly)
136. Scott miller
137. Snowdrop (possibly)
138. Stag 5 (probably)
139. Staithes (possibly)
140. Stangate
141. Stora-korsnas-link i
142. Strinheim
143. Suavity
144. Sunniva (possibly)
145. Swiftly
146. Talisman (possibly)
147. Tatiana (possibly)
148. Teal (probably)
149. Teesdale (possibly)
150. Thames (probably)
151. The stewarts court (probably)
152. Uc 32 (probably)
153. Vestra
154. Vianna (possibly)
155. Vianna (probably)
156. Victory
157. Wayside flower
158. Winga
159. Winga (possibly)
160. X.l.
161. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: AURORA

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11 meter, tonnage 1717 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products,coal

Cause: built of iron in 1883 by raylton & dixon & co, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by ebdy, backlin & co, west hartelpool. compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage hartelpool for savannah. foundered after striking rocks while outbound. (r young).

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1967, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H460/67 29.3.67 H460/67 29.3.67 WK LOCATED IN 544452N, 010743W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 73FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 105 IN GEN DEPTH 121FT. SCOUR DEPTH 123FT. (HMS ECHO, HI 42/66). INS AS WK 17FMS. BR STD. H2189/71 1.8.72 H2189/71 1.8.72 POSN 544452N, 010743W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.2 IN GEN DEPTH 36.8MTRS. (HMS EGERIA). NCA. 15.5.73 15.5.73 AMEND TO WK 28MTRS. NC 2567. H460/67 24.12.76 H460/67 24.12.76 AMEND TO SW 22MTRS (12FMS).

- NM 71/77. H1921/77 27.4.77 H1921/77 27.4.77 WK EXAM'D 10.3.77 IN 544456N, 010747W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.0 IN GEN DEPTH 34 TO 35MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEG, APPARENTLY BROKEN UP OR PARTIALLY BURIED. (HMS FOX, HI 46/77). AMEND TO WK 27MTRS.

- NM 1093/77. H6330/87 4.11.88 H6330/87 4.11.88 EXAM'D 26.8.88 IN 544455N, 010746W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [6 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 29.4, FOUL AT 29.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.4 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 36.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. SCATTERED WRECKAGE COVERING AREA 70 X 20MTRS WITH ORIENTATION 160/340 DEG. DISTINCTIVE SCOUR AT N END. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). AMEND TO SW 29.5MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 13.5.93 HH100/351/06 13.5.93 DIVED ON IN 544454.5N, 010752W [WGD] USING GPS. IDENTIFIED AS THE AURORA BY NAME ON BELL. SANK IN 1885. ENGINE AND BOILER LIE ON STBD SIDE. BOW AND STERN COLLAPSED. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW & STERN COLLAPSED, ENGINE & BOILER ON THEIR SIDES

Position: 54 44.924 N,1 7.865 W

 

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