Wreck: Australbush (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Australbush (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.13 N,4 5.249 W (50.202167, -4.087483)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: AUSTRALBUSH (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 202 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H4267/70 20.8.70 WRECK FOUND IN 29FMS IN 501218N, 040506W [OGB] USING DECCA. POSSIBLY 'AUSTRALBUSH', KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'COAL BOAT'. (D T B CALKIN, 18.8.70). CHART AS NDW. NC 1613. H4267/70 7.12.70 WK REPD IN 501215N, 040510W [OGB] USING DECCA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). OBVIOUSLY SAME WRECK AS IN 501218N, 040506W ABOVE. NCA. H3950/70 11.5.71 WK IN 501211N, 040508W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 47.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 56.0MTRS, ABOUT 350FT LONG. LYING 020/200DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HN 1/71, 15.4.71). NC 1267. H1280/76/31 26.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 501217N, 040511W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.7). NCA. H1946/80 24.8.81 EXAM'D 26.3.81 IN 501212N, 040515W USING HIFIX 6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9MTRS. LYING 010/190DEGS. ABOUT 120MTRS LONG. (HMS FOX, HI 16). CHART AS WK 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. H5982/82 8.4.83 WK SHOWN IN 501255N, 040454W [OGB], USING DECCA, ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)4 [1982 EDN]. NCA. SEP 2021/000052671 7.10.20 EXAM’D 2020; IN 5012.130N, 0405.249W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 49.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. LENGTH 119MTRS, WIDTH 25.9MTRS, HT 6.31MTRS. ORIENTATION 202/022 DEGS. UPRIGHT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1679 - H525-17594). AMEND NDW 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'COAL BOAT'
Position: 50 12.13 N,4 5.249 W
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