This is the information page about the shipwreck Avon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.735 N,3 9.955 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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.
Name: AVON
Length 58.5 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 572 ton
Load: clay products
Cause: built of iron in 1865 by barclay, curle & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by avon ss co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 120nhp, single shaft. passage fowey for liverpool. sunk on taylors bank about 260yds ne of c1 black can buoy after being in collision with ss pacuare. later dispersed. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1909
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 111 cm
Known since: 1909, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB. DEPTH 31FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN AS WK 5FMS 1FT ON BA 1951. 1.4.74 AMEND TO WK 8.8MTRS. NC 1951. 25.3.75 SHOWN AS WK 9.0MTRS [LAT] IN 533143N, 030953W [OGB] ON K3500/KF NO 10. NC 1951. HH091/124/01 10.5.06 EXAM'D IN 5331.7359N, 0309.9546W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.31 IN GEN DEPTH 13.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HT 4.59MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. NO DEBRIS. WK IS WELL BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1124). AMEND WK 9.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2009/000030026 29.4.09 SHOWN AS WK 9.8MTRS ON MDH SURVEY ASKEW SPIT DTD 30.3.09. BR STD. 12.1.10 REVERT TO WK 9.3MTRS. (R CAVILL, HRT 1A, 11.1.10). SEP 2020/000222576 2.10.20 EXAM'D BY BDC IN 5331.735N, 0309.955W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13.6MTRS. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 34MTRS, HT 3.9MTRS. NFS. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY SURVEY, 2020) NFA. SEP 2021/000126176 11.5.21 EXAM’D BY BDC; IN 5331.735N, 0309.955W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.51MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS, LENGTH 52.1MTRS, WIDTH 14.7MTRS, HT 2.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 113/293 DEGS. NFS. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY SURVEY, 2021). NFA. SEP2021/000271668 24.11.21 EXAM'D BY BDC 6.9.21 IN 5331.735N, 0309.955W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.52MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS, LENGTH 52.0MTRS, WIDTH 12.4MTRS, HT 4.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 111/291 DEGS. NFS. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY DTD 6.9.21, BDC H525.2 FEATURE REPORT). RETAIN AS CHARTED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP
Position: 53 31.735 N,3 9.955 W