This is the information page about the shipwreck Azalea, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.372 N,3 5.523 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.

 

1. Admiral nelson
2. Agnes
3. Albatross
4. Albert
5. Albert (part of)
6. Albert (part of)
7. Alcides
8. Alice
9. Alice davies
10. Anatolian
11. Angola
12. Angola (part of)(possibly)
13. Ann sumner
14. Ann widnal
15. Anne
16. Anne elizabeth
17. Ant
18. Architect
19. Armagh
20. Auchenarden
21. Auspicious
22. Avon
23. Avon
24. Azalea
25. Bactria
26. Bayswater (possibly)
27. Bengar
28. Berwyn
29. Bessie
30. Blairnevis
31. Boston
32. Boubolina
33. Bradda
34. Brazilian
35. Buenos ayres
36. Burbo tower (remains)
37. Burbo tower (remains)
38. Burbo tower (remains)
39. Burbo tower (remains)
40. Burgedin
41. Calderon
42. Cameronian
43. Carl august
44. Caroline
45. Carrie
46. Cascapedia
47. Castle queen
48. Catherine
49. Catherine
50. Chase
51. Christina shearer
52. Chrysopolis
53. City of st andrews
54. Colin russell
55. Collingwood
56. Colombus
57. Colorado
58. Concord
59. Coniston (probably)
60. Coral bank
61. Corbet
62. Cornish coast
63. Counsellor iii
64. Countess of devon
65. Croydon
66. Cumbrae
67. Denbigh coast
68. Denham
69. Ditton
70. Douglas
71. Douglas
72. Dunmail
73. Dunvegan castle
74. Ebeneezer
75. Ebenezer
76. Ebenezer
77. Edward finch
78. El oso
79. Elephant
80. Eliza bonstead
81. Elizabeth
82. Elizabeth dal
83. Elizabeth lathom
84. Ellan vannin
85. Ellen sarah
86. Ellen southwold
87. Emelie
88. Emmeline
89. Empress eugenie
90. Endymion
91. Eros
92. Ester ann
93. Esther
94. Eurymedon
95. Eversfield
96. Fairlie and jane
97. Fairy
98. Flamingo
99. Four brothers
100. Frolic
101. Gannochy
102. Geofredo (part of)
103. Geofredo (part of)
104. Geofredo (part of)
105. Germania
106. Gladstone
107. Gorsethorn
108. Grappler
109. Gratitude
110. Gwydir
111. Hannah
112. Hannah landles
113. Harmony
114. Hawkesbury
115. Hebe
116. Hebe (possibly)
117. Helen
118. Henry j smith
119. Herlief
120. Hero
121. Heron 2
122. Hms cochrane
123. Hopper f
124. Hopper number 6
125. Hvideorn
126. Ibis
127. Ida
128. Ida
129. India
130. Ionic star
131. Irene chalmers
132. J b kee
133. J c swindlehurst
134. J w t
135. James and grace gregory
136. Jerseymoor
137. Jessie
138. Jessie brown
139. John & ann
140. John bull
141. John pierce
142. John w elliot
143. Juno
144. Jura
145. Kelvindale
146. Lady irene of menai
147. Laura
148. Lelia
149. Letty
150. Lionel george
151. Little burbo beacon
152. Lizzie morton
153. Lochmonar (fwd part)
154. Lochranza castle
155. Lord delamere
156. Lord delamere (possibly)
157. Lylie
158. Major
159. Mancunium
160. Mantura
161. Margaret
162. Marion
163. Marn
164. Mary
165. Mary agnes
166. Mary ann
167. Mary ann
168. Mary jane
169. Mary kate
170. Mary olivia
171. Matador
172. Mayflower (part of)
173. Mersey
174. Mid jordan beacon
175. Miner
176. Mona 2 (possibly)
177. Murielle
178. My lady
179. Nautilus
180. Nazarine
181. Nelson
182. Neptune
183. Nestos
184. Nickolai
185. North jordan bn
186. Ocean home
187. Old england
188. Olive branch
189. Orizava (or urizaza)
190. Osctilia
191. Ousebridge
192. Outer east dolphin
193. Parker
194. Pegu (bow section)
195. Pegu (stern)
196. Penryn
197. Perseverance
198. Perseverance
199. Peru (probably)
200. Phoenician
201. Pigeon
202. Planet
203. Polly williams
204. Ponce
205. Primrose
206. Progress
207. Prudence
208. Queen
209. Queens tower
210. Rambler
211. Raoul et aurelie
212. Rescue
213. Ringsend
214. Rissa
215. Robert & elizabeth
216. Robert marsden
217. Robert seymour
218. Roelas
219. Rosebud
220. San toy
221. Sandmail
222. Sarah
223. Seaville (part of)
224. Seaville (part of)
225. Selina
226. Severn
227. Sir george grey
228. Skate ii (debris from)(probably)
229. Slasher
230. Smelter
231. Sons of the sea
232. Sparling
233. Speke (possibly)
234. Sportsman
235. Spurn
236. Star of hope
237. Sulairia
238. Sultan
239. Sunda
240. Superb
241. Susahana or susanah
242. Swan
243. Tacoma city (part of)
244. Tacoma city (southern part)
245. Talbot
246. Tancred
247. Tarbert
248. Telmo
249. The lady mostyn
250. Thomas
251. Thomas
252. Thomas davies
253. Thorn
254. Thornton
255. Tongue beacon
256. Trentham hall
257. Trial
258. Ullapool
259. Ulstermore
260. United states
261. Valeria
262. Vanguard
263. Vesta
264. Victory
265. Ville de llanes
266. W.m.j
267. Walter
268. Walter dean
269. Wasp
270. Weazel
271. William huskisson
272. William rawcliffe
273. Woodville
274. Zealandia

 

Name: AZALEA

Length 49.4 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 493 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built of iron in 1886 by sunderland shipbuilding co ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by a h reid, liverpool. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 80nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for exmouth. sank after collision with liverpool harbour board's hopper no 21. later dispersed. no lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1903

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1903, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 6.2.1904 DISPERSED BY MDHB BETWEEN 6.2.1904 AND 1.3.1904. DEPTH 19FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN ON 1951 AS WK 3FMS 1FT. 26.3.75 NOW WK 5.3MTRS [LAT] 533021N, 030529W [OGB]. (K3500/KF NO 10). NC 1951. HH091/124/01 8.5.06 EXAM'D 25.1.06 IN 5330.3716N, 0305.5232W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.23 IN GEN DEPTH 7.35MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 2.12MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. IN TWO DISTINCT PARTS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1124) AMEND WK 5.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2021/000126174 11.5.21 EXAM’D BY BDC; IN 5330.369N, 0305.524W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.94MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, ORIENTATION 079/259 DEGS. NFS. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY SURVEY, 2021). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO DISTINCT PARTS

Position: 53 30.372 N,3 5.523 W

 

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