This is the information page about the shipwreck Azira, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 48.399 N,1 9.715 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. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
26. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
27. Eagle iii
28. Elemore
29. Empire bay
30. Eston
31. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
32. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
33. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
34. Eventide
35. Fawn (probably)
36. Fenella
37. Ferryhill
38. Fervent
39. Firelight (possibly)
40. Gateshead (possibly)
41. General havelock
42. Gran
43. Grit
44. H a brightman
45. H c flood (possibly)
46. H c flood (probably)
47. Harraton
48. Hartley
49. Harvest
50. Hawkwood
51. Hebble (probably)
52. Heckler
53. Hekla (possibly)
54. Helvetia (possibly)
55. Hendrika
56. Hercules
57. Hmms 180
58. Hms ben ardna (probably)
59. Hms elise
60. Hms ethel taylor
61. Hms euston
62. Hms fairplay 2
63. Hms james ludford
64. Hms loch naver
65. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
66. Hms ruthin castle
67. Hms snaefell (probably)
68. Hms southsea
69. Hms star of devoran
70. Hms summer rose
71. Hms william hallet (possibly)
72. Hms witherington
73. Hogarth
74. Humber
75. Ida duncan
76. Ilios (possibly)
77. Ilious
78. Intent
79. Inverlane (part of)
80. Inverlane (stern section)
81. Jenny m (possibly)
82. John m smart (possibly).
83. John miles
84. Jolly girls
85. Jolly girls (possibly)
86. Jonkoping i (possibly)
87. Kalua
88. Kamma
89. Kasko
90. Kilkis (possibly)
91. King james (possibly)
92. La basiase (la bastaise)
93. Linden (probably)
94. Llwyngwair (possibly)
95. Loch-na-gar (probably)
96. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
97. Longbird
98. Lucida
99. Lyng
100. Maggie mcleman ii
101. Maindy bridge (possibly)
102. Marcheller (possibly)
103. Margaret sutton
104. Marne (part of)(possibly)
105. Mars
106. Mayoress pelican
107. Mile end (possibly)
108. Montauban
109. Narcissus (possibly)
110. Nordheim (possibly)
111. Nyula
112. Ocean
113. Orion (probably)
114. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
115. Ottoland (possibly)
116. Pathfinder
117. Patria
118. Pitwines (probably)
119. Polleon (possibly)
120. Poltava (possibly)
121. Povena
122. Presto (possibly)
123. Presto (possibly)
124. Protector (possibly)
125. Providence
126. Prunelle
127. Quillota
128. Ragni (probably)
129. Ravensbourne (possibly)
130. Ravnanger (probably)
131. Renen
132. Rfa creosol
133. Richard de larrinaga
134. Rio colorado
135. Rising sun (part of)
136. Rising sun (part of)
137. Rosa (possibly)
138. Rosella (probably)
139. Rotha
140. S t wallsend
141. Saga (possibly)
142. Sargasso (possibly)
143. Scott miller
144. Snowdrop (possibly)
145. Spray
146. Stag 5 (probably)
147. Staithes (possibly)
148. Stangate
149. Stora-korsnas-link i
150. Strinheim
151. Suavity
152. Sunniva (possibly)
153. Swiftly
154. Talisman (possibly)
155. Tatiana (possibly)
156. Teal (probably)
157. Teesdale (possibly)
158. Thames (probably)
159. The stewarts court (probably)
160. Triumph
161. Uc 32 (probably)
162. Vestra
163. Vianna (possibly)
164. Vianna (probably)
165. Victory
166. Wayside flower
167. Winga
168. Winga (possibly)
169. X.l.
170. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: AZIRA

Length 70.4 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1144 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1907 by trondhjems mek vaerks, trondheim. owned at time of loss by pelton ss co, newcastle-upon-tyne. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 106nhp, single shaft. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for cherbourg. torpedoed by ub 22. all crew recovered.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 4 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H3752/26 11.6.26 H3752/26 11.6.26 NDW PA (1917) CHARTED IN 544800N, 010900W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2433/71 21.4.71 H2433/71 21.4.71 POOR SONAR CONTACT IN 544800N, 010900W. (ISS, ROS DTD 31.12.70). 18.5.73 18.5.73 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 20MTRS. NC 2567. H6330/87 4.11.88 H6330/87 4.11.88 WK EXAM'D 6.8.88 IN 544823.5N, 010937W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 29.7, FOUL 30.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.2 IN GEN DEPTH 37.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.2MTRS. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 004/184 DEGS. BROKEN UP. APPARENTLY HAS HIGH POINTS AT EITHER END. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). CHART AS SW 29.5MTRS.

- NM 3636/88. HH100/351/08 11.3.94 HH100/351/08 11.3.94 DIVED IN 7.1993 IN 544818N, 010942W [?OGB] USING GPS. LIES WITH BOWS N ON STBD SIDE AND STANDING 4MTRS HIGH. BOILERS STAND 3 TO 4MTRS AND STERN SECTION, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT, IS ABOUT 6MTRS HIGH AND LYING ON PORT SIDE. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (K A LAWRENCE). 11.3.99 11.3.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HH100/351/15 28.10.99 HH100/351/15 28.10.99 LIES IN 5448.4N, 0109.9W. HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED IN ON ITSELF. BOW SECTION QUITE INTACT. STANDS 4-5MTRS HIGH. SEABED ROCK. (R YOUNG, LTR DTD 26.10.99).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, BOWS N. BROKEN UP

Position: 54 48.399 N,1 9.715 W

 

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