This is the information page about the shipwreck Baychattan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.427 N,3 42.169 W (50.190450, -3.702817)

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: BAYCHATTAN

Length 110.3 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 3758 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-kilchattan. built in 1906 by charles connel & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by the bay ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 382nhp, single shaft. machinery by dunsmuir & jackdon ltd, glasgow. passage le havre for cardiff. torpdeoed by uc-50. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 72 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: REPD LOST 0.5M SSW FROM PRAWLE POINT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHARTED AS DW PA (1917). NE 1613. H2502/51 24.4.51 H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 501124N, 034206W. DEPTH OVER WRECK 23FMS. HT ABOVE SEABED 41FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950, SURVEY [E8881]). BR STD. 24.11.70 24.11.70 DIVED IN 1970. REPD TO BE THAT OF THE 'BAYCHATTAN' & IS SITTING UPRIGHT IN 200FT OF WATER & IT IS ABOUT 150FT TO THE TOP OF THE DECK. AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT STATES THAT THE STERN IS MISSING. (G B THOMAS, BRISTOL SAC & WAR RISK OFFICE, TELECON 24.11.70). H2396/77 11.3.77 H2396/77 11.3.77 WK IN 501122N, 034206W USING DECCA. ABOUT 345FT LONG BY SONAR. LYING ABOUT WSW/ESE, BOWS ESE. NEARLY UPRIGHT. CLEARANCE BY E/S 126FT. REDUCED RISE ABOUT 45FT. SEABED GEN DEPTH 175FT. LITTLE SCOURING. THIS WAS THE OBJECT OF ONE SHORT EXPLORATORY DIVE. THE BOWS ARE BLUFF WITH A STRAIGHT STEM POST. THE FORE END IS NOT UNLIKE THE 'DROXFORD'. SOLID BULWARKS NOT GUARDRAILS. IN THIS AREA TIDAL STREAMS TURN SHARPLY & IF NOT EARLY, VERY PROMPTLY. RECKONED BY THE DIVER TO BE A FREIGHTER. SURVEY BY 'QUEEN MOTHER', JUNE 1975, USING SONAR AND E/S. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). CHART AS 34MTRS [21FMS]. BR STD. H1941/79 1.4.81 H1941/79 1.4.81 EXAM'D 12.11.80 IN 501124.6N, 034203.6W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 13MTRS. LYING ENE/WSW, APPARENTLY UPRIGHT BUT WITHOUT SUPERSTRUCTURE. (HMS FOX, HI 54A/79). BR STD. H1936/80 29.9.81 H1936/80 29.9.81 EXAM'D 26.2.81 IN 501123N, 034207W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. DCS3 HT 13MTRS. ABOUT 110MTRS LONG, LYING ENE/WSW, GIVING GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). BR STD. H5982/82 10.2.83 H5982/82 10.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 501118N, 034207W [OGB],USING DECCA, ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3 [1982 EDN]. NCA. 4.9.98 4.9.98 UPRIGHT BUT WITH NO SUPERSTRUCTURE. TORPEDO DAMAGE AT STERN CLEAR TO SEE. (DIVER MAGAZINE SEPT 1998). NCA. HH091/059/01 4.5.05 HH091/059/01 4.5.05 EXAM'D 18.7.04 IN 5011.427N, 0342.169W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.5 IN GEN DEPTH 53.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 104MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 7.3MTRS. LIES 072/252 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 072 DEGS. SEABED SAND WITH ROCK OUTCROPS CLOSE N. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 46MTRS. BR STD. 18.4.13 18.4.13 EXAM'D 5.1.13 IN 5011.427N, 0342.169W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.8 IN GEN DEPTH 53.3MTRS. SCOUR 0.9MTR DEEP AT WK. LENGTH 109MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 073/253 DEGS. INTACT. (EMU, HI 1374). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT BUT WITH NO SUPERSTRUCTURE, BOWS ENE

Position: 50 11.427 N,3 42.169 W

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