This is the information page about the shipwreck Baygitano, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 41.784 N,2 56.064 W (50.46995, -3.0108833333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Avalanche
4. Bamse (probably)
5. Baygitano
6. Berar
7. Boma
8. Borgund i (possibly)
9. Broomhill (probably)
10. Chateau yqem
11. City of swansea (probably)
12. Gibel-hamam
13. Gorizia
14. Grane
15. Greleen
16. Heroine (probably)
17. Hms boadicea
18. Hms buccaneer
19. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
20. Hms harstad
21. Hms hickory
22. Hms landrail (probably)
23. Hms lord hailsham
24. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
25. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
26. Hms remindo (possibly)
27. Hmsm sidon
28. L h carl
29. Lct 381
30. Lst 507 (bow section)
31. Lst 507 (stern section)
32. Lst 531
33. Lucinda (possibly)
34. Marguerite (possibly)
35. Martha
36. Minerva (probably)
37. Modavia
38. Moidart
39. Nil desperandum (probably)
40. Nyasaland
41. Pomeranian
42. Radaas (probably)
43. Salsette ii
44. Scaldis
45. Sparkling foam (possibly)
46. St dunstan
47. Tracy
48. Ull (probably)
49. Ursa (probably)

 

Name: BAYGITANO

Length 100.9 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 3075 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1905 by j redhead & sons, south shields. torpedoed & sunk by uc-77 1.5m sw of lyme regis. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: 18.3.18 SUNK IN 504130N, 025600W. (IDSA MASTER, DOCKET M14413). 18.3.18 SUNK IN POSN LYME REGIS BEARING NE 1.5M. (IDSA 2ND OFFICER). H1647/18 6.4.18 WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 504146N, 025559W. NM 467/18. H6900/19 9.9.19 MARKED BY G CAN BUOY POSN 100YDS S OF WRECK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H8831/19 18.11.19 WK DEPTH 42FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH LETTER). AMENDED TO WK 7FMS. BR STD. 16.4.53 WRECK VERY MUCH DISINTIGRATED AND WELL KNOWN LOCALLY FOR FISHING. (HMS SCOTT, [E9419]). H3971/52 8.10.52 EXAM'D 16.7.52 IN 504146N, 025601W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 39FT FOUL 40FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44FT IN GEN DEPTH 56FT. SEABED ROCK. WK EXTENDS IN A N/S DIRECTION FOR ABOUT 300FT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BOTTOM ROCK CONTACTS IN THE VICINITY. VERY POOR SONAR CONTACT. MUCH DISINTEGRATED & WELL KNOWN LOCALLY FOR FISHING. (HMS SCOTT, 14.12.52). AMEND WK 6FMS 3FT. BR STD. 15.3.67 REPORTED TO BE VERY BROKEN UP. (SUB AQUA DIVERS, BSAC & REPORT IN UNDERWATER WORLD MAG). NCA. H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 11.5MTRS. NC 3315. H2923/83 4.1.85 EXAM'D 6.7.84 IN 504145N, 025559W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.8, FOUL AT 13.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.0 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LYING 150/330DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 12.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 27.11.06 LIES FLAT TO SEABED, PILE OF PLATES. BOILERS AND ENGINE ARE HIGHEST POINTS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, NOV 2006). NCA. 7.10.10 EXAM'D 28.6.10 IN 5041.784N, 0256.064W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.05 IN GEN DEPTH 17.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 112MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. WELL BROKEN, BOILERS/ENGINE ARE PROMINENT FEATURES. (NETSURVEY, HI 1343). RETAIN SW 12.8MTRS. NCA. 11.12.14 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND WK 13MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, BOWS SE, BOILERS/ENGINE HIGHEST POINTS

Position: 50 41.784 N,2 56.064 W

 

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