This is the information page about the shipwreck Bear, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 55.361 N,2 7.602 W (55.683333333333, -18.4)

 

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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. Accra
2. Aikaterini
3. Alida gorthon
4. Ampleforth
5. Ardgour ii
6. Asta (probably)
7. Astra ii
8. Auriac (probably)
9. Ballochbuie (possibly)
10. Baron st jernblad
11. Baron stjernblad
12. Bear
13. Borgland
14. Boyne castle (possibly)
15. Calabria
16. Calafatis
17. Captain
18. Centaruo i
19. Conch
20. Dalblair
21. Dione ii
22. Diplomat
23. Efploia
24. Empire moose
25. Fanefjeld
26. Fellside
27. Gaslight (parts of)(possibly)
28. Gasray (part of)(possibly)
29. Glanmire
30. Gyda
31. Halland (probably)
32. Havilde
33. Hms pathfinder
34. Hms strathrannock
35. King robert
36. Loch lomond
37. Mandros
38. Martin goldschmidt
39. Nerissa
40. Odense
41. Olympier
42. Onoba
43. President
44. River garry
45. Rushpool
46. Sabbia
47. Scotia
48. Sea hunter
49. Sesostris
50. Shadwan
51. Shakespeare
52. Sitala
53. Thornlea
54. Tortuguero
55. U 1103
56. U 1194
57. U 2354
58. U 3514
59. U 532
60. U 714
61. Ulva (possibly)
62. Venus
63. Victor ross
64. Vinemoor
65. Vingaland

 

Name: BEAR

Length 53.1 meter, width: 7.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 593 ton
Load: animals (land & sea) and birds,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built in 1877 by sir raylton dixon & co, middlesbrough. onwed at time of loss by j watson & co. one boiler, compound inverted engine of 80hp, single shaft. passage middlesbrough for grangemouth. cargo cast iron. foundered following collision. (sibi).

Year of registration: 2001

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 136 cm

Known since: 2001, last detected: 20200409

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/915/01 15.1.02 EXAM'D 26.5.01 IN 5555.360N, 0207.596W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.6 IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 10MTRS TOWARDS 110 DEGS FROM THE STERN. LENGTH 53MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 131/313DEGS WITH BOWS 313 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 37MTRS TOWARDS 120 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 915). BR STD. HH100/351/19 28.4.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. CONFIRMED AS THE WK OF SS BEAR, SANK 1891. WK IS UPRIGHT AND PROTRUDING 6MTRS FROM THE SEABED. (R COVENTRY, EMAIL DTD 24.4.03). NCA. SEP 2021/000090526 1.4.21 EXAM'D 9.4.20 IN 5555.361N, 0207.602W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 63.61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS, LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 136/316 DEGS. WK INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND NDW 63MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 55 55.361 N,2 7.602 W

 

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