Wreck: Beatrice (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Beatrice (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 59.241 N,4 57.256 W (49.987350, -4.954267)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BEATRICE (POSSIBLY)
Length 63.4 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 712 ton
Cause: built in 1890 by richardson duck & co. owned at time of loss by cleeve's western valleys anthracite collieries. passage penarth for honfleur. torpedoed. 11 lives lost. (ll ww1, ww1sl & dods).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 103 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 SUNK 10M E BY S FROM THE LIZARD. (BMVS). GIVES APPROX POSN 495336N, 045618W. NCA. 1.9.78 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 495336N, 045618W. NE 777. HH091/059/01 1.4.05 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND TO DEAD. NCA. SEP 2007/000050503 9.7.07 LOCATED 7-8.7.07 IN 4959.241N, 0457.235W [WGD] USING DGPS, AND DIVED. FOUND TO BE SMALL COASTER, LESS THAN 1000TONS, SINGLE MAIN BOILER WITH DONKEY BOILER, STERN ENGINE, 2 HOLDS CARRYING COAL. BOILER IS HIGHEST PART, STANDING 4MTRS. (G POUND, TELECON 9.7.07). POSSIBLY THE BEATRICE. INS AS WK 68MTRS.
- NM 3487/07. SEP 2014/000153151 22.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 4959.241N, 0457.256W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.51 IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 63MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 6.49MTRS. LIES 103/283 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, AFTER END MISSING, BOWS COLLAPSED. (MMT, HI 1455). NO DEBRIS. PROBABLY BOWS E. AMEND WK 66MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/000153151_1 5.11.14 LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. (BDC, HI 1455). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, AFT SECTION MISSING, BOW COLLAPSED
Position: 49 59.241 N,4 57.256 W
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