This is the information page about the shipwreck Beaumanoir (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 29.269 N,0 29.399 W (54.4542667, -0.3978333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: BEAUMANOIR (PROBABLY)
Length 88.4 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2477 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1920 by murdoch & murray ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by chargeurs de l'ouest. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 263hp, single shaft. machinery by j g kincaid & co ltd, greenock. passage blyth for london. cargo coal. bombed by german aircraft but remained afloat in damaged condition. taken in tow, bombed again and sank.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 137 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 20161213
Details measurements/cartography: H02109/41 15.9.41 SUNK IN 542830N, 002900W, APPROX. (NO AUTHORITY STATED). INS AS NDWPA.
- NM 2097/41. 5.8.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 542842N, 002924W. (CAPTAIN TINDALE). 28.8.73 AMENDED TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 129. H4069/72 3.12.75 NOT LOCATED DURING SURVEY. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). DELETED. BR STD. H6331/87 25.1.89 EXAM'D 8.7.88 IN 542916N, 002918W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. WELL DECAYED AND WITH A HIGH POINT AMIDSHPS. A SEPARATE PIECE OF DEBRIS LIES ABOUT 90MTRS NW OF MAIN WRECKAGE. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). INS AS WK 43MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/10 24.11.95 LARGE WRECK SAT ON AN EVEN KEEL. TWO LARGE SINGLE BOILERS WITH SIX FURNACES AT MIDSHIPS, WITH THE REMAINS OF THE BRIDGE JUST FWD OF THE BOILERS. BRIDGE AREA IS EASY TO SEE AS THE ROOM DIVISIONS ARE STILL VISIBLE. NUMEROUS ARTEFACTS STREWN AROUND. TWO FLATTENED HOLDS FWD. BOW SECTIONS CONFUSED, DEFINED ONLY BY THE SIGHT OF A LARGE ANCHOR. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, PARTLY DECKED OVER, ON THE PORT SIDE WITH CATWALKS VISIBLE ON THE STBD SIDE. TWO HOLDS AFT WITH CONFUSED STERN. SHIP'S LOGS (WALKER'S PATENT) LOCATED IN THE BRIDGE AREA. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). SEP 2017/000002822 24.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5429.269N, 0029.399W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 19.2MTRS, HT 5.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 137/317 DEGS. WK WELL BROKEN UP, BOILERS MIDSHIPS. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 29.269 N,0 29.399 W