This is the information page about the shipwreck Beauport, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 27.453 N,2 31.544 W (49.457550, -2.525733)

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: BEAUPORT

Length 57.9 meter, tonnage 920 ton
Load: coal

Cause: wrecked on agenor rocks. pulled off rocks in june 1930 and anchored a short distance away, near white rock. sank at anchor during further salvage ops. was dispersed in september 1930. vessel, built 1920, was owned at time of loss by sea transport co. (wrecked on the channel islands by d couling).

Year of registration: 1930

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter

Known since: 1930, last detected: 1973

Details measurements/cartography: H1295/30 19.2.30 GROUNDED ON AGENOR ROCK IN THE MIDDLE OF LITTLE RUSSEL CHANNEL IN 492804N, 023035W. (GUERNSEY, 17.2.30). - TNM ACTION. H1295/30 3.2.30 BOAT PLACED WITH 2 GREEN LIGHTS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1295/30 10.3.30 BELL BUOY WITH FLG LIGHT PLACED 1C E OF WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1295/30 16.6.30 WK TO BE REMOVED OR SALVED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1295/30 5.7.30 WK REMOVED AND LT BUOY WITHDRAWN. (GUERNSEY, 2.7.30). H1295/30 5.8.30 MOVED SLIGHTLY CLOSER TO WHITE ROCK PIER. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1295/30 18.10.30 FOUND IMPRACTICABLE TO SALVE VESSEL AND SO IT HAS BEEN DESTROYED AND THE HEAVY PARTS MOVED TO DEEPER WATER. (GUERNSEY, 14.10.30). 13.8.45 EXISTENCE OF WKS: [1] STF OFF OUTFITTING PIER; [2] STF OFF E SIDE OF HEAD OF NEW PIER; [3] 2 STF IN OLD HARBOUR; [4] 2 STF IN ALBERT DOCK; [5] F OFF WHITE ROCK PIER; [6] WK, LEAST DEPTH 35FT, ABOUT 0.9C SE OF HEAD OF CASTLE BREAKWATER. (HMS GULNARE, COPY OF SURVEY WITH WRECK RECORDS). LC 3140 H6696/47 3.10.47 STF OFF E SIDE OF HEAD OF NEW PIER [2] NON-EXISTENT. (HMS ROCHESTER).

- NM 2647/47. H6167/49 21.11.49 REMAINS OF WK SS 'BEAUPORT' COVER AN AREA OF APPROX 200X60FT. THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS BEING 000/180DEGS. THE CENTRAL POINT BEARING 035DEGS, 150YDS FROM WHITE ROCK PIER LT. (HARBOUR OFFICE, GUERNSEY).

- NM 2390/49. H1263/64 2.6.64 NOTHING FOUND IN POSN OF FOUL 035DEGS, 150YDS FROM WHITE ROCK PIER. (SCES, 1964). BR STD. H3546/68 22.1.68 LEAST DEPTH NOW 5FMS 2FT [LAT]. NC 3140. H4647/68 2.8.68 REMAINS OF SS 'BEAUPORT', CLOSE E OF WHITE ROCK PIER, NOW CONSTITUTE A FOUL AREA ABOUT 450X350FT. THE IRREGULAR LIMIT SHOWN ON TRACING COVERS ALL THE SNAGS FOUND BY E/S. THESE ARE SMALL & SPARSELY SPREAD. ONE SMALL OBSTN, 2FT HIGH, LOCATED 016DEGS, 800FT FROM WHITE ROCK PIER LT MAY BE A LARGER PORTION OF THIS WK, BUT COULD WELL BE NOTHING MORE THAN AN OIL DRUM. [4] THE 2 SMALL WKS IN ALBERT DOCK, INSIDE ST. PETER PORT HARBOUR, HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REMOVED. [6] WK 35FT, ABOUT 0.9C SE OF CASTLE BREAKWATER LTHO, WAS DRIFT SWEPT ON 28.8.64. CLEAR AT 32FT, FOUL AT 33FT, LEAST E/S DEPTH 33FT. DIAGRAM ENCLOSED. DURING SWEEPING OPS IT WAS STRONGLY BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS IN FACT A STEEP ROCK OUTCROP & NOT A WK, IT IS SO SHOWN ON TRACING. NO OPPORTUNITY YET FOR DIVERS TO INSPECT. ITEMS [1] & [3] NO LONGER EXIST. (SCES, 3.1.68). CHART AS FA CENTRED ON 492730N, 023127W [EUR], WITH SWEPT ROCK 5FMS 2FT. - NC 3140. H1271/71 1.3.73 DEFINITELY THE 'BEAUPORT' FROM FINDINGS: BELL, NAME PLATES, ETC. WELL SCATTERED BY GROUND SEAS OVER 1.5M AFTER BEING BLOWN UP. (CHANNEL ISLANDS SALVAGE CO). 10.5.13 [WGD] POSN OF CENTRE: 4927.456N, 0231.536W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 27.453 N,2 31.544 W

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