This is the information page about the shipwreck Beechpark, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 47.549 N,6 14.951 W (49.947816666667, -6.3925666666667)
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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: BEECHPARK
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 90 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2016
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 4 MILES SOUTH FROM ST MARY'S, SCILLY ISLES. (WW1SL). H2537/28 NOT CHARTED. H5051/70 13.1.71 CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 495023N, 061617W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1148. 21.4.78 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 60MTRS. NC 2565 & NE 1148. H2979/74 23.6.78 FF REPD. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES). NCA H3841/86 26.2.88 EXAM'D 29.9.87 IN 494732N, 061453W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 & TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 77.4 IN GEN DEPTH 90MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 91.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 125MTRS, APPROX. LYING NE/SW. GOOD MAGNETOMETER RESPONSE. (HMS FOX, HI 360). AMEND TO WK 77MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 837/88. SEP2016/000143596 16.11.2016 EXAM'D 05.06.16; IN 4947.549N, 0614.951W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 84.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 90MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HEIGHT 5.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 030/210 DEGS. SEVERELY DEGRADED WRECK OF A LARGE VESSEL. AMONGST THE REMAINS IT IS POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY A CYLINDRICAL SHAPED BOILER AND, ADJACENT TO THIS, WHAT MAY BE THE ENGINE. THE HULL HAS COLLAPSED ONTO THE SEABED. (MMT, HI 1470). AMEND WK 84MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 47.549 N,6 14.951 W