This is the information page about the shipwreck Bellucia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 58.635 N,5 10.85 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Andola
4. Andromeda
5. Arab
6. Ardgarry
7. Arvor
8. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Ballarat
13. Bamse (probably)
14. Bay of panama
15. Beatrice (possibly)
16. Bellucia
17. Ben asdale
18. Ben rein
19. Besse (probably)
20. Bjornvik (possibly)
21. Brest
22. Bretonne (probably)
23. Cape finisterre (probably)
24. Carmarthen
25. Caroline
26. Caroni river
27. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
28. Carpo (possibly)
29. Centurion (possibly)
30. Cieszyn
31. Citrine
32. City of corinth (possibly)
33. City of ghent
34. Clan apline
35. Clan malcolm
36. Congener
37. Corvus
38. Cromdale
39. Cyrenian
40. Czar
41. Dispatch (possibly)
42. Epsilon
43. Erato
44. Eric calvert (possibly)
45. Eskdale
46. Eva (possibly)
47. Forde
48. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
49. Ganymede
50. Gap
51. Glendale
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hansy
56. Happy returns (possibly)
57. Hera
58. Hmml 380
59. Hms almond (after part)
60. Hms almond (bow part)
61. Hms anson
62. Hms brandlebas
63. Hms comet
64. Hms gloaming
65. Hms javelin (stern section)
66. Hms kurd
67. Hms lady of the isles
68. Hms primrose
69. Hms rinovia
70. Hms roche bonne
71. Hms torrent
72. Hms warspite
73. Hms warspite (part of)
74. Hmy sappho (possibly)
75. Hnlms brielle
76. Hockwold
77. Ilston
78. Jersey queen (possibly)
79. John
80. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
81. Juno
82. Karen marie
83. Kerris reed
84. Kilmaho
85. Krosfond
86. La suippe
87. Lady cory-wright
88. Lady dalhousie
89. Le vieux tigre
90. Leander
91. Leon martin (part of)
92. Libourne
93. Loe bar wk
94. Lord snowden (probably)
95. Lorle (probably)
96. Lucent (possibly)
97. Lydie
98. Merle
99. Mervyn (possibly)
100. Mina cantiquin
101. Mitera marigo
102. Mohegan
103. Mosel
104. N g petersen
105. Nanna (possibly)
106. Nile
107. Normand
108. Noya (possibly)
109. Nyassa
110. Ocklinge
111. Omer denise
112. Ospra
113. Pearl (possibly)
114. Penelope jane (possibly)
115. Pindos
116. Plantaganet
117. Poljames
118. Poljames
119. Ponthieu
120. Ponus
121. Port chalmers
122. Queen (possibly)
123. Reidar (possibly)
124. Robert
125. Rock island bridge
126. Royal anne galley
127. Sabre of newquay
128. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
129. Schiedam
130. Secil japan (bow section)
131. Secil japan (stern section)
132. Spital
133. Spyridion vagliano
134. St anthony (possibly)
135. Stanwood
136. Twilight water
137. U 1018
138. U 399
139. U 95
140. Ub 106 (possibly)
141. Ub 112 (possibly)
142. Ub 128 (possibly)
143. Ub 86 (possibly)
144. Ub 97 (possibly)
145. Uc 66
146. Ula
147. Veritas
148. Vigrid (possibly)
149. Violet
150. Volnay
151. War tune
152. Westwood (possibly)
153. Wyndcliffe
154. Yewcroft
155. Zebra
156. Zone (probably)

 

Name: BELLUCIA

Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4368 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built 1909 by d & w henderson, glasgow. owned at time of loss by bullucia ss co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 320 hnp, single shaft. passage montreal for london. torpedoed by ub-31 2m sse of the lizard. towed to shallows off cadgwith and sank with port side showing. much of cargo was recovered. 4 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 H2537/28 ATTACKED 2M SSE FROM THE LIZARD. (WW1SL). 7.9.70 7.9.70 REPORTED LOCATED IN 495839N, 051039W USING HSA. SALVAGE OPS TO BE CONDUCTED WITHIN NEXT 2-3 YEARS. BOILERS REMAIN. (R DAVIES, SAC DIVER, 26.8.70). CHART AS FOUL. BR STD. 15.9.93 15.9.93 POSN GIVEN AS 495848N, 051033W. (BSAC WK REGISTER NO.38(215)). NCA YET. 23.6.06 23.6.06 TOWED INTO SHALLOWS OFF CADGWITH AND SANK JUST INSIDE CRAGGAN ROCKS. LIES ON PORT SIDE. PURCHASED IN 1969 BY R LARN. BELL RECOVERED IN 1972. ENGINE, SHAFTING & ACCESSORIES RECOVERED BETWEEN WW1 & WW2 BY WESTERN MARINE SALVAGE CO, PENZANCE. BOTTOM PLATING & 2 BOILERS REMAIN ON SEABED, ONE OF BOILERS IS ON END. (SIBI) 23.6.06 23.6.06 LOCATED WITH CENTRE OF WK IN 4958.625N, 0510.846W [WGD] USING DGPS. ORIENTATION 168/348DEGS, WITH BOWS NNW. WK AND SCOUR COVER AREA 95MTRS LONG BY 36MTRS WIDE. BOILER, THE HIGHEST PART, STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS [LWS]. (JASON ROSEVEARE, TELECON 21.6.06). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 10.7.06 SEP 2006/000368318 10.7.06 RECORD REVIEWED. APPROX 12MTR CLEARANCE ABOVE THE WK WITH SHOALER WATER FURTHER OFFSHORE. INS NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 19.2.13 19.2.13 EXAM'D 19.8.13 IN 4958.635N, 0510.850W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4958.635N, 0510.850W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.1 IN GEN DEPTH 12.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 4.9MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SPREAD OVER A WIDE AREA BUT MOST OF BOTTOM AND BOILERS EVIDENT. (EGS, FOR CHANNEL COASTAL OBSERVATORY, HI 1404). AMEND WK 7.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, BOWS N, BOILERS HIGHEST PARTS

Position: 49 58.635 N,5 10.85 W

 

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