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 (49.977250, -5.180833)

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: 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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