This is the information page about the shipwreck Bengar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 20.866 N,2 55.031 W (53.490533333333, -3.1035666666667)
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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: BENGAR
Length 88.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2531 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: ex-verax. built in 1889 by e withy & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by the steam transport co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 219nhp, single shaft. passage huevla for garston. grounded about 10 am to the westward of the garston north dock entrance and as the tide fell she broke her back. later dispersed. (sibi).
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter
Known since: 1909
Details measurements/cartography: DISPERSED BY MDHB. DEPTH ON WK NOT RECORDED. SURROUNDING BANK 8FT ABOVE LBD. (LIVERPOOL WREC RECORDS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 20.866 N,2 55.031 W