This is the information page about the shipwreck Berwyn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.214 N,3 14.279 W (53.536900, -3.237983)

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: BERWYN

Length 59.4 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 696 ton

Cause: ex-margit reuter, ex-sylvia, ex-jill, ex-mabelstan. built in 1949 by norrkoping varg & verks, norrkoping, sweden. owned at time of loss by effluent services ltd, cheshire. passage liverpool for liverpool bay. reported to have struck underwater obstn near the channel, developed a leak and a severe list, later sank.

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: 16.2.73 16.2.73 DW IN 533210N, 031410W, OR 006DEGS, 3900FT FROM Q4 BOAT BN IN GEN DEPTH 19FT. MARKED BY WK LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.6S LAID 1C W. (RNW/WKS/PORT OF LIVERPOOL OPS TELECONS). H1184/67 26.2.73 H1184/67 26.2.73 DW IN 533212N, 031412W, MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.6S 1C W. (MDHB NM 4/73). LIKELY TO BE SALVED. (LLOYDS 211).

- NM 538/73. 11.4.73 11.4.73 LYING ON HER SIDE IN DIRN 010/190DEGS. POSN 533212N, 031412W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 28.2.74 28.2.74 SHOWN AS DW IN 533210N, 031412W, WITH BUOY 1C W BY N FROM WK ON SURVEY K3500/9. NC 1951. H1270/74 26.6.74 H1270/74 26.6.74 SALVAGE OPS USING EXPLOSIVES. 6 UNLIT CONL MOORING BUOYS LAID 500FT RADIUS ROUND WK FROM 28.6.74. (MD & HC NM 11/74).

- NM 1286T/74. H5282/71 21.5.75 H5282/71 21.5.75 SWEPT CLEAR AT 3FMS (5.6MTRS) IN 533212N, 031412W. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (MDHB NM 7/75).

- NM 1103/75.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 32.214 N,3 14.279 W

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