Wreck: Bessemer city (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Bessemer city (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.924 N,5 31.828 W (50.215400, -5.530467)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BESSEMER CITY (PROBABLY)
Length 134.6 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 5686 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,timber,foodstuffs: solid,metal: concentrate and products
Cause: built in 1920 by chickasaw shipbuilding company, chickasaw. passage new westminster for london via liverpool. wrecked in brea cove where she broke in two. (ll & sibi).
Year of registration: 1970
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter
Known since: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: 12.5.70 12.5.70 LATEST REPORTS STATE THAT THE WRECK LIES IN SHALLOW WATER ABOUT 150FT FROM THE BASE OF THE TREVALGAN CLIFF. (LL). H1282/77/116 4.5.77 H1282/77/116 4.5.77 REPD LOST OFF CLODGY/TREVALGAN NR ST IVES. (P R JONES, 25.2.77). 14.12.09 14.12.09 DIVED 1.5.05 IN 5012.924N, 0531.828W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH BY E/S IN GEN DEPTH 3-12MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. NOT DISCERNABLE WITH E/S DUE TO AREAS OF REEF. VERY MUCH BROKEN AND SCATTERED OVER A VERY LARGE AREA. PLATES, GIRDERS, BOLLARDS ETC LIE AMONGT AREAS OF REEF AND UNDER SAND. QUOTED POSN IS FOR THE TWO BOILERS. ENGINE AND DRIVE SHAFT WITHOUT PROP SEEN. HIGHEST POINT IS TOP OF ENGINE BUT NO PART STANDS HIGHER THAN ADJACENT ROCKS. ZINC INGOT (35 X 22 7CM) RECOVERED WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THIS IS BESSEMER CITY. (G J LOCKETT, REPORT DTD 5.12.09). PLOTS ON SHORE DANGER LINE ON BA 1168 [PLAN: ST IVES BAY]. FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF SCATTERED WRECKAGE
Position: 50 12.924 N,5 31.828 W
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