This is the information page about the shipwreck Bessie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 3.51 N,4 37.12 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abydos
2. Afton
3. Amber rose
4. Aurora
5. Bessie
6. Blue star
7. Briar
8. Cardea
9. Carmelite (possibly)
10. Cevic
11. Citrine
12. Clan macmaster
13. Conovium (probably)
14. Crois bhride
15. Crown
16. Darro
17. Don boscoe
18. Dundalk
19. Eileen
20. Elizabeth hyam
21. Ellen sheant
22. Fenella ann
23. Florence
24. G-azjy
25. Ginger
26. Glendun
27. Grinder
28. Hms racehorse
29. Jane brown
30. Lady louisa
31. Lily
32. Liverpool
33. Madge wildfire
34. Mary heeley
35. Mayfield
36. Melfort
37. Merisia
38. Mfv polaris
39. Moonlight
40. Noel du marin
41. Oona hall
42. Opal (possibly)
43. Our brighter dawn
44. Our lassie
45. Our queen
46. Passages
47. Pt1 or pt2
48. Rian
49. Ringwall
50. Robert dee
51. Saint mirren (possibly)
52. Skerries
53. Sy sol
54. Thracian
55. Tumi joy 2
56. Viking
57. Waltham (probably)
58. William hanbury

 

Name: BESSIE

Length 29 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 177 ton
Load: coal

Cause: vessel, built 1901, lost rudder during bad weather while on passage preston to douglas. abandoned & went aground on rocks opposite the watch tower on langness. owned at time of loss by j monks & co. ltd. (dictionary of shipwrecks off isle of man, a. corkill)

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 1 meter

Known since: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/07 10.9.93 HH100/351/07 10.9.93 GROUNDED OPPOSITE WATCH TOWER ON LANGNESS AND BECAME TOTAL WRECK. (A CORKILL, 7.9.93) NCA, POSN 540330N, 0437.03W FOR FILING ONLY, INFORMATION TOO VAGUE TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 3.51 N,4 37.12 W

 

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