This is the information page about the shipwreck Bosphorous (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 49.157 N,4 34.354 W (49.791683333333, -4.3761)

 

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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. Afric
2. Benito
3. Bosphorous (possibly)
4. Dionne marie
5. Dirigo (possibly)
6. Duguesclin
7. Elisabeth (possibly)
8. Foylemore (possibly)
9. Ganymede
10. Hmcs trentonian
11. Hms narwhal
12. Joachim brinch lund (probably)
13. Jolie mouette
14. King harry (probably)
15. Kremsertor
16. Lauwerzee
17. Lucent (possibly)
18. Mountby
19. Panamera
20. Rigmor (possibly)
21. Rio sorocaba
22. Spyros
23. St andre (possibly)
24. Sunik (probably)
25. Tregenna (possibly)
26. Tuborg
27. U 123 (possibly)
28. U 161 (possibly)
29. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
30. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
31. Western coast (possibly)
32. Wilhelmina maria
33. Woodburn

 

Name: BOSPHOROUS (POSSIBLY)

Length 89.9 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 2490 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,grain

Cause: built in 1883 by w dobson & co. owned at time of loss by hall brothers. sank following a collision. passage alexandria for london.

Year of registration: 1888

Water depth above wreck: 78 meter, Height above seabed: 129 cm

Known since: 1888, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN APPROX POSN 25M SSW OF EDDYSTONE LIGHT. (DODS). H1270/84 4.7.85 H1270/84 4.7.85 WK, STANDING 4FMS ABOVE SEABED, LOCATED IN 494914N, 043429W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C WILLIAMS, RECORDED TAPE). CHART AS WK 70.0MTRS. BR STD. HH100/35/16 25.1.01 HH100/35/16 25.1.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. INTACT AND INVERTED. TIGHT TO THE SEABED. DAMAGE TO THE BOW, POSSIBLY DUE TO SEABED IMPACT. LARGE ANCHOR PRESENT, STILL HOUSED. LARGE DAMAGE HOLD IN THE PORT SIDE. THREE BOILERS PRESENT, ONE IN ITS TRUE POSITION. SINGLE PROP. ON SEABED OF SHALE AND PEBBLES. BOW NW. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 22.11.05 HH091/059/01 22.11.05 EXAM'D 28.9.04 IN 4949.157N, 0434.354W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 71.5 IN GEN DEPTH 78MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 108MTRS, WIDTH 31MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 129/309 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 309 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, APPEARS UPRIGHT. NO DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 71MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED, BOWS NW

Position: 49 49.157 N,4 34.354 W

 

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