This is the information page about the shipwreck Bostonian (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 52.999 N,3 6.815 W (50.014883333333, -3.39665)

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: BOSTONIAN (PROBABLY)

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5736 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: vessel, torpedoed and sunk by u-53, 34m s by e 1/2 e from start point. 4 lives lost. on passage philadelphia for london.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20150616

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 60M S OF START POINT. (LLWW1). H0113/45 23.3.45 CONTACT IN 495300N, 030645W. LENGTH 180FT, HEIGHT 24FT. CLASSIFIED B1. (C IN C, PLYMOUTH). NCA. GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495300N, 030648W. LENGTH 180FT, HEIGHT 24FT. (C IN C, PLYMOUTH). H03504/51 13.9.51 WK DIVED ON IN 495330N, 030630W, DURING SEARCH FOR HMS AFFRAY. FOUND TO BE A BARNACLE-COVERED, BADLY DAMAGED MERCHANT VESSEL. LENGTH 280-360FT. STANDS 30-40FT HIGH. ORIENTATED 045/225DEGS. (C IN C, PORTSMOUTH). CHART AS NDW. BA 2649. 7.3.73 NOW CHARTED AS USC 50MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2519. H4551/76 6.10.76 WK LOCATED IN 495300N, 030645W USING DECCA. REPORTED TO BE A CARGO VESSEL STANDING 23FT HIGH. (RISDON BEAZLEY, DTD 17.9.76). LATER REPORTED TO STAND 25FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 36FMS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, DTD 30.11.76). BR STD. 28.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 495330N, 030620W [EUR] ON FRENCH 878 [1979 EDN]. NCA. HH090/496/02 19.2.91 EXAM'D 10.10.90 IN 495300.4N, 030648.6W [WGD] USING PORTLAND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56.2 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.4MTRS, LENGTH 125MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS. UPRIGHT, LYING 035/215DEGS, BOWS NE. APPARENTLY BADLY DAMAGED & BUCKLED ALONG ITS LENGTH WITH HIGH POINT AT CENTRE. (NP 1008, HI 496). CHART AS WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM BLOCK 1480/91. HH100/351/16 26.1.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A WW1 SS SOME 140MTRS IN LENGTH. WK IS UPRIGHT WITH BOWS SW & A 10DEG LIST TO PORT. TRANSOM STERN ABOVE BRONZE PROP & HUGE RUDDER. NUMBER OF UNUSED 4 INCH SHELL CASES AT THE STERN BUT NO GUN LOCATED. STERN HOLD APPEARS EMPTY. AS THE ENGINE IS APPROACHED THERE ARE MANY SCATTERED PORTPOLES WHICH SUGGEST A MISSING ACCOMMODATION BLOCK. HUGE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE WHICH STANDS 10MTRS OR MORE PROUD. JUST FWD ARE TWO EXTREMELY LARGE DOUBLE ENDED SCOTCH BOILERS. REMAINS OF BRIDGE APPARENT BUT COLLAPSED. BOW BROKEN OFF & TWISTED TO PORT. FWD 5MTRS FACES UPWARD. REMANS OF GILL NETS ON WK. CONSIDERED TO BE 'BOSTONIAN' DUE TO SIZE AND LOCATION. (L BISHOP). NCA. 12.10.15 EXAM'D 16.6.15 IN 4952.999N, 0306.815W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 58.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 67MTRS. LENGTH 112.2MTRS, WIDTH 27.9MTRS, HT 8.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 040/220 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND BADLY DAMAGED. (MMT, HI 1480). AMEND TO NDW 58MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND BADLY DAMAGED

Position: 49 52.999 N,3 6.815 W

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