This is the information page about the shipwreck Burbo tower (remains), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.352 N,3 17.412 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. Admiral nelson
2. Agnes
3. Alarm
4. Albert
5. Alcides
6. Alice
7. Alice davies
8. Anatolian
9. Angola
10. Angola (part of)(possibly)
11. Ann sumner
12. Ann widnal
13. Anne elizabeth
14. Ant
15. Architect
16. Armagh
17. Auchenarden
18. Auspicious
19. Avon
20. Avon
21. Azalea
22. Bactria
23. Bayswater (possibly)
24. Berwyn
25. Bessie
26. Blairnevis
27. Blanche (possibly)
28. Boston
29. Bradda
30. Brazilian
31. Buenos ayres
32. Burbo tower (remains)
33. Burbo tower (remains)
34. Burbo tower (remains)
35. Burbo tower (remains)
36. Burgedin
37. Cairnross
38. Calcium (probably)
39. Calderon
40. Cameronian
41. Caroline
42. Cascapedia
43. Castle queen
44. Catherine
45. Chase
46. Christina shearer
47. Chrysopolis
48. City of brussels
49. City of st andrews
50. Colin russell
51. Collingwood
52. Colombus
53. Colorado
54. Concord
55. Coniston (probably)
56. Coral bank
57. Cornish coast
58. Counsellor iii
59. Countess of devon
60. Croydon
61. Cumbrae
62. Denbigh coast
63. Denham
64. Ditton
65. Dunmail
66. Dunvegan castle
67. Ebeneezer
68. Ebenezer
69. Edward finch
70. El oso
71. Elephant
72. Eliza bonstead
73. Elizabeth
74. Elizabeth dal
75. Elizabeth lathom
76. Ellan vannin
77. Ellen sarah
78. Ellen southwold
79. Emelie
80. Empress eugenie
81. Endymion
82. Eros
83. Ester ann
84. Eurymedon
85. Eversfield
86. Fairlie and jane
87. Fairy
88. Flamingo
89. Four brothers (possibly)
90. Frolic
91. Gannochy
92. Geofredo (part of)
93. Geofredo (part of)
94. Geofredo (part of)
95. Germania
96. Gladstone
97. Gorsethorn
98. Grappler
99. Gratitude
100. Gwydir
101. Hannah
102. Hannah landles
103. Hawkesbury
104. Hebe
105. Hebe (possibly)
106. Henry j smith
107. Herlief
108. Hero
109. Heron 2
110. Hms cochrane
111. Hopper number 6
112. Hvideorn
113. Ibis
114. Ida
115. Ida
116. India
117. Ionic star
118. Irene chalmers
119. J b kee
120. J c swindlehurst
121. J w t
122. James and grace gregory
123. Jerseymoor
124. Jessie
125. Jessie brown
126. John & ann
127. John pierce
128. John w elliot
129. Juno
130. Jura
131. Kelvindale
132. Lady irene of menai
133. Laura
134. Leeds (probably)
135. Lelia
136. Letty
137. Lionel george
138. Little burbo beacon
139. Lizzie morton
140. Lochmonar (fwd part)
141. Lochranza castle
142. Lord delamere
143. Lord delamere (possibly)
144. Lugar
145. Lylie
146. Major
147. Mancunium
148. Mantura
149. Margaret
150. Marion
151. Marn
152. Mary
153. Mary agnes
154. Mary ann
155. Mary ann
156. Mary jane
157. Mary kate
158. Mary olivia
159. Matador
160. Mayflower (part of)
161. Mersey
162. Mid jordan beacon
163. Mona 2 (possibly)
164. Munster
165. Murielle
166. Nautilus
167. Nazarine
168. Neptune
169. Nestos
170. Nickolai
171. North jordan bn
172. Ocean home
173. Ocean monarch
174. Old england
175. Osctilia
176. Ousebridge
177. Parker
178. Pegu (bow section)
179. Pegu (stern)
180. Penryn
181. Perseverance
182. Perseverance
183. Peru (probably)
184. Phoenician
185. Pigeon
186. Planet
187. Polly williams
188. Ponce
189. Progress
190. Prudence
191. Queen
192. Queens tower
193. Rambler
194. Raoul et aurelie
195. Rescue
196. Resurgam
197. Ringsend
198. Rissa
199. Robert & elizabeth
200. Robert marsden
201. Robert seymour
202. Roelas
203. Rosebud
204. San toy
205. Sarah
206. Seaville (part of)
207. Seaville (part of)
208. Severn
209. Sir george grey
210. Skate ii (debris from)(probably)
211. Slasher
212. Smelter
213. Sons of the sea
214. Sparling
215. Speke (possibly)
216. Sportsman
217. Spurn
218. Stanleigh
219. Star of hope
220. Sulairia
221. Sultan
222. Sunda
223. Superb
224. Susahana or susanah
225. Tacoma city (part of)
226. Tacoma city (southern part)
227. Talbot
228. Tancred
229. Tarbert
230. Telmo
231. The lady mostyn
232. Thomas
233. Thomas
234. Thorn
235. Thornton
236. Tongue beacon
237. Tower base
238. Trentham hall
239. Ullapool
240. Ulstermore
241. Valeria
242. Vanguard
243. Vesta
244. Ville de llanes
245. W.m.j
246. Walter
247. Walter dean
248. Wasp
249. Weazel
250. William huskisson
251. William rawcliffe
252. Woodville
253. Ystroom (probably)
254. Zealandia

 

Name: BURBO TOWER (REMAINS)

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1953, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: 12.11.53 12.11.53 SHOWN IN 533021N, 031719W ON (E9522/14L). INS DW BURBO TR (REMAINS) WITH G CON LT BUOY GP FL (3) G 9SEC RA REFL. NE 1951. H3347/58 16.3.59 H3347/58 16.3.59 NOW IN 533020N, 031721W. (MDHB K1720). RETAIN DW IN REVISED POSN. BUOY REMAINS. NC 1951. H4288/62 19.6.64 H4288/62 19.6.64 AMEND TO OBSTN (NO DEPTH SPECIFIED) WITH G CONL LT BUOY GP FL(3) G RA REFL.

- NM1199/64. 16.4.73 16.4.73 DEPTH UNKNOWN. POSN 533020N, 031720W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 28.2.74 28.2.74 SHOWN AS OBSTN WITH WK BUOY 1.2C NW ON K3500 NO9. 8.5.78 8.5.78 SHOWN AS DW IN 533020N 031719W [OGB] ON K3500-K11. NCA. HH091/124/01 16.5.06 HH091/124/01 16.5.06 EXAM'D 28.1.06 IN 5330.3519N, 0317.4115W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.94 IN GEN DEPTH 9.09MTRS. NO SCOUR. HT 1.15MTRS. APPEARS AS 4 NARROW, UPRIGHT PILES SET IN A SQUARE FORMATION ABOUT 8MTRS APART. QUOTED POSN IS FOR THE SHOALEST AT THE SE CORNER OF THE SQUARE. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1124). AMEND OBSTN 7.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.UIH 4.3.09 SEP 2009/000015787 4.3.09 BUOY TEMP REMOVED. SURVEY IN DEC 2008 SHOWED REMAINING DEBRIS FIELD IS 200MTRS IN DIAMETER, STANDS UP TO 1.8MTRS HIGH WITH LEAST DEPTH 8.0MTRS. (MHDC NM 4/09). NCA. 11.9.09 SEP 2009/000119693 11.9.09 BUOY REMOVED. (MDH NM 17/09).

- NM /09. 17.9.09 SEP 2009/000123363 17.9.09 EXAM'D BY M/B. NO DEFINITE STRUCTURE REMAINS BUT THERE IS EVIDENCE OF DEBRIS SCATTERED IN THE GENERAL AREA. THE SHOALEST POINT WAS ESTABLISHED AT 8MTRS BELOW CD. (PEEL PORTS, FORMBY & BURBO TOWERS BUOYAGE REVIEW DTD 18.12.09). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: 4 UPRIGHT PILES IN SQUARE FORMATION 8MTRS APART

Position: 53 30.352 N,3 17.412 W

 

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