This is the information page about the shipwreck Burgos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 17.891 N,1 8.066 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Algarve
3. Amberley
4. Ambrose fleming
5. Andarina
6. Antiope
7. Aquarius (possibly)
8. Baron ailsa
9. Birtley
10. Blackburn
11. Burgos
12. Carrier
13. Chatwood (possibly)
14. Chelsea (possibly)
15. Chevychase
16. Clan morrison
17. Cormarsh
18. Czestochowa
19. Dauntless (possibly)
20. Duncarron
21. Eikhaug
22. Empire newcomen
23. Fermain (possibly)
24. Fireglow
25. Fittonia (possibly)
26. Francois trixier
27. George royle
28. Giorgio ohlsen
29. Harden
30. Heathfield
31. Hms arley
32. Hms cap d'antifer
33. Hms cape spartel (probably)
34. Hms caroline moller
35. Hms cobra
36. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
37. Hms kylemore
38. Hms pintail
39. Hms queenworth
40. Hms solomon
41. Hms st donats
42. Hms vortigern
43. Hmsm umpire
44. Jessie maersk
45. Keymun
46. La combattante (stern section)
47. London
48. Marden
49. Minorca
50. Mirabel
51. Nimrod (probably)
52. Ogono
53. Ottar jarl
54. P.l.m. 25
55. Pacific
56. Pontfield (forepart)
57. Rimac
58. Robert w pomeroy
59. Royal scott
60. Schieland
61. Siri maria
62. Sitona
63. Sverre (possibly)
64. Trajan
65. Traviata (possibly)
66. Trelissick
67. Virgin de lourdres
68. Welholme (possibly)
69. Welsh prince
70. Western mist (possibly)
71. Westland
72. Wimbledon
73. Winhill or whinhill
74. Zephyr
75. Zor

 

Name: BURGOS

Length 94.8 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 3220 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Ex-brabant. built in 1920 by nylands vaerksted, oslo. owned at time of loss by a/s ganger rolf. two s turbines. machinery by svenska turbinfabriks a/b, finspong. passage bergen and the tyne for london. general cargo. mined.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 87 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 531800N, 010900E, APPROX. (WW2SL & LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H0358/40 8.4.40 PFNM902/40 ISSUED. (HMS PELICAN). H0259/40 14.5.40 INS DW IN 531800N, 010900E.

- NM 1179/40 & NM 816/41. H0259/40 24.6.41 WK, LYING ON EVEN KEEL, IN 531747N, 010814E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26 IN GEN DEPTH 63FT. SWEPT FOUL AT 16FT. LIES 290/110 DEG. (HMS FRANKLIN, 4.6.41). AMEND POSN.

- NM 1415/41. H0259/40 19.12.49 OROPESA SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL CLEAR AT 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49 IN GEN DEPTH 63FT. LOCATED IN 531747N, 010814E USING DECCA. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 28.10.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 5FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2603/49. H332/62 4.2.63 H4729/62 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). NCA YET. 26.11.74 AMEND TO WK 14MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH090/565/01 4.12.92 EXAM'D 1.10.92 IN 531752.1N, 010810.3E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.8, FOUL AT 16.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.5 IN GEN DEPTH 18.8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS. AREA OF LARGE BROKEN DEBRIS ORIENTATED 090/270 DEG. (SEATEAM, HI 565).

- NM 45/93. SEP 2018/000212985 7.9.18 EXAM'D 24.3.18 IN 5317.891N, 0108.066W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 16.05MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 83.2MTRS, WIDTH 75.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 087/267 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 49MTRS, 0.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 048 DEGS. BROKEN DEBRIS.(GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 16MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF LARGE, BROKEN DEBRIS

Position: 53 17.891 N,1 8.066 E

 

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