This is the information page about the shipwreck Caernarvon bay (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 4.604 N,4 37.256 W (53.263033333333, -4.82945)

 

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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. Alexandra
2. Asmund
3. Breeze
4. Caernarvon bay (probably)
5. Cesca m21
6. Challenger
7. Dagmar
8. Fairisle
9. Farfield
10. Ferocious
11. Grampian castle
12. Gwynfaen
13. Harold
14. Hms campina
15. Hmsm h5
16. Kimya
17. Kimya (part of)
18. Kirkmichael
19. Maarten cornelis
20. Marquess of bute (possibly)
21. Meath
22. Missouri
23. Morning spray
24. Normandy coast
25. Oria
26. Osseo
27. Pegasus (possibly)
28. Progress (possibly)
29. Rhyl
30. Saint olaf
31. Sapphire
32. Segontium (sirgontium)
33. Slieve bloom
34. Tarbetness
35. Timbo (possibly)
36. Town of wexford (possibly)
37. Uss roanoke

 

Name: CAERNARVON BAY (PROBABLY)

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 180 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 20150710

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/07 26.7.93 WK LOCATED IN 530435N, 043711W USING GPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES WITH HIGHEST PART AT NW END, ORIENTATED NW/SE, AND ON TOP OF A SANDWAVE, THE HIGHEST PART OF WHICH MAY BE SHOALER THAN THE WK. LENGTH APPROX 65MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. NO CARGO, BOILER, ENGINE, MACHINERY OR PROPELLERS FOUND. SW END OF HULL IS V BROKEN UP. A SEPARATE PIECE OF WRECKAGE A STRANGE TYPE OF TOWER OR PLATFORM WHICH HAS A HOLE ABOUT 2FT DIAMETER AT THE TOP, LIES CLOSE BY. (K HURLEY, 8.7.93). INS AS WK 27MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/08 8.9.94 WK DIVED AND REEXAMINED. CONFIRMED THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE WK OF SMALL LIGHTSHIP. BOW AND STERN POSTS DISCERNABLE. LIES NNE/SSW, TURRET AT THE NNE END. LENGTH 60/70 FT, BEAM 20 FT. (K HURLEY, LTR DTD 11.8.94). HH100/351/100 9.4.96 PROBABLY THE CAERNARVON BAY LT VESSEL WHICH WAS SUNK DURING WW1. (J SHAW). SEP 2015/000055076 4.1.16 EXAM'D 10.7.2015 IN 5304.604N, 0437.256W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. LENGTH 18MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HEIGHT 2.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 180/000. MAGNETOMETER READING STRONG. (HI 1451, MMT (UK)). AMEND NDW 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN SAND WAVE

Position: 53 4.604 N,4 37.256 W

 

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