This is the information page about the shipwreck Calista (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 1.76 N,5 0.784 W (53.94795, -4.7442)

 

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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. Abydos
2. Amber rose
3. Ariel (possibly)
4. Audentia
5. Aurora
6. Barrister (possibly)
7. Calista (probably)
8. Carmelite (possibly)
9. Citrine
10. Clan macmaster
11. Conargo
12. Conovium (probably)
13. Crois bhride
14. Dalewood (probably)
15. Darro
16. Don boscoe
17. Downshire (possibly)
18. Downshire (probably)
19. Fenella ann
20. Fulmar
21. Ginger
22. Glenford
23. Jane brown
24. Jenemi
25. Lagun
26. Largo (possibly)
27. Lily
28. Maja
29. Marianne toft (possibly)
30. Mayfield
31. Mfv polaris
32. Moonlight
33. Moonlight (possibly)
34. Nadejda (possibly)
35. Noel du marin
36. Oona hall
37. Our lassie
38. Our queen
39. Peshawur
40. Ringwall
41. Silver quest 2
42. Speedwell
43. Thornfield
44. Thracian
45. Tumi joy 2
46. Tuskar
47. U 1024 (probably)
48. Waltham (probably)

 

Name: CALISTA (PROBABLY)

Length 37.9 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 229 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 6.1.19 built in 1902 by c connell & co, whitinch as a s yacht. owned at time of loss by preston steam navigation co (bcker & co ltd, managers). compound expansion engine by mckie & baxter, glasgow. converted to a coaster. passage preston for dublin. sailed 6.1.19 and took shelter in ramsay bay. recommenced passage 10.1.19 and was not seen again. (a corkill).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H2662/59 3.11.59 H2662/59 3.11.59 SONAR CONTACT IN 540100N, 050000W. (AUBD 319/298). NCA. H2112/75 21.1.76 H2112/75 21.1.76 NOT LOCATED. (HMS FOX, HI 43/75). H2057/82 15.11.83 H2057/82 15.11.83 WK 58.7MTRS LOCATED IN 540145N, 050043W [OGB]. (HMS BULLDOG HN, 3.11.83). NCA YET. H2057/82 17.1.84 H2057/82 17.1.84 EXAM'D 30.9.83 IN 540145N, 050043W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58.8 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.4MTRS, LENGTH 33MTRS, BEAM 6MTRS. SMALL WK, LYING APPROX N/S, GIVING GOOD SONAR RETURN FROM ITS BEAM. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 128). INS AS WK 58MTRS. BR STD. 15.3.01 15.3.01 EUT POSN: 5401.760N, 0500.784W. NE 2093. 12.6.02 12.6.02 POSN BY GPS: 5401.752N, 0500.790W [WGD]. (A CORKILL). NCA. 28.2.07 28.2.07 DIVED 1.7.06 IN LISTED POSN. A SMALL SS WITH A CARGO OF COAL IN A SINGLE HOLD. STERN SECTION FAIRLY INTACT BUT FWD SECTIONS ARE ALMOST FLAT TO THE SEABED. BOILER AND ENGINE AT THE STERN, NO SIGN OF THE PROP. TRAWL NETS STAND 4MTRS ABOVE WK. LENGTH APPROX 35MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. CONSIDERED TO BE CALISTA DUE TO LIKELY POSN, DIMENSIONS, CARGO AND NO OTHER SUITABLE CANDIDATES. (A CORKILL, EMAIL DTD 27.2.07). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN INTACT, BOWS FLATTENED, NETTED

Position: 54 1.76 N,5 0.784 W

 

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