This is the information page about the shipwreck Cambrian (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 44.533 N,1 3.419 W (50.802333333333, -1.0303)

 

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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. Ala
2. Albatros
3. Algerian
4. Angry fish
5. Armenier
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Asborg
8. Bettann (bow section)
9. Bettann (stern section)
10. Braat ii
11. Camberwell
12. Cambrian
13. Cambrian (part of)
14. Cambrian princess (probably)
15. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
16. Camswan
17. Capable
18. Cuba
19. Cuba
20. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
21. Donegal (possibly)
22. Duddon (probably)
23. Elford
24. Empress queen
25. Excelsior
26. Faith
27. Fallodon
28. Flag theofano
29. Fpt iv
30. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
31. G-cbpt
32. Gerarda
33. Germa geisha
34. Glen (possibly)
35. Grace dieu
36. Grip fast
37. Harry sharman
38. Hauler
39. Highland brigade
40. Hm lct 427 (after part)
41. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
42. Hms apley (possibly)
43. Hms boxer
44. Hms crestflower
45. Hms hazard
46. Hms hazardous
47. Hms insolent
48. Hms invincible
49. Hms p12 (stern section).
50. Hms prince leopold
51. Hms undine
52. Hms velox
53. Hmsm a1
54. Hmsm swordfish
55. Irishman
56. Isleworth
57. Kurland
58. Lct 1068
59. Leon
60. Lowmount
61. Luciston
62. Luis
63. Mary rose
64. Mendi
65. Minerva (possibly)
66. Montecrana (possibly)
67. Moonraker (probably)
68. Neath (possibly)
69. Oriflamme
70. Orion
71. Pearl (probably)
72. Ps ryde
73. Redesmere
74. Roway
75. Rtc no.9
76. Simla
77. Sinah
78. Sines (possibly)
79. Stokes bay pier (remains)
80. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
81. Tweed
82. U 1195
83. U 90
84. Ub 21
85. Ub 81
86. Vadne
87. Vanessa (probably)
88. Venus
89. Volkerak
90. Wapello
91. Weston maid (possibly)
92. Withern

 

Name: CAMBRIAN (PART OF)

Length 42.3 meter, width: 7.2 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 338 ton

Cause: ex-stella procyon '39, ex-ocean knight '35, ex-lord derby '35. built in 1924 by cochrane & sons ltd, selby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 96nhp, single shaft. requisitioned as boom defence vessel in 9.1939. struck a mine and foundered. dispersed with explosives in the late 1970s. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H2377/75 7.5.76 H2377/75 7.5.76 WK 2.7MTRS SHOWN IN 504432N, 010320W [OGB] ON SURVEY [K6356].

- NM 990/76. H2071/82 14.3.86 H2071/82 14.3.86 EXAM'D 28.10.85 IN 504430N, 010320W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 2.8MTRS. LIES N/S. 8MTRS LONG. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 142). FURTHER WKGE, LEAST DEPTH 2.7 IN GEN DEPTH 3.5MTRS SHOWN IN 504430N, 010318.5W [OGB] ON SEARCH PLOT. AMEND TO WK 2.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.10.08 16.10.08 [EUT] POSN: 5044.535N, 0103.421W. NE 3418. 18.10.13 18.10.13 EXAM'D 30.6.13 IN 5044.533N, 0103.419W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.7 IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 1.8MTRS, WIDTH 1.3MTRS, HT 0.8MTR. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NETSURVEY, HI 1437). APPEARS AS A MOUND. ?DEBRIS. AMEND WK 2.7MTRS. 11.11.13 11.11.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.67MTRS. (SDC BATHY EXAMINATION OF DATA FOR HI 1437). AMEND WK 2.6MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: A MOUND, ?DEBRIS

Position: 50 44.533 N,1 3.419 W

 

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