Wreck: Camilla weston (Motor vessel)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Camilla weston, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 56.978 N,1 34.445 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: CAMILLA WESTON

Length 55.8 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 492 ton
Load: grain

Cause: Ex-crouch '71. built in 1966 by boele's schps. & mchf, bolnes. owned at time of loss by mardof, parch & co. 6 cylinder oil engine of 530 bhp. single shaft. passage tilbury for leith. cargo bulk grain. was run into while at anchor by w german mv larissasee in thick fog. later sank.

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H4658/71 16.2.84 SANK 1.5MILES S OF HAISBRO LTV IN 525702N, 013432E, 195 MTRS S OF 30 INCH GAS PIPELINE. LOCATED USING DCS3 & SYLEDIS. ANCHOR CABLE LEADS OVER PIPELINE WITH ANCHOR TO THE N. TO BE SALVAGED BY END OF WEEK. (T WOODWARD, SHELL UK, TELECON). NCA. WZ ISSUED. H4658/71 17.2.84 WK MARKED BY W CARD BUOYS (RACON D) 6C W OF WK & 4C W OF WK. E CARD 3C E OF WK. BUOYS ONLY TEMPORARILY POSITIONED. (YARMOUTH MRCC & TH NM 26/84). NCA YET. H4658/71 27.2.84 CONFIRMED WK NO LONGER CONSIDERED DANGER TO PIPELINE AND WILL BE LEFT AS LIES. DIVERS REPORT VESSEL UPRIGHT ON SEABED WITH ONLY ABOUT 3MTRS CLEARANCE OVER MAST. BUOY POSNS WILL BE AMENDED SOON. (TH HARWICH, TELECON). NCA YET. H4658/71 9.3.84 WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 3.5, FOUL AT 4.5MTRS. (TH TELEX 5.3.84). BUOYS NOW 2 W CARDS, Q(9)15S, 1.7 & 2.7 CABLES NW OF WK, & E CARD, Q(3)10S 1.3 CABLES E OF WK. RACON D ON OUTER W BUOY. (TH NM 28/84). INS AS SW 3.5MTRS WITH BUOYS.

- NM 810/84 11.9.84 P R EUROSALVE LTD CONTRACTED TO REMOVE WRECK COMPLETELY. (LL 11.7.84). H4658/71 8.11.84 W CARD BUOY, RACON, 2.7 CABLES NW OF WK, TO BE DISCONTINUED ON, OR ABOUT, 23.11.84. (TH NM 75/84). DELETE BUOY.

- NM 3072/84. H4658/71 24.9.86 WK TO BE LIFTED AND TOWED AWAY FOR DISPOSAL. (SHELLEXPRO LOWESTOFT). NCA YET. H4658/71 28.10.86 SURVEYED BY THV SIREN 3.10.86. CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.05, FOUL AT 17.29MTRS [LAT]. (TH HARWICH, TELEX 3.10.86). DISPERSAL OPS STILL CONTINUE UNTIL CLEARANCE OF 19MTRS ACHIEVED. BUOYS REMAIN ON STATION. (TH HARWICH, TELECON 28.10.86). NCA. H4658/71 12.12.86 SURVEYED BY THV PATRICIA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.4MTRS. (TH HARWICH, TELEX 15.11.86). H4658/71 30.3.87 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.5MTRS. BUOY TO BE WITHDRAWN ON, OR ABOUT, 11.4.87. (TH NM 19/87).

- NM 1282/87. H4658/71 13.4.87 W CARD BUOY REPD ADRIFT ON 11.4.87. LATER RECOVERED. STATION DISCONTINUED. (TH TELEX 11 & 12.4.87). NFA. SEP 2015/000041896 27.5.15 EXAM'D 20.10.14 IN 5256.978N, 0134.445E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT.(GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI 1427). AMEND DW 18.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT AND UPRIGHT.

Position: 52 56.978 N,1 34.445 E

 

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