This is the information page about the shipwreck Carbon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.62 N,1 28.64 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Algerian
6. Asborg
7. Ashanti (possibly)
8. Azemmour
9. Baron garioch
10. Borgny
11. Braat ii
12. Braedale (probably)
13. Brestois
14. Britannia (probably)
15. Campen
16. Carbon
17. Castle crag
18. Ceres (possibly)
19. Clan macvey
20. Clarinda
21. Cleddy (probably)
22. Coquetdale (probably)
23. Cuba
24. Daylesford
25. Dulce t
26. Empire crusader
27. Ernest lagouve
28. Espagne
29. Everleigh
30. Excelsior (possibly)
31. Fallodon
32. Fenna (probably)
33. G-cbpt
34. Grace dieu
35. Hms acheron (bow section)
36. Hms acheron (stern section)
37. Hms albion ii
38. Hms assurance
39. Hms crestflower
40. Hms eleanor (probably)
41. Hms john mitchell
42. Hms listrac (probably)
43. Hms michael clements
44. Hms new dawn
45. Hms pomone
46. Hms sargasso
47. Hms warwick deeping
48. Hmsm swordfish
49. Hmsm upstart
50. Iduna
51. Indutionmare
52. Irex
53. Island mist
54. Isleworth
55. Jgena (possibly)
56. Joannis millas
57. Juno
58. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
59. Lct 1068
60. Lct 809
61. Londonier
62. Luciston
63. Margaret smith
64. Mechanician
65. Mendi
66. Millmer
67. Minca 35
68. Minerva (possibly)
69. Molina
70. Moonraker (probably)
71. Myrtlegrove (probably)
72. Neath (possibly)
73. Neree (possibly)
74. Nichola (probably)
75. Nw68
76. Nw96
77. Oriflamme
78. Pool fisher
79. Ps ryde
80. Redesmere
81. Reindeer
82. Rosehill (probably)
83. Rtc no.9
84. Sally jane
85. Serrana (bow section)
86. Serrana (stern part)
87. Simla
88. Spyros (possibly)
89. Teamwork
90. Terlings
91. Tweed
92. U 480
93. Vari solo sailor
94. Varvassi
95. Venezuela
96. Venus
97. Volkerak
98. War knight
99. Weston maid (possibly)
100. Westville
101. Witte zee
102. Woodham

 

Name: CARBON

Length 21.9 meter, width: 5.2 meter, tonnage 185 ton

Cause: built in 1896 by r graggs & sons, middlesbrough. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 65nhp, single shaft. machinery by j steward & sons ltd, london. owned by the admiralty from 1900 as a dockyard berthing tug. sold in 1947 and lost. passage portland for southampton under tow of tug fw 23 for breaking. drifted ashore. (south coast shipwrecks, ll).

Year of registration: 1948

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1948, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H3543/87 REMAINS OF A WRECK LIE AT THE EXTREME N OF BROOK LEDGES, ON A BRG OF 319DEGS (M) FROM THE THIMBLE, THE CAIRN ON THE LEDGE OFF BROOK POINT. (P BRUCE, WIGHT HAZARDS, P 18).CHART AS ST PA IN 503910N, 012806W [OGB]. BR STD. H1310/87/6 1.2.88 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF S TUG 'CARBON'. (D P FASHAM, 7.1.88). 21.2.07 LIES CLOSE TO 5039.62N, 0128.64W [WGD]. STANDS ABOUT 2MTRS ON SANDY SEABED. EXPOSED AT LW AND ON EXCEPTIONALLY LOW TIDE IT IS POSSIBLE TO WALK AROUND THE WK. (SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). RETAIN AS STPA IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 39.62 N,1 28.64 W

 

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