This is the information page about the shipwreck Carisbrook (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 17.901 N,2 44.598 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: CARISBROOK (POSSIBLY)
Length 91.4 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2352 ton
Load: grain
Cause: built in 1907 by j blumer & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by brook ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 236hp, single shaft. passage montreal for leath. captured by u-38, abandoned & sunk by gunfire. crew recovered. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1986
Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1986, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H1310/86/35 24.12.86 WK LOCATED IN 581756N, 024432W [EUR] USING TRISPONDER. STANDS 1MTR HIGH AND IS SPREAD OVER AN AREA 80 X 40MTRS. LIES NNW/SSE. (ARCO OIL PRODUCTS, 15.12.86). INS AS WK 48MTRS IN 581755N, 024432W [OGB]. BR STD. H3833/86 25.2.88 EXAM'D 13.7.87 IN 581755N, 024431W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES N/S. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS FAWN, HI 353). NCA. HH091/150/01 - SEP 2008/000007851 23.1.08 EXAM'D 26.6.06 IN 5817.901N, 0244.598W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 49.0 IN GEN DEPTH 49.7MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP WITHIN 21MTRS OF WK. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 1.2MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS WITH BOWS N. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. COLLAPSED AND DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). AMEND WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, MINOR SCOUR WITHIN 21MTRS, BOWS N
Position: 58 17.901 N,2 44.598 W