This is the information page about the shipwreck Carl august, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 20.799 N,2 57.098 W (53.346650, -2.951633)

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.

Name: CARL AUGUST

Length 35.4 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 292 ton
Load: animals (land & sea) and birds,granular or powdery material

Cause: built of wood in 1874 by j peuss, stralsund. owned at time of loss by c a beug, stralsund. passage montevideo for ellesmere port. stranded on the high part of eastham bank & broke her back, about 2000ft e from s floating magazine. later dispersed. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1891

Water depth above wreck: 1 meter

Known since: 1891, last detected: 1994

Details measurements/cartography: DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MD & HB. DEPTH 2FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN AS WK 0FMS 2FT ON 3477. H5282/71 24.2.75 H5282/71 24.2.75 AMEND WK 0.1MTR IN 532047N, 025701W. NC 3477. 22.9.82 22.9.82 SHOWN AS WK 0.1MTRS ON K8022/2. 11.8.86 11.8.86 NOT SHOWN ON MERSEY 27/4. AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. 12.10.89 12.10.89 SHOWN AS WK 0.1MTR ON DRYING BANK. (MERSEY 23/4). NCA. HH206/260/01 4.5.94 HH206/260/01 4.5.94 NOT SHOWN ON MERSEY SURVEY 36-1, BETWEEN LINES OF SOUNDINGS WITH DEPTHS OF 3MTRS. (MD & HC SURVEY DTD 5.11.93). RETAIN AS WK 0.1MTR. NE 3490.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, DISPERSED

Position: 53 20.799 N,2 57.098 W

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