This is the information page about the shipwreck Carmarthen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 0.142 N,5 7.626 W (50.002367, -5.127100)

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: CARMARTHEN

Length 115.8 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4262 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-arlington. built in 1916 by w gray & co ltd. owned at time of loss by james jenkins, cardiff. triple expansion enging, single shaft. passage genoa for the river tees. torpedoed by uc-50. was taken in tow by trawlers but sank a short distance offshore. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 26.3.56 WK IN 495635N, 050920W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. 9.12.69 WK LOCATED IN 500007N, 050727W. BOW LIES NW, STERN SE IN 60FT OF WATER HEAVILY BROKEN UP BOW AND HATCHES REASONABLY INTACT. 4 BOILERS REMAIN. SALVAGE IN HAND, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETE IN ONE YEAR. (R DAVIS). 15.9.70 SALVAGE COMPLETE BY R. DAVIS AND R. LARN. ONLY NON-FERROUS METALS TAKEN. NCA. 2.11.70 NOW CHARTED AS DW IN 500007N, 050727W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 154. H1270/79 15.1.82 MAIN HULL INTACT. BOILERS STAND 5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. IT IS POSSIBLE TO ENTER HULL BELOW MAIN DECKS. PARTIALLY SUNK IN SAND. DEFENSIVELY ARMED. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 4). AMEND TO WK 15MTRS. BR STD. H1288/83/361 9.3.84 DIVED ON 1982. MAINLY FLATTENED, WITH 3 LARGE BOILERS WITHIN RADIUS OF ABOUT 200MTRS. PARTIALLY SUNK IN SAND. NO NON-FERROUS METALS TO BE SEEN. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. (S HUMPHREY). NCA. HH100/351/15 16.2.0 DIVED IN 2000 IN 5000.142N, 0507.612W [WGD] USING DGPS. HT 4MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. WELL BROKEN UP AND COULD NOW BE CLASSED AS A DEBRIS FIELD. WK HAS 3 INTACT BOILERS, 2 VERTICAL AND 1 HORIZONTAL AND ANOTHER WHICH LIES TO SW OF THE 3, IT HAS BEEN DISMANTLED. BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST POINT. LIES 135/315 DEGS WITH BOWS 315 DEGS. SEABED SAND & ROCK. (J ROSEBEARE). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 19.2.13 EXAM'D 5000.142N, 0507.626W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.9 IN GEN DEPTH 18.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HT 4.1MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES FLAT ON THE SEABED. THREE BOILERS CLEARLY VISIBLE. (EGS, FOR CHANNEL COASTAL OBSERVATORY, HI 1404). AMEND WK 13.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, BOWS NW, BOILERS ARE HIGH POINTS

Position: 50 0.142 N,5 7.626 W

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