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 (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Andola
4. Andromeda
5. Arab
6. Ardgarry
7. Arvor
8. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Ballarat
13. Bamse (probably)
14. Bay of panama
15. Beatrice (possibly)
16. Bellucia
17. Ben asdale
18. Ben rein
19. Benito
20. Bjornvik (possibly)
21. Brest
22. Bretonne (probably)
23. Cape finisterre (probably)
24. Carmarthen
25. Caroline
26. Caroni river
27. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
28. Centurion (possibly)
29. Cieszyn
30. Citrine
31. City of corinth (possibly)
32. City of ghent
33. Clan apline
34. Clan malcolm
35. Congener
36. Corvus
37. Cromdale
38. Cyrenian
39. Czar
40. Dispatch (possibly)
41. Epsilon
42. Erato
43. Eric calvert (possibly)
44. Eskdale
45. Eva (possibly)
46. Forde
47. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
48. Ganymede
49. Gap
50. Glendale
51. Godolphin
52. Grip (part of)
53. Gunvor
54. Hansy
55. Happy returns (possibly)
56. Hera
57. Hmml 380
58. Hms almond (after part)
59. Hms almond (bow part)
60. Hms anson
61. Hms brandlebas
62. Hms comet
63. Hms gloaming
64. Hms javelin (stern section)
65. Hms kurd
66. Hms lady of the isles
67. Hms primrose
68. Hms rinovia
69. Hms roche bonne
70. Hms torrent
71. Hmy sappho (possibly)
72. Hnlms brielle
73. Hockwold
74. Ilston
75. Jersey queen (possibly)
76. John
77. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
78. Juno
79. Karen marie
80. Kerris reed
81. Krosfond
82. Kwester
83. La suippe
84. Lady cory-wright
85. Lady dalhousie
86. Le vieux tigre
87. Leander
88. Leon martin (part of)
89. Libourne
90. Loe bar wk
91. Lord snowden (probably)
92. Lorle (probably)
93. Lucent (possibly)
94. Lydie
95. Merle
96. Mervyn (possibly)
97. Mina cantiquin
98. Mitera marigo
99. Mohegan
100. Mosel
101. Mountby
102. Mourne (probably)
103. N g petersen
104. Nile
105. Normand
106. Noya (possibly)
107. Nyassa
108. Ocklinge
109. Omer denise
110. Ospra
111. Pearl (possibly)
112. Penelope jane (possibly)
113. Pindos
114. Plantaganet
115. Poljames
116. Poljames
117. Ponus
118. Port chalmers
119. Prestige
120. Queen (possibly)
121. Rigmor (possibly)
122. Robert
123. Rock island bridge
124. Royal anne galley
125. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
126. Schiedam
127. Secil japan (bow section)
128. Secil japan (stern section)
129. Spital
130. Spyridion vagliano
131. St anthony (possibly)
132. Stanwood
133. Twilight water
134. U 1018
135. U 399
136. U 95
137. Ub 106 (possibly)
138. Ub 112 (possibly)
139. Ub 128 (possibly)
140. Ub 86 (possibly)
141. Ub 97 (possibly)
142. Uc 66
143. Ula
144. Veritas
145. Vigrid (possibly)
146. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
147. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
148. Violet
149. Volnay
150. War tune
151. Westwood (possibly)
152. Wyndcliffe
153. Yewcroft
154. Zebra

 

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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