This is the information page about the shipwreck Carmarthen coast (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 49.59 N,1 9.365 W (54.826500, -1.156083)

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 COAST (POSSIBLY)

Length 64.7 meter, width: 10.2 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 961 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-nova, ex-langfjord. built in 1921 by ardrossan drydock & sb co. owned at time of loss by coast lines ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 142hp, single shaft. passage methil for london. cargo 1000 tons general. mined. two men lost.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H0151/39 20.11.39 SUNK IN 545000N, 011230W, APPROX. (C IN C ROSYTH, 9.11.39). SANK 3 MILES OFF SEAHAM HBR. (WW2SL). INS AS DWPA. - PNM 2592/39. H0151/39 13.6.40 INS DWPA.

- NM 1475/40. H0151/39 10.10.42 SEARCH AREA OF 1 MILE RADIUS AROUND REP'D POSN TO A DEPTH OF 36FT. NO OBSTN FOUND. (C IN C ROSYTH, 4.10.42). AMEND TO WK 6FMS.

- NM 2236/42. H0151/39 16.11.49 SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA AT 50FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 114 IN GEN DEPTH 145FT. POSN 544942N, 010917W USING HSA. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, SWEEP REPORT 16.11.49). AMEND TO NDW.

- NM 2355/49. H3001/60 23.9.60 AMEND TO WK 8FMS 2FT. NC 3104. 1.5.73 AMEND TO WK 34MTRS. NC 152. H6330/87 7.11.88 EXAM'D 4.9.88 IN 544935N, 010916W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 41.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 43.1MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 43.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.4MTRS, LENGTH 28MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. PARTIALLY BURIED IN SEDIMENT AND APPARENTLY IN ADVANCED STATE OF DECAY. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLLY BURIED, IN ADVANCED STATE OF DECAY

Position: 54 49.59 N,1 9.365 W

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