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 51.318 N,1 14.867 W (54.855300, -1.247783)

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,stone

Cause:

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: H2433/71 22.4.71 H2433/71 22.4.71 WK LOCATED IN 545117N, 011452W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.0 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, WITH A POSSIBLE SIDE ECHO AT 25MTRS. NOT FOUND BY EITHER EGERIA OR ENTERPRISE DURING SONAR AREA SEARCH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, H525 22.9.70). INS AS WK 15FMS. BR STD. 15.5.73 15.5.73 AMENDED TO WK 28MTRS. NC 152. HH100/351/06 14.4.93 HH100/351/06 14.4.93 DIVED AUG '91 IN 545118N, 011500W USING RADAR. LIES ON STBD SIDE, WELL BROKEN UP. GUN ON SEABED. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH ON SEABED OF SAND AND BOULDERS. LENGTH 150FT, BEAM 25FT. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). NCA YET. HH100/351/08 11.5.94 HH100/351/08 11.5.94 RADIO RECOVERED FROM WRECK WITH MAKER'S PLATE ATTACHED. RADIO WAS ONE FITTED TO COAST LINE SHIPS. DEPT OF TRANSPORT CONFIRMED VESSEL CARRIED GENERAL CARGO INCLUDING LINOLEUM. FWD PART OF WRECK IS MAINLY FULL OF LINOLEUM. (K A LAWRENCE). HH090/796/01 22.12.98 HH090/796/01 22.12.98 EXAM'D 16.7.98 IN 545119.1N, 011452.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 25.9, FOUL 26.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.0 IN GEN DEPTH 29.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.4MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. APPEARS BADLY DAMAGED AT ONE END WITH A LARGE PIECE OF DEBRIS SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN WK. DEBIS ON SEABED BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF THE WRECK. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 25.5MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 54 51.318 N,1 14.867 W

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