This is the information page about the shipwreck Carnsew, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.41 N,4 15.613 W (51.292766666667, -4.0713)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: CARNSEW
Length 54.9 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 689 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1910 by w harkenss & son, middlesbrough. bound from penarth. one boiler, single shaft, triple expansion engine of 85hp. cargo coal. sank after collision with ss argus off bull point. (sibi).ss carnsew built by john harvey & co, sunk in collision oct 1903.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 76 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 3 MILES OFF BULL POINT. (R LARN, DEVON SHIPWRECKS). H3840/86 11.4.88 WK EXAM'D 18.2.88 IN 511423N, 041534W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.5 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS APPROX. APPARENTLY INTACT AND LYING 075/225 DEG. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 359). INS AS WK 33MTRS. BR STD. HH091/158/01 30.6.09 LOCATED 31.7.09 IN 5114.410N, 0415.613W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.99 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 45.8MTRS, WIDTH 9.5MTRS, HT 5.00MTRS. LIES 076/256 DEGS WITH BOWS NNE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1158). UPRIGHT, INTACT. RETAIN WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 11.5.16 DIVED IN JUNE 2014; SMALL COASTER/COLLIER, BELL RECOVERED "SS CARNSEW". BELL TO BE DONATED TO JOHN HARVEY FOUNDRY MUSEUM, HAYLE, CORNWALL. (KEITH DENBY E-MAIL DTD 5.5.16, ILFRACOMBE & N DEVON SUB AQUA CLUB). AMEND VESSEL NAME SS CARNSEW.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS ENE
Position: 51 14.41 N,4 15.613 W