This is the information page about the shipwreck Carolus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.056 N,4 43.388 W (49.993283333333, -4.6426333333333)

 

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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. Afric
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andromeda
6. Atlantis (possibly)
7. Beatrice (possibly)
8. Ben rein
9. Benito
10. Bretonne (probably)
11. Cape finisterre (probably)
12. Carolus
13. Caroni river
14. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
15. Centurion (possibly)
16. Cieszyn
17. Dionne marie
18. Eastfield
19. Elisabeth (possibly)
20. Epsilon
21. Eric calvert (possibly)
22. Eskdale
23. Foylemore (possibly)
24. Hera
25. Hmcs trentonian
26. Hms almond (after part)
27. Hms almond (bow part)
28. Hms comet
29. Hms lady of the isles
30. Hms narwhal
31. Hms rinovia
32. Hms torrent
33. Hmy sappho (possibly)
34. Jersey queen (possibly)
35. John taylor
36. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
37. Kantoeng (part of)
38. King harry (probably)
39. Kremsertor
40. Krosfond
41. Kwester
42. La suippe
43. Lancaster
44. Lauwerzee
45. Leon martin (part of)
46. Lord snowden (probably)
47. Lucent (possibly)
48. Lydie
49. Mary
50. Mitera marigo
51. Mountby
52. Mourne (probably)
53. Orchis
54. Par time and tide bell
55. Pegasus
56. Penelope jane (possibly)
57. Rigmor (possibly)
58. Rosehill
59. Shoal fisher
60. Silver laurel
61. Spital
62. St andre (possibly)
63. Sunik (probably)
64. Tregenna (possibly)
65. Twilight water
66. Ub 113
67. Ula
68. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
69. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
70. Western coast (possibly)
71. Wilhelmina maria

 

Name: CAROLUS

Length 68.8 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1041 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1900 by laxevaags msk & jrnsk, bergen. owned at time of loss by a/s dampskibs carolus. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 325nhp, single shaft. passage bary for rouen. foundered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1966

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 63 cm

Known since: 1966, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H2839/66 9.2.67 WK IN 501202.4N, 044318W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 165 IN GEN DEPTH 187FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED OF SAND GRAVEL AND SHELL. (HMS MERMAID, 30.3.66). CHART AS WK 27FMS (49MTRS). BR STD. H3193/70 15.6.73 SMALL WK LYING E/W WITH HIGHEST PART TO E & ABOUT 25FT HIGH THE REST ABOUT 18FT. (WILLIAMS, 25.4.73). H3110/72 27.11.73 LOCATED IN 501202.4N, 044318.0W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPT 48.0 IN GEN DEPTH 56.0MTRS. SEABED MUD, SAND, GRAVEL & BROKEN SHELL. (HMS HECATE, 1973). AMEND TO WK 48MTRS. H1280/76/31 26.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 501211N, 044322W USING DECCA. (LTR DTD 29.1.76). NCA. 3.9.07 DIVED IN 5012.040N, 0443.300W [WGD]. A WELL BROKEN WK. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND SINGLE BOILER. ENGINE HAS GAUGES AND REVERSING WHEEL ON THE STBD SIDE. SHAFT TUNNEL LEADS AFT TO A NEAR INTACT AND UPRIGHT STERN. PART OF THE WK FWD OF THE BOILER LIES ON ITS STBD SIDE. BOW AREA IS COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN. A LAMP HAS BEEN RECOVERED MARKED 'STYRBORD' SUGGESTING A SCANDANAVIAN CONNECTION. UNLIKELY TO BE 'BUTETOWN'. (N R CHIPCHASE). 20.11.07 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CARULUS BY THE BELL. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. SEP 2014/000153151 17.9.14 EXAM'D 20.7.14 IN 5012.056N, 0443.388W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.99 IN GEN DEPTH 56.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 71.2MTRS, WIDTH 17.1MTRS, HT 7.15MTRS. LIES 063/243 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT ALTHOUGH THE CENRE AND AFTER SECTIONS APPEAR TO HAVE COLLAPSED. (MMT, HI 1455). BOWS NE. RETAIN WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN INTACT, BOW COLLAPSED

Position: 50 12.056 N,4 43.388 W

 

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