Wreck: Carpo (possibly) (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Carpo (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 43.771 N,5 27.176 W (49.729517, -5.452933)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: CARPO (POSSIBLY)
Length 49.1 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 494 ton
Load: coal
Cause: vessel, built in 1949 by n v scheepswart 'vooruitgang' and owned at the time of loss by n v maats. zeevart, foundered during heavy weather approx 17m sw of the lizard while on passage swansea to amsterdam. no survivors. (dods).
Year of registration: 1954
Water depth above wreck: 86 meter, Height above seabed: 146 cm
Known since: 1954, last detected: 1988
Details measurements/cartography: SANK ABOUT 17 MILES SW OF THE LIZARD. (DODS). 23.4.69 WK IN POSN BY DECCA. (MANIERES, P.169). H2590/76 16.3.76 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR AREA SEARCH. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). H2979/74 11.11.77 THREE FF REPD IN 494326N, 052701W [OGB]; 494346N, 052735W [OGB]; AND 494400N, 052729W [OGB]. POSNS BY DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). H1270/73 24.11.77 WK LOCATED 26.7.77 IN 494400N, 052705W [OGB] USING DECCA. E/S TRACE SUPPLIED. (T E CAKEBREAD). CHART AS USC 80MTRS. NC 2565. H6501/87 8.3.89 EXAM'D 13.10.88 IN 494344N, 052707W [OGB] USING 3-RANGE TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78 IN GEN DEPTH 85.5MTRS. SHALLOW SCOUR TO SW OF WK. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.6MTRS, SHADOW HT 8.4MTRS. LENGTH 56.9MTRS, BEAM 15.5MTRS. PARTIALLY BURIED AND LYING 146/326DEGS WITH BOWS SE AND APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE. RECOMMEND ACCEPT E/S DEPTH. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 430). AMEND TO WK 78MTRS IN REVISED POSN. G/S.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED AND APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE
Position: 49 43.771 N,5 27.176 W
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