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 (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. A a raven
2. Acklington
3. Ada (possibly)
4. Adolf vinnen
5. Arab
6. Ardgarry
7. Arvor
8. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Aurelien
11. Ballarat
12. Bellucia
13. Brest
14. Briagha mara
15. Brigamara
16. Carpo (possibly)
17. Catena
18. Chattahoochee (possibly)
19. Christina
20. Christine
21. Citrine
22. City of corinth (possibly)
23. City of ghent
24. City of westminster (& kul)
25. Clan malcolm
26. Congener
27. Corvus
28. Cromdale
29. Czar
30. Dunaskin
31. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
32. Eva (possibly)
33. Facto
34. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
35. Gallier (possibly)
36. Garthclyde (possibly)
37. Graziella
38. Grip (part of)
39. Hansy
40. Henley (possibly)
41. Hms brandlebas
42. Hms gloaming
43. Hms mourne (possibly)
44. Hms roche bonne
45. Hockwold
46. Holland xix
47. Ilston
48. Iona
49. Jose de aramburu
50. Joshua nicholson
51. Kalibia (possibly)
52. Kilmaho
53. Kornog (possibly)
54. Koroller ar mor (possibly)
55. Lady cory-wright
56. Lake grafton
57. Lake grafton (possibly)
58. Le vieux tigre
59. Libourne
60. Lorle (probably)
61. Lovat
62. Madame midas (possibly)
63. Maidag (possibly)
64. Merle
65. Mervyn (possibly)
66. Moorview
67. Mosel
68. Nanna (possibly)
69. Noya (possibly)
70. Ocean harvest
71. Ospra
72. Pearl (possibly)
73. Pioneer (possibly)
74. Poljames
75. Poljames
76. Polycarp (possibly)
77. Reidar (possibly)
78. Robert
79. Royal anne galley
80. Sabre of newquay
81. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
82. Schiedam
83. Sea viper
84. Semper parates
85. Setubel(probably)
86. Sidmouth (possibly)
87. Sylvia-mary z-525
88. Tungufoss
89. U 1018
90. U 1209 (possibly)
91. U 399
92. U 95
93. Uc 66
94. Umdali mendi (possibly)
95. Underwood
96. Vigrid (possibly)
97. Vinovia
98. Westwood (possibly)
99. Wild boar
100. Wyndcliffe
101. Zebra

 

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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