This is the information page about the shipwreck Cartegena, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.019 N,4 7.519 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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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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Name: CARTEGENA

Length 38.3 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 271 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex- tr 4. built in 1917 by port arthur shipbuilding co, port arthur, ontario. owned at time of loss by the boston deep sea fishing & ice co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 62nhp, single shaft. passage fleetwood for rio de janeiro. previously registered in fleetwood prior to sale to a brazilian owner. sailed for america in a westerly gale and was never seen again. posted missing at lloyd's with all hands, one of her lifeboats was recovered off llandudno, n wales. (sibi). built in canada in 1917 and then laid up in inverness until 1926. sold to a fishing company who then sold her to the brazilian government. following a refit in ostend sailed fleetwood and was not seen again. (n cossons).

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 288 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3838/86 20.8.87 WK LOCATED IN 532500N, 040726W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 26.8MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 357, ROS). INS AS WK 26MTRS.

- NM 2699/87. H3838/86 29.3.88 EXAM'D BY HMS BULLDOG WITH HYDROSEARCH ON 30.9.87. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.8 IN GEN DEPTH 33.5MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 8.0MTRS; HYROSEARCH VERTICAL & SHADOW HTS 6.8MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEG WITH HIGHEST POINT AT W END. LENGTH 46MTRS, BEAM 14MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 357). AMEND TO WK 26.5MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/01 22.11.89 DIVED ON AND IDENTIFIED AS WK OF A LARGE S TRAWLER. BELL MARKED T.R.4 RECOVERED. LIES WITH BOWS W AND SLIGHT LIST TO PORT AND IS IN AN AMAZING CONDITION. THE MIDSHIPS CANVAS-COVERED BRIDGE IS COMPLETE AS IS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE VESSEL. THE BOW STANDS AT LEAST 7 TO 8MTRS HIGH. (K HURLEY, 23.10.89). 23.7.07 DIVED 24.6.07 525.015N, 0407.500W [WGD]. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 6.5MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. NO SCOUR. NO DEBRIS. WK HAS A RAISED FO'C'S'LE AND LIES WITH A SLIGHT LIST PORT. RUDDER IS OVER TO STBD. HULL APPEARS TO BE INTACT, ALTHOUGHT THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE DAMAGE TO THE STEM. MASTS AND FUNNEL ARE MISSING AND THE BULWHARKS HAVE CORRODED AWAY IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. THERE ARE ALSO AREAS OF THE DECK MISSING. WHEELHOUSE HAS LARGELY GONE, BUT THE DECKHOUSE ON WHICH IT STOOD TOGETHER WITH THE ENGINE CASING AND GALLEY ARE PRESENT. THE BOILER IS VISIBLE THROUGH THE HOLE WHERE THE FUNNEL WOULD HAVE BEEN. THERE IS A LARGE WINCH IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE WHEELHOUSE AND FOUR SETS OF GALLOWS ON THE PORT SIDE HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AND ARE BENT OVER. BOTH ANCHORS ARE STILL IN PLACE ON THE BOW, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED FAIRLEADS AND HAWSE PIPES. THERE IS A PROMINENT BREAKWATER ON THE FO'C'S'LE DECK. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE 'TR' SERIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION SHOW NUMEROUS SIMILARITIES. THIS, WITH THE BELL, CONFIRM THE IDENTITY. BELL IS HELD BY THE MARITIME FORCES COMMAND MUSEUM, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. (N COSSONS). NCA. SEP 2020/000174024 4.8.20 EXAM’D 30.1.20 IN 5325.019N, 0407.519W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. LENGTH 41MTRS, WIDTH 6.9MTRS, HT 7MTRS, ORIENTATION 288/108DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 83.3MTRS, WIDTH 89.6MTRS, 2.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 144DEGS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT, LISTING SLIGHTLY TO PORT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1571). AMEND TO DW 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND INTACT, LISTING SLIGHTLY TO PORT

Position: 53 25.019 N,4 7.519 W

 

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