Wreck: Carthaginian (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Carthaginian (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 26.9 N,7 24.06 W (55.7053, -7.5799166666667)
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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: CARTHAGINIAN (POSSIBLY)
Length 117.6 meter, width: 13.7 meter, tonnage 4444 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1884 by govan shipbuilding co ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by allen line ss co ltd. four boilers, compound expansion engine of 457nhp, single shaft. machinery by j & j thompson , glasgow. passage the clyde for montreal. struck mine laid by u-79, no 2 hold filled, was abandoned and sank. 32 lives lost. (sii).
Year of registration: 1968
Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1992, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: H4131/68 12.6.68 H4131/68 12.6.68 POSSIBLE WK LOCATED IN 552954N, 071557W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 117FT IN GEN DEPTH 142FT. (HMS HECATE, ROS 1967). CHART AS WK 19FMS (34MTRS). NC 2723. HH100/351/06 30.11.92 HH100/351/06 30.11.92 DIVING EXPEDITION DISCOVERED WRECK TO BE ROCK PINNACLE WITH LEAST DEPTH, 34MTRS IN 552954N, 071557W. (DR N SOTHY, 24.11.92). AMEND DEAD. CHART AS DEPTH 34MTRS. BR STD. 16.1.07 16.1.07 WK LIES IN 5526.90N, 0724.06W [WGD]. (M MCVEIGH, EMAIL DTD 7.1.07). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 27.4.07 27.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5526.900N, 0724.060W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. LENGTH 116MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 170/350 DEGS. MAINLY INTACT. ?BOWS S WITH BOWS DETACHED. SCOUR TO E OF MAIN PART, TO W OF DETACHED SOUTHERN SECTION. AMEND WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 49.30MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 49MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: MAINLY INTACT, ?BOWS S WITH BOW DETACHED, SCOUR CLOSE BY
Position: 55 26.9 N,7 24.06 W
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