This is the information page about the shipwreck Cato, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.038 N,6 0.896 W (50.1588, -6.0585666666667)

 

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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: CATO

Length 70 meter, width: 10 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1269 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal

Cause: built in 1899 by campbeltown shipbuilding co, campbeltown. owned at time of loss by the bristol ss co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 98 nhp, single shaft. machinery by kinkaid, glasgow. passage cardiff for hamburg. foundered in very heavy weather after water ingress fwd and loss of hatch cover. 1 man lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 75 meter, Height above seabed: 34 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H2959/73 12.3.75 FISHERMANS FASTENER, BELIEVED WRECK, IN 502100N, 060048W USING DECCA. (MR.GILES 1975). BR STD. 30.1.78 CHART AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2649. H2613/78 10.3.78 LOCATED 3.8.77 IN REPD POSN USING HF [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 76MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS. LYING 035/215 DEGS & APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE. CONFIRMED WK BY MAGNETOMETER. (HMS FOX, HI 42A/77). CHART AS WK 70MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 24.7.06 DIVED IN LISTED POSN, BELL RECOVERED WITH NAME 'CATO'. VESSEL IS WELL COLLAPSED & LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE. (G POUND, TELECON 24.7.06) NCA. 10.2.14 EXAM'D 3.12.13 IN 5021.038N, 0600.896W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 70.81 IN GEN DEPTH 75.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4.96MTRS. LIES 034/214 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1415). GENERALLY INTACT WITH MINOR DEBRIS SURROUNDING. AMEND 70MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE, WELL COLLAPSED

Position: 50 21.038 N,6 0.896 W

 

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