This is the information page about the shipwreck Cawnpore, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 6.01 N,4 53.355 W (55.861316666667, -4.9531166666667)

 

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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. Adono
2. Akka
3. Amy (possibly)
4. Arab (possibly)
5. Arthur
6. Brent 1
7. Brent 2
8. Brent 3
9. Brent 4
10. C22
11. Captayannis
12. Cawnpore
13. Champion
14. Cormorant 1
15. Cormorant 2
16. Cormorant 3
17. Cougier
18. D 36
19. Eilean dhu
20. Elf 3
21. Elf 4
22. Endeavour
23. Europa
24. Fernlea (possibly)
25. Greenock
26. Hms seagull
27. Iona i
28. Isabella of wigton (probably)
29. Jubilee star
30. Kintyre
31. Lady gertrude
32. Liz of ashton (possibly)
33. Mary anning
34. Ocean (possibly)
35. Osprey (fore part)
36. Ovington (probably)
37. Penola
38. Portland (possibly)
39. Princess of wales (fore section)
40. Rhoda (possibly)
41. Spray (possibly)
42. Wallachia

 

Name: CAWNPORE

Length 15.2 meter

Cause:

Year of registration: 1950

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 62 cm

Known since: 1950, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H4039/50 8.7.50 DW IN 560603N, 045318W, MARKED BY G CAN BUOY CLOSE N. (BOOM DEFENCE OFFICER, GREENOCK)

- NM 1327/50. H4039/50 6.8.58 BUOY REMOVED. (HMS ACHERON, HN 1/58)

- NM1464/58. H4039/50 22.8.61 REQUEST TO PURCHASE WRECK BY BLACKWOOD/NURSE & CO. (CP 57878/61). H4039/50 11.10.62 TENDER OF FIVE POUNDS ACCEPTED BY LT T NURSE, GLAS. C.3 (CP8A(1)50876/62) 15.3.82 REFERRED TO AS 'DEGAUSSING BARGE'. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. HULL COMPLETE. SUPERSTRUCTURE & MANY BATTERIES LYING ON DECK AND AROUND HULL. BOW ANGLED INTO SANDY BOTTOM. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 5). H2010/81 17.2.84 EXAM'D 12.9.83 IN 560601N, 045317W. FIXED BY HSA. LEAST DEPTH BY LEADLINE DRIES 0.16MTR, IN GEN DEPTHS 0-5MTRS. LIES ON STBD SIDE, ORIENTATED 062/242DEGS, BOW SW. OVERALL LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. NO SIGNS OF BATTERIES MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS REPORT. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE SUGGESTS THIS WAS A TORPEDO TRIALS VESSEL WHICH SANK SHORTLY AFTER WWII. THERE ARE TWO TORPEDO TUBES, ONE ABOVE AND ONE BELOW LWL NEARBY. (HMS HYDRA, HI 40). BR STD. 21.5.90 WRECK NOT VISIBLE ON PHOTO [DTD 16.5.88], WATERLINE AT TIME OF PHOTO 1.9MTRS ABOVE LAT. NCA. 4.7.13 [WGD] POSN: 5606.010N, 0453.355W. SEP 2013/000228705 29.10.13 WK COMPLETELY BROKEN UP. (PO K LEESON, PORT SURVEYOR, EMAIL DTD 17.10.13). AMEND FOUL.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 6.01 N,4 53.355 W

 

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