This is the information page about the shipwreck Centurion (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.062 N,4 57.821 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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Arab
8. Ardgarry
9. Arvor
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Bamse (probably)
13. Bay of panama
14. Beatrice (possibly)
15. Bellucia
16. Ben asdale
17. Ben rein
18. Benito
19. Bjornvik (possibly)
20. Brest
21. Bretonne (probably)
22. Cape finisterre (probably)
23. Carmarthen
24. Caroline
25. Carolus
26. Caroni river
27. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
28. Centurion (possibly)
29. Cieszyn
30. Citrine
31. City of ghent
32. Clan apline
33. Clan malcolm
34. Cromdale
35. Cyrenian
36. Czar
37. Dionne marie
38. Dispatch (possibly)
39. Elisabeth (possibly)
40. Epsilon
41. Erato
42. Eric calvert (possibly)
43. Eskdale
44. Eva (possibly)
45. Forde
46. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
47. Ganymede
48. Gap
49. Godolphin
50. Grip (part of)
51. Gunvor
52. Hansy
53. Happy returns (possibly)
54. Hera
55. Hmcs trentonian
56. Hmml 380
57. Hms almond (after part)
58. Hms almond (bow part)
59. Hms brandlebas
60. Hms comet
61. Hms gloaming
62. Hms javelin (stern section)
63. Hms kurd
64. Hms lady of the isles
65. Hms narwhal
66. Hms primrose
67. Hms rinovia
68. Hms roche bonne
69. Hms torrent
70. Hmy sappho (possibly)
71. Hnlms brielle
72. Ilston
73. Jersey queen (possibly)
74. John
75. Jolie mouette
76. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
77. Juno
78. Karen marie
79. Kerris reed
80. King harry (probably)
81. Kremsertor
82. Krosfond
83. Lady cory-wright
84. Lady dalhousie
85. Le vieux tigre
86. Leander
87. Leon martin (part of)
88. Libourne
89. Lord snowden (probably)
90. Lucent (possibly)
91. Lydie
92. Merle
93. Mina cantiquin
94. Mitera marigo
95. Mohegan
96. Mosel
97. Mountby
98. Mourne (probably)
99. N g petersen
100. Normand
101. Nyassa
102. Ocklinge
103. Omer denise
104. Ospra
105. Panamera
106. Pearl (possibly)
107. Penelope jane (possibly)
108. Pindos
109. Plantaganet
110. Poljames
111. Poljames
112. Ponus
113. Port chalmers
114. Queen (possibly)
115. Rigmor (possibly)
116. Robert
117. Rock island bridge
118. Royal anne galley
119. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
120. Shoal fisher
121. Spital
122. Spyridion vagliano
123. Stanwood
124. Tregenna (possibly)
125. Tuborg
126. Twilight water
127. U 95
128. Ub 106 (possibly)
129. Ub 112 (possibly)
130. Ub 113
131. Ub 128 (possibly)
132. Ub 86 (possibly)
133. Ub 97 (possibly)
134. Uc 66
135. Ula
136. Veritas
137. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
138. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
139. Violet
140. Volnay
141. War tune
142. Wyndcliffe
143. Zebra

 

Name: CENTURION (POSSIBLY)

Length 78.4 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 6.9, tonnage 1826 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: built in 1891 by russel & co, greenock. owned at time of loss by w thompson, ship cambrian king ltd. passage pensacola, florida, for liverpool. foundered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 2005

Water depth above wreck: 81 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm

Known since: 2005, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: HH091/059/01 1.4.05 HH091/059/01 1.4.05 EXAM'D 20.8.04 IN 4954.062N, 0457.821W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 76.5 IN GEN DEPTH 81.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 47MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 5.1MTRS. LIES 105/285 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 043 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN, BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INS WK 76MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/21 5.9.05 HH100/351/21 5.9.05 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS A LATE 19TH CENTURY RIVETTED METAL SAILING VESSEL WITH FOUR METAL MASTS. LIES IN 86MTRS. STERN PART IS INVERTED WITH THE RUDDER ON THE SEABED. THE FWD 3/4 IS ON THE STBD SIDE, WELL BROKEN DOWN WITH MASTS EXTENDING OUT TO STBD. THREE LARGE ADMIRALTY PATTERN ANCHORS AT THE BOW. DONKEY BOILER MIDSHIPS. LARGE TIMBERS LYING LONGITUDINALLY IN SECTIONS MAY BE CARGO. POSSIBLY THE 'CENTURION'. (G FFOULKES-JONES, EMAIL DTD 1.9.05). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FWD 3/4 COLLAPSED ON STBD SIDE, STERN PART INVERTED

Position: 49 54.062 N,4 57.821 W

 

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