This is the information page about the shipwreck Chagres, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 34.938 N,3 41.505 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)

 

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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. ? susie mo ii
2. Alarm
3. Albanian
4. Albion (probably)
5. Amlwch rose
6. Ardlough
7. Ben cruachan
8. Blanche (possibly)
9. Braeglen
10. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
11. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
12. Cairnross
13. Calcium (probably)
14. Chacabuco (possibly)
15. Chagres
16. City of brussels
17. Clytie
18. Dublin
19. El oso
20. Fb 110 (possibly)
21. Fb 112 (possibly)
22. Fb 116 (possibly)
23. Fb 118 (possibly)
24. Fb 265 (possibly)
25. Fb 267 (possibly)
26. Fb 275 (possibly)
27. Fb 278 (possibly)
28. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
29. Fb 295 (possibly)
30. Fb 296 (possibly)
31. Fb 297 (possibly)
32. Fb 300 (possibly)
33. Fb 43 (possibly)
34. Fb 47 (possibly)
35. Fb 56 (possibly)
36. Fb 72 (possibly)
37. Fb 83 (possibly)
38. Fb 86 (possibly)
39. Fb 98 (probably)
40. Four brothers (possibly)
41. Ghambira
42. Horizon (possibly)
43. Hornby (possibly)
44. Kilcoan (probably)
45. Leeds (probably)
46. Lelia
47. Letty
48. Linda blanche
49. Lugar
50. Mermaid (probably)
51. Munster
52. Nicola faith
53. Nydia (probably)
54. Ocean monarch
55. Penrhos (probably)
56. Penstone
57. Princess victoria
58. Rea 1
59. Rea 10
60. Rea 5
61. Rea 7 (possibly)
62. Rea 8 (possibly)
63. Rea 9 (possibly)
64. Residu
65. Resurgam
66. Rhosneigr
67. Stanleigh
68. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
69. Strathrye
70. Tongue beacon (possibly)
71. Torch
72. Tower base
73. Tt 6 (possibly)
74. Vine (possibly)
75. Ystroom (probably)

 

Name: CHAGRES

Length 122.1 meter, width: 15.6 meter, draught: 9.2, tonnage 5406 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1927 by alexander stephen sons, glasgow. owned at time of loss by elders & ffyfes ltd. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 447nhp, single shaft. passage victoria, nigeria for garston. mined. two men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 324 cm

Known since: 1946, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H4515/46 17.8.46 H4515/46 17.8.46 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 10FMS IN 533458N, 034133W. (HMS SEAGULL, 29.7.46). INS WK 10FMS.

- NM 2840/46. H3814/78 23.9.80 H3814/78 23.9.80 WK IN 2 HALVES, OR 2 WKS, REPORTED IN 533516N, 034130W. (E GILES, 21.9.80). H1310/84/2 21.2.84 H1310/84/2 21.2.84 WK STANDS 7MTRS CLEAR OF SEABED WITH MUCH DEBRIS LITTERED IN VICINITY. IN TWO PARTS. (R DAVIS, 9.2.84). H3838/86 3.12.87 H3838/86 3.12.87 LEAST DEPTH NOW 26.5 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS IN POSN 533454N, 034124W [OGB]. OTHER WKS, WITH HEIGHTS 4MTRS OR LESS, LIE IN A CONCENTRATION E AND NE OF THIS WK. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD 29.11.87). AMEND TO WKS 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POS.

- NM 366/87. H3838/86 19.5.88 H3838/86 19.5.88 EXAM'D 26.11.87 IN 533455N, 034124W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.0 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 41.5MTRS. HYDROSEARCH - VERT. HT 12.5MTRS, SHADOW HT 12MTRS. LENGTH 135.5MTRS, BEAM 39.6MTRS. LYING 137/317 DEG WITH BOW NNW. A FUNNEL REMAINS DISCERNABLE ON SUPERSTRUCTURE AMIDSHIPS AND THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT PROJECTIONS AT SSE END OF SUPERSTRUCTURE, AT WHICH POINTS HIGHEST SONAR HT WAS OBTAINED. FURTHER WRECKAGE APPEARS TO LIE BESIDE HULL TO THE SW AND 2 CONCRETE BARGES LIE CLOSE SW OF THE WK. CHART WITH LEAST DEPTH OF 26.5MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). NFA. H1311/88/53 30.11.88 H1311/88/53 30.11.88 CONFIRMED WK OF CHAGRES. LIES WITH BOW NORTH AND STERN WITH APPROX 55DEG LIST TO PORT. WK APPARENTLY SPLIT IN TWO. (S A RODGER, 27.10.88). HH100/351/17 24.4.01 HH100/351/17 24.4.01 LOCATED IN 5334.930N, 0341.480W [WGD]. (HMS SANDOWN). NCA. 10.9.13 10.9.13 EXAM'D 29.5.13 IN 5334.947N, 0341.526W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.06 IN GEN DEPTH 37.02MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 30.16MTRS. SCOUR 3.9MTRS EXTENDS 100MTRS TOWARDS 090 DEGS. LENGTH 123MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 124/304 DEGS. HAS APPARENTLY BEEN SALVAGED. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1376). AMEND WK 30MTRS. RSDRA2022000310935 20.12.22 EXAM'D 29.5.13 IN 5334.938N, 0341.505W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.92MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37.02MTRS. SCOUR 3.9MTRS EXTENDS 100MTRS TOWARDS 090 DEGS. LENGTH 123MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 324/144 DEGS. HAS APPARENTLY BEEN PARTIALLY SALVAGED. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1376). AMEND WK 29.92MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, BOWS NNW, LIST 55DEGS TO PORT

Position: 53 34.938 N,3 41.505 W

 

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