This is the information page about the shipwreck Charles m, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 42.81 N,0 18.657 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)

 

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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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66. Pontos
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70. Seaford
71. Seven seas (possibly)
72. Sir robert wigham
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Name: CHARLES M

Length 45.7 meter, width: 8.4 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 403 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1956 in burntisland. owned at time of loss by metcalf motor coasters ltd. 6 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. passage blyth for littlehampton. sank while under tow following collision. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 20150701

Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 7.5.75 EXAM'D 20.10.74 IN 504244N, 001848E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH FROM DCS3 SHADOW 200FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 23MTRS [12FMS 3FT]. NE 536 & NE 2451. H2979/74 25.11.76 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER. FIXED BY DECCA. WK LIES E/W WITH BOWS TO THE WEST. BOW & STERN ABOUT 18FT HIGH, WITH MIDSHIPS ABOUT 10FT HIGH. WK ABOUT 150FT LONG. IDENTIFIED AS 'CHARLES M' BY THE SHIP'S BELL. (E GILES, SUBSERVS, 13.11.76). HH100/351/05 8.5.92 LOCATED IN 504244.5N, 001847E [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). SEP 2015/000083465 25.11.15 EXAM'D 07.01.15, WK SHOWN IN 5042.810N, 0018.657E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30.8MTRS. LENGTH 43MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. SCOUR LENGTH 5MTRS, DEPTH 1MTR TOWARDS 320. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 1476). AMEND DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS W

Position: 50 42.81 N,0 18.657 E

 

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