Wreck: Charlwood (Sailing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Charlwood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.461 N,4 22.164 W (50.191017, -4.369400)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: CHARLWOOD
Length 60.3 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 6, tonnage 867 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1877 by w doxford & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by t h jackson, liverpool. passage antwerp for valparaiso. foundered following collision with ss boston of london. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1981
Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 302 cm
Known since: 1981, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H1946/80 24.8.81 SMALL INTACT WK, 43MTRS LONG, EXAM'D 2.4.81 IN 501122N, 042205W [OGB] USING HIFIX 6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LYING 150/330DEGS. (HMS FOX, HI 16). CHART AS WK 52MTRS. R/P. 18.9.87 WK IN 501133N, 042206W. DIVED ON RECENTLY, IT IS A STEEL SAILING VESSEL, CARGO IS GLASS PRODUCTS. (J BERNARD, TELECON). NCA. 2.6.97 DIVED AND FOUND TO BE AS DESCRIBED. ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 1890. BREAKING UP. CARGO OF ALL GLASS, INCLUDING SOME COLOURED. HIGHEST POINT IS AT THE BOWS, SOME 3MTRS HIGH. (TELECON, M TOMS). NCA. HH100/351/22 7.7.05 THIS IS THE CHARLWOOD. HAS BEEN IDENTFIED BY THE BELL. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. SEP 2020/000287353 25.11.20 WRECK EXAMINED 25.4.20 IN POSITION 5011.461N, 0422.164W [WGD], LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.69 MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 58 MTRS, LENGTH 46 MTRS, WIDTH 15 MTRS, HEIGHT 4.6 MTRS, ORIENTATION 302 DEGS. (HI1678, CLINTON MARINE SURVEY LTD). AMEND NDW 53 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: STEEL HULL,
Position: 50 11.461 N,4 22.164 W
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