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 (50.1442, -4.17415)

 

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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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2. Anna
3. Arandora star
4. August conseil (possibly)
5. Australbush (possibly)
6. Bell virtue
7. Birgitte
8. Brialan
9. Carol anne
10. Chancellor
11. Charlwood
12. Chelydra (possibly)
13. City of antwerp
14. Constance
15. Dartmeet
16. Die frau metta catharina von flensburg
17. Dirigo (possibly)
18. Dutton
19. Encourage
20. Foylemore (possibly)
21. Fylrix
22. Glen strathallan
23. Heron i
24. Hms abelard
25. Hms coronation (part)
26. Hms coronation (part)
27. Hms elk (probably)
28. Hms foyle
29. Hms kingston alalite (probably)
30. Hms lord stonehaven
31. Hms scylla
32. Hms ullswater
33. Hmsm a7
34. Hmsm h 52
35. Hopper barge no.42
36. James eagan layne
37. Kantoeng (part of)
38. Kazan
39. Kishmul of ayr
40. Lab
41. Lancaster
42. Lauwerzee
43. Lochwood
44. Mary
45. Mcgregor
46. Medoc
47. Merc enterprise (probably)
48. Orchis
49. Pegasus
50. Phoenix
51. Poulmic
52. Reine des flots
53. Rosehill
54. Sabrina
55. Silver laurel
56. Solstice ph199
57. Spyros
58. St andre (possibly)
59. Sunik (probably)
60. Tinker di
61. Unicorn
62. W woolvern (possibly)
63. Western coast (possibly)
64. Wilhelmina maria
65. Yewforest

 

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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