This is the information page about the shipwreck Cheerful, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 24.724 N,5 43.054 W (50.412067, -5.717567)

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.

Name: CHEERFUL

Length 68.9 meter, width: 9.2 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1014 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: ex-ethel cane. built in 1874 by osbourne, graham & co of chylton. owned at time of loss by j ellis. compound engine, single shaft. machinery by hawkes, cranshaw & co of newcastle. passage london for liverpool. general cargo. sank following collision with hms hecla (6400 gt). 10 passengers and 3 crew were lost.

Year of registration: 1885

Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1885, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: H2959/73 6.3.75 H2959/73 6.3.75 FISHERMANS FASTENER BELIEVED WK IN 502442N, 054300W USING DECCA. (E GILES). CHART AS USC 28MTRS. NE 1149. H2979/74 16.9.77 H2979/74 16.9.77 WK REPORTED IN 502440N, 054255W EXTENDING TO 502445N, 054306W USING DECCA. FF ALSO REPD IN 502440N, 054233W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (TONNNAGE NOT KNOWN). NC 1178. HH100/351/08 9.6.94 HH100/351/08 9.6.94 IDENTIFIED AS THE WRECK OF SS CHEERFUL. (MARINE SALVAGE SERVICES). HH100/351/12 1.4.97 HH100/351/12 1.4.97 SS CHEERFUL LOCATED IN 502444.5N, 054303.2W BY DIVERS DURING 1995. BOWS EAST IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. CARGO: 5 TONS TIN. (G J POUND, 5.3.97). NCA. HH090/799/01 20.12.00 HH090/799/01 20.12.00 EXAM'D 13.9.00 IN 5024.724N, 0543.054W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59.9 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. COVERS AN AREA OF 82MTRS BY 41MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK IS WELL BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED. MAINLY A SERIES OF PIECES OF WRECKAGE. (NP 1008, HI 799). AMEND TO WK 59MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, AREA OF WRECKAGE WITH TWO MAIN PARTS

Position: 50 24.724 N,5 43.054 W

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