Wreck: Cheshire (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Cheshire, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 4.512 N,3 8.686 W (50.075200, -3.144767)
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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: CHESHIRE
Length 54.3 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 633 ton
Load: coal,foodstuffs: solid
Cause: built of steel in paisley 1904 by j fulleton & co. owned at time of loss by ss cheshire co ltd. passsage port talbot for fecamp. foundered in extremely heavy nw gale. cargo large steam coal. crew of 12 including the master. (c davies).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2000
Details measurements/cartography: 19.12.44 CONTACT BY SONAR IN 500518N, 030900W. (HMCS BEACONHILL, 12.12.44). NCA. H0113/45 11.7.45 POOR SONAR CONTACT IN 500500N, 030800W. LENGTH 108FT, HEIGHT 24FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). NCA. H4638/55 22.7.55 WK IN 500428N, 030836W. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 33FMS IN GENERAL DEPTH 36-37FMS. SEABED SAND AND SHELLS. DIRECTION 055/235DEGS. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM 150DEGS & 330DEGS, POOR FROM 020-060 & 200-240DEGS. (HMS SCOTT, 21.10.54). NE 2454. 18.1.80 SHOWN AS WK PA 60MTRS ON FRENCH 878 [1979 EDN]. NCA. HH100/351/14/19 15.4.99 LOCATED IN 5004.487N, 0308.608W [OGB] USING DGPS. HEIGHT 5MTRS. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.3.99). BR STD. HH090/912/01 7.2.01 EXAM'D 19.9.00 IN 5004.512N, 0308.686W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58.6 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS. LIES 045/225DEGS WITH BOWS ?045 DEGS. NO DEBRIS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE. (GARDLINE, HI 912). BR STD. 22.10.08 WRECK WAS DIVED IN 2006 AND POSTIVELY IDENTIFIED AS SS "CHESHIRE" FROM RECOVERED BELL. (S CHESHIRE, E-MAIL 21.10.08)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE, BOWS ?045 DEG
Position: 50 4.512 N,3 8.686 W
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