This is the information page about the shipwreck Chrysopolis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 39.514 N,3 3.481 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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.

 

1. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Admiral nelson
4. Agnes
5. Albert
6. Albert (part of)
7. Albert (part of)
8. Alcides
9. Alice
10. Alice davies
11. Anatolian
12. Angola
13. Angola (part of)(possibly)
14. Ann sumner
15. Ann widnal
16. Anne
17. Anne elizabeth
18. Architect
19. Armagh
20. Auchenarden
21. Auspicious
22. Avon
23. Avon
24. Azalea
25. Bactria
26. Bayswater (possibly)
27. Berwyn
28. Bessie
29. Blairnevis
30. Boston
31. Boubolina
32. Bradda
33. Brazilian
34. Buenos ayres
35. Burbo tower (remains)
36. Burbo tower (remains)
37. Burbo tower (remains)
38. Burbo tower (remains)
39. Burgedin
40. Calderon
41. Cameronian
42. Carley marie
43. Caroline
44. Carrie
45. Cascapedia
46. Castle queen
47. Catherine
48. Catherine
49. Chase
50. Christina shearer
51. Chrysopolis
52. City of st andrews
53. Colin russell
54. Collingwood
55. Colombus
56. Colorado
57. Concord
58. Conisbro castle
59. Coniston (probably)
60. Coral bank
61. Corbet
62. Cornish coast
63. Corrientes
64. Counsellor iii
65. Countess of devon
66. Croydon
67. Cumbrae
68. Denbigh coast
69. Denham
70. Ditton
71. Doris b
72. Douglas
73. Douglas
74. Dunmail
75. Dunvegan castle
76. Ebeneezer
77. Ebenezer
78. Ebenezer
79. Edward finch
80. Elephant
81. Eliza bonstead
82. Elizabeth
83. Elizabeth dal
84. Elizabeth lathom
85. Ellan vannin
86. Ellen sarah
87. Ellen southwold
88. Emelie
89. Emmeline
90. Empress eugenie
91. Endymion
92. Eros
93. Ester ann
94. Esther
95. Eurymedon
96. Eversfield
97. Fairlie and jane
98. Fairy
99. Flamingo
100. Four brothers
101. Frolic
102. Gannochy
103. Geofredo (part of)
104. Geofredo (part of)
105. Geofredo (part of)
106. Germania
107. Gladstone
108. Glencona
109. Globe trotter
110. Grappler
111. Gratitude
112. Gwydir
113. Hannah
114. Hannah landles
115. Harmony
116. Hawkesbury
117. Hebe
118. Hebe (possibly)
119. Henry j smith
120. Herlief
121. Hero
122. Hms cochrane
123. Hopper f
124. Hopper number 6
125. Hvideorn
126. Ibis
127. Ida
128. Ida
129. India
130. Ionic star
131. Irene chalmers
132. J b kee
133. J c swindlehurst
134. J w t
135. James and grace gregory
136. Jerseymoor
137. Jessie
138. Jessie brown
139. John & ann
140. John pierce
141. John w elliot
142. Juno
143. Jura
144. Kelvindale
145. Labora (possibly)
146. Lady irene of menai
147. Laura
148. Lionel george
149. Little burbo beacon
150. Lizzie morton
151. Lochmonar (fwd part)
152. Lochranza castle
153. Lunevale
154. Lylie
155. Lyra
156. Major
157. Mancunium
158. Mantura
159. Margaret
160. Marguerite
161. Marion
162. Marn
163. Mary
164. Mary agnes
165. Mary ann
166. Mary ann
167. Mary jane
168. Mary kate
169. Mary olivia
170. Matador
171. Mayflower (part of)
172. Mersey
173. Mid jordan beacon
174. Miner
175. Mona 2 (possibly)
176. Murielle
177. My lady
178. Nautilus
179. Nazarine
180. Nelson
181. Neptune
182. Nestos
183. Nickolai
184. No.163
185. North jordan bn
186. Ocean home
187. Old england
188. Olive branch
189. Orizava (or urizaza)
190. Osctilia
191. Our golden promise
192. Ousebridge
193. Parker
194. Pegu (bow section)
195. Pegu (stern)
196. Penryn
197. Perseverance
198. Perseverance
199. Peru (probably)
200. Phoenician
201. Pigeon
202. Planet
203. Polly williams
204. Ponce
205. Primrose
206. Progress
207. Prudence
208. Queen
209. Queens tower
210. Rambler
211. Raoul et aurelie
212. Rescue
213. Ringsend
214. Rissa
215. Robert & elizabeth
216. Robert marsden
217. Robert seymour
218. Roelas
219. Rosebud
220. San toy
221. Sarah
222. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
223. Seaville (part of)
224. Seaville (part of)
225. Selina
226. Severn
227. Sir george grey
228. Skate ii (debris from)(probably)
229. Slasher
230. Smelter
231. Sons of the sea
232. Sparling
233. Speke (possibly)
234. Sportsman
235. Spurn
236. Stamila
237. Star of hope
238. Sulairia
239. Sultan
240. Sunbeam
241. Sunda
242. Superb
243. Susahana or susanah
244. Swan
245. Tacoma city (part of)
246. Tacoma city (southern part)
247. Talbot
248. Tancred
249. Tarbert
250. Telmo
251. The lady mostyn
252. Thomas
253. Thomas
254. Thomas davies
255. Thorn
256. Thornton
257. Tinker
258. Tongue beacon
259. Trentham hall
260. Trial
261. Ullapool
262. Ulstermore
263. United states
264. Valeria
265. Vanguard
266. Vesta
267. Victory
268. Ville de llanes
269. W.m.j
270. Walter
271. Walter dean
272. Wasp
273. Weazel
274. William huskisson
275. William rawcliffe
276. Woodville
277. Zealandia

 

Name: CHRYSOPOLIS

Length 95.7 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2931 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-straits of dover. built in 1892 by irvine & co, west hartlepool owned at time of loss by the italian government. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 244nhp, single shaft. passage cartagena for garston. ran ashore in ribble estuary. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1931

Water depth above wreck: -2 meter

Known since: 1931, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: H3803/31 H3803/31 POSN 533924N, 030350W. INS B CONL BUOY 'WRECK' IN 533924N, 030350W. NC 1981. 16.11.51 16.11.51 INS AS DW WITH G CONL BUOY. NC 1981. H5533/52 16.9.52 H5533/52 16.9.52 WRECK BUOY REPD SUNK AND CONSIDERABLE SHOALING REPD CLOSE TO WRECK. (MERSEY DKS & HBR BOARD). H1797/56 23.11.56 H1797/56 23.11.56 WRECK IS REPD TO HAVE PRACTICALLY DISAPPEARED. (RIBBLE NAVN & TH). DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2871/56. H3542/68 14.10.68 H3542/68 14.10.68 BELIEVED TO THE IRON BARQUE MEXICO CITY. A CLOSE INSPECTION SHOWED AN IRON HULL ABOUT A QUARTER SUNK INTO THE SANDY SEABED. BEYOND THE RIBS & SOME PLATING PLUS CROSS MEMBERS, THE WRECK HAS BEEN STRIPPED, THE HIGHEST PART BEING ABOUT 12FT ABOVE THE SEABED. LENGTH OF WRECKAGE WAS 100FT AND WAS IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF CORROSION. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE WRECK IS USED BY THE LOCALS TO CATCH SHRIMPS AT LOW TIDE. WRECK VISITED 29.7.68. (IND UNRWTR ENTRS LTD REPORT DTD 9.10.68). AMEND TO WK DRIES 10FT. BR STD. 8.10.76 8.10.76 AMEND TO ST DRIES 3.1MTRS. NC 1981. H1270/85 18.6.87 H1270/85 18.6.87 ST APPEARS BROKEN UP & COVERED WITH SAND. (PHOTOGRAPHY DTD 21/6/86). DELETE DRYING HT. 28.4.89 28.4.89 AERIAL PHOT PG 1862/1-LP1, DTD 21.6.86, SHOWS DWP IN POSN 533930N, 030324W. AMEND TO DWP IN REVISED POSN. NE 1981.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 39.514 N,3 3.481 W

 

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