Wreck: Citrine (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Citrine, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 58.804 N,5 9.645 W (49.980067, -5.160750)
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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: CITRINE
Length 60.9 meter, width: 8.9 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 788 ton
Load: stone
Cause: built in 1939 by 'de merwede' van vliet & co, harrinxveld. owned at time of loss by william robertson & sons. 6 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. passage llandulas for london. all hatches were stove in during strong nw gale. attempted to beach, but sank 1 mile offshore. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1956
Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1956, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: H394/56 27.1.56 H394/56 27.1.56 MASTER'S REPORT INDICATES VESSEL SANK IN 495940N, 050840W IN 16-19FMS. PLAN SENT BY LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION GIVES POSN AS 043DEGS, 2.35M FROM LIZARD LIGHT. (RNLI REPORT & COURT OF ENQUIRY FINDINGS; HM COASTGUARD, ST JUST; MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, DTD 2.1.56). INS AS DW IN POSN 43DEGS, 2.35M FROM LIZARD LIGHT.
- NM 466/56. HH100/351/03 7.12.90 HH100/351/03 7.12.90 LIES IN 495900N, 050936W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES N/S IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. WELL BROKEN WITH BOW PARTLY INTACT AND UPSIDE DOWN. MIDSHIPS SECTION FLATTENED. STERN SECTION UPSIDE DOWN AND COLLAPSING. LIES NEXT TO ROCK OUTCROPS AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE USING E/S. (J R ELLISS, 29.11.90). AMEND TO NDWPA IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 22.6.06 SEP 2006/368320 22.6.06 LOCATED IN 4958.804N, 0509.645W [WGD], STERN POSN, USING DGPS. DIFFICULT TO LOCATE USING E/S & MAGNETOMETER. GEN DEPTH 22-23MTRS AT LW. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 21.6.06) AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 26.4.13 26.4.13 NOT LOCATED 2013 USING M/B. (NETSURVEY, HI 1406). IN ROCKS. AMEND FOUL. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW PARTLY INTACT & INVERTED, REST FLATTENED, IN ROCKS
Position: 49 58.804 N,5 9.645 W
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