This is the information page about the shipwreck City of bristol, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 14.747 N,6 20.644 W (55.417466666667, -6.4078833333333)

 

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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. Andania (probably)
2. Berry bretagne
3. City of bristol
4. Clementine
5. Cumberland
6. Devereux
7. Diamond
8. Ella hewett
9. Erlo hills
10. Girona
11. Girvan
12. Glentow
13. Her majesty
14. Hinde
15. Hms brisk (bow section)
16. Hms calgarian
17. Hms drake
18. Hms duchess (probably)
19. James stewart
20. Knightsgarth
21. Lindron
22. Lochgarry
23. Lord rank
24. Lugano
25. Minerva (poss)
26. Pintail
27. Raven (poss)
28. Santa maria
29. Shackleton
30. Templemore
31. U 245 (probably)
32. U 680 (probably)
33. U 968

 

Name: CITY OF BRISTOL

Length 35 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 214 ton

Cause: built in 1903 by goole shipbuilding & repairing co ltd. owned at time of loss by t f kelsall. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 55 nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by c d holmes & co, hull. passage moville for fleetwood. struck reefs and sank in heavy weather. (sii)

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter

Known since: 1980, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: 24.12.80 24.12.80 LIES IN W PART OF LARRY BANE BAY IN 20MTRS OF WATER AND STANDING 3-4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. HULL PLATING HAS FALLEN FROM FRAMES. TIDAL STREAM NEGLIGIBLE OVER WRECK, BUT RUNS UP TO 4KNOTS FURTHER OFFSHORE. (BSAC WRECK REGISTER,VOL III). NCA. STS. H1310/85/45 14.7.86 H1310/85/45 14.7.86 APPROX POSN FOR THIS WK BY HSA OBTAINED 19.6.86 IS 551506N, 062036W. LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. LOCAL FISHERMEN REPORT WK BADLY BROKEN UP AND ONLY HAZARD TO TRAWLING OR ANCHORING. (W F TODD, HN DTD 19.6.86). HSA DETAILS PROVIDED COULD NOT BE PLOTTED ON 2798, BUT POSN SHOWN ON ACCOMPANYING O.S. SHEET CONFIRMS BSAC WK REGISTER POSN. INS AS FOUL IN 551445N, 062035W [OSI]. BR STD. 15.10.04 15.10.04 EUT POSN: 5514.750N, 0620.643W. NC 2494. HH091/240/01 18.5.09 HH091/240/01 & SEP 2009/000038475 18.5.09 LOCATED 16.6.08 IN 5514.747N, 0620.644W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.79 IN GEN DEPTH 19.5MTRS. SCOUR 2.8MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 1.8MTRS, WIDTH 1.8MTRS, HT 0.5MTR. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FURGO OSAE, HI 1240). SMALL CONTACT IN DEEP SCOUR HOLE. RETAIN FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SMALL CONTACT IN DEEP SCOUR HOLE

Position: 55 14.747 N,6 20.644 W

 

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