This is the information page about the shipwreck City of cardiff, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.269 N,5 41.858 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: CITY OF CARDIFF
Length 100.6 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3089 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1906 by ropner & son, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by instow ss co. passage le havre for cardiff. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by ne marine engine co, sunderland. caught by a gale & blown ashore at mill bay, lands end. (lands end shipwrecks, sibi & dods).
Year of registration: 1912
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter
Known since: 1912, last detected: 1973
Details measurements/cartography: H2959/73 20.8.73 H2959/73 20.8.73 FOUND IN 500314N, 054148W APPROX. POSN ESTIMATED FROM 2.5 INCH OS MAP. LIES AT FOOT OF CLIFFS. ENTIRE LENGTH VISIBLE WITH SEVERAL BREAKS 2-3FT WIDE. FLATTENED BOILERS SHOW AT LW, ABOUT 3FT ENGINE & SUPERSTRUCTURE GONE. MAKES DANGEROUS DIVING & BOATING. (E GILES). FOR FILING ONLY.H1282/77/116 4.5.77 REPD LOST AT NANJIZEL BAY. (P R JONES, 25.2.77). NCA. HH091/246/01 30.4.09 HH091/246/01 30.4.09 NOT LOCATED BY M/B IN LISTED POSN. AREA OF ROCK LEDGES. MAY LIE FURTHER INSHORE THAN ACHIEVED SURVEY LIMITS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1246). AMEND DEAD. NCA. 2.2.11 2.2.11 DIVED 21.6.10 IN 5003.269N, 0541.858E [WGD]. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE IN GEN DEPTH DEPTH 6MTRS. WK IS JAMMED UP AGAINST THE CLIFF. SPREADS OUT ON TO THE SANK AND DISAPPEARS UNDERNEATH IT. LARGEST PART IS THE BOILER WHICH RISES 3MTRS OFF THE SEABED. FAR LESS OF A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION THAN THE NEARBY CLIFF. (G J LOCKETT). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE AND BOILER REMAIN AGAINST CLIFF
Position: 50 3.269 N,5 41.858 W