Wreck: Clarinda (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Clarinda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.867 N,1 39.66 W (50.464450, -1.661000)
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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: CLARINDA
Length 67.1 meter, width: 9.3 meter, tonnage 1075 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1871 by w doxford & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by g j hay. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 98nhp, single shaft. passage cardiff for cronstadt. sank following collision with ss tern. (d c wendes).
Year of registration: 1955
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm
Known since: 1955, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: 7.1.56 NSC IN 502752N, 013942W [OGB]. PERSISTENT ECHO CONTACTED ON 203DEGS & 061DEGS DURING SURVEY. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY 1955). HH090/962/01 12.12.02 EXAM'D 21.7.02 IN 5027.866N, 0139.661W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.4, FOUL 32.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.9 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 19MTRS NE/SW. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. PORTION OF DEBRIS LIES 060 DEGS 22MTRS FROM MAIN WK. WELL BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS SW 32MTRS. BR STD. 30.10.07 THIS IS CLARIDA. IDENTIFED BY BUILDER'S NAMEPLATE. UPRIGHT BUT BROKEN AND MUCH OF THE HULL HAS FALLEN OUTWARDS. SOME SECTIONS OF PLATING ARE 20-30MTRS FROM THE MAIN WK. TWO BOILERS AND THE ENGINE ARE THE HIGHEST PARTS. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5027.866N, 0139.660W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.57MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. LENGTH 76MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 140/320 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 84MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 318 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN & COLLAPSED, BOWS SE, SCOUR NE/SW
Position: 50 27.867 N,1 39.66 W
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