This is the information page about the shipwreck Clwyd (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 43.193 N,4 29.207 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. Abbotsford
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Angloman (possibly)
4. Apapa
5. Bengollyun
6. Benholm
7. Braganza
8. Briar
9. Captain mclintock
10. Cardea
11. Castilian
12. Clwyd (probably)
13. Cognac
14. Conovium (probably)
15. Cork
16. Dakota
17. Derbent
18. Dundalk
19. Empress eugenie
20. Excel
21. Fawn (possibly)
22. Florence
23. Grinder
24. Guillermo
25. Herbert
26. Hildena
27. Hms westphalia (possibly)
28. Hyacinth
29. La plata (possibly)
30. La rochelle (possibly)
31. Lightstone (probably)
32. Lilly (possibly)
33. Liverpool
34. Liverpool
35. Loweswater
36. Mary
37. Mary coles (possibly)
38. Mhari l
39. Minerva
40. Miriam thomas
41. Opal (possibly)
42. Pacific (possibly)
43. Pamela
44. Peveril
45. President harbitz
46. Pt1 or pt2
47. River humber
48. Saint mirren (possibly)
49. Seagull
50. Skerries
51. Sonia
52. Theme
53. Treveal
54. Tumi joy 2
55. Vigsnes
56. Waltham (probably)
57. Westward ho

 

Name: CLWYD (PROBABLY)

Length 38.1 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 289 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 14.1.1909 built by j p rennoldson & sons, south shields. yard number 256. launched 14.1.1909. owned by the clwyd ss co ltd, liverpool, (r & d jones, managers). sold on 19.1.16 to the point of ayr collieries ltd, liverpool, (g w dishart & a stabback, managers). departed from dublin on 18.12.1917 for the point of ayr colliery, in ballast. collided with ss paragon 12m n of the skerries. sank from damage inflicted by the collision. (k hurley).

Year of registration: 1996

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1996, last detected: 20220615

Details measurements/cartography: HH208/400/02 12.6.96 EXAM'D 28.5.96 IN 534311.8N, 042912.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.65 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.6MTRS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (NP 1008, HI 705). BR STD. HH090/705/01 3.10.96 ABOVE DETAILS REPEATED. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 705). BR STD. HH100/351/13 30.1.98 ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THIS IS THE 'CLWYD'. HISTORICAL AND SURVEY DATA MATCH NICELY. (K HURLEY). HH100/351/16 7.12.00 DIVED IN 5343.189N, 0429.201W [WGD] USING GPS. LENGTH 70MTRS PLUS, WIDTH 14-5MTRS. STANDS 9MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LIES E/W WITH BOWS W. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS FOR 20MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 10-20MTRS FROM STBD SIDE. SEABED MUD AND SHINGLE. LARGE CARGO VESSEL. MIDSHIPS AND STERN IN GOOD ORDER, BOWS DAMAGED. VERY UNUSUAL STERN WITH A LARGE BLOCK TOWER. CONSIDERED TO BE WW2 LOSS. (M BRENNAN, LTR DTD 2.12.00). NCA. HH208/400/05 17.4.01 DIVED IN 5343.189N, 0429.201W [WGD]. LIES E/S. LENGTH 130FT, BEAM 30FT APPROX. FAIRLY UPRIGHT. BRIDGE AMIDSHIPS IS HIGHEST POINT AT 56MTRS AT LW. LOOKS AROUND THE TURN OF THE 19TH CENTURY IN DESIGN. TELEGRAPH BY DONKIN & CO, NEWCASTLE AND WALKER'S PATENT CHERUB MK2 LOG RECOVERED. CINC REQUESTED. (E JONES, LTR DTD 9.4.01). NCA. 8.4.10 CINC REMOVED. MORE THAN 5 YEARS. RSDRA2022000299553 17.01.23 EXAM’D 15.6.22 IN 5343.193N, 0429.207W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.83MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. LENGTH 39.76MTRS, WIDTH 6.92MTRS, HT 6.20MTRS. ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1706 H525_7492). UPRIGHT AND INTACT, BOWS BROKEN. AMEND NDW 51.83MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS W

Position: 53 43.193 N,4 29.207 W

 

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