This is the information page about the shipwreck Colonian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 53.791 N,5 23.863 W (51.896517, -5.397717)

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.

Name: COLONIAN

Length 137.5 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 6440 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,metal: concentrate and products,foodstuffs: solid,grain

Cause: built in 1901 by r hawthorn & w leslie & co ltd, hebburn. owned at time of loss by f leyand & co ltd. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 552hp, single shaft. machinery by the ne marine eng co ltd, newcastle. passage boston, mass, for london. general cargo. wrecked on the north bishop rocks. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1968

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter

Known since: 1968, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H3542/68 21.11.68 H3542/68 21.11.68 DIVERS HAVE FOUND COPPER BARS. THE VESSEL IS SOMEWHAT DAMAGED BY MARINE ACTION. PROPELLOR IS MISSING. RISDON BEAZLEY HAVE PURCHASED THE WK AND PLAN TO SALVAGE THE METAL IN NEAR FUTURE. POSN 515344N, 052337W [OGB]. (LLOYDS, R EDMUNDS & CUTTING FROM SUNDAY MIRROR 10.11.68) INS AS DW. BR STD. H3542/68 2.4.69 H3542/68 2.4.69 POSN AMENDED TO 515346N, 052348W [OGB]. (R EDMUNDS, LTR DTD 27.3.69) BR STD. 30.12.68 30.12.68 CONTRACT HAS BEEN MADE OUT FOR THE CARGO OF THIS VESSEL WITH RISDON BEAZLEY. (BOARD OF TRADE, 30.12.68) H1310/84/31 5.9.84 H1310/84/31 5.9.84 DIVED ON 20.8.84. STANDS 13MTRS HIGH. UNCHARTED PART OF N BISHOP REEF, WITH LEAST DEPTH 7MTRS IS NEARBY. ESTIMATE THAT NINE TENTHS OF WK HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY REMOVED DURING PREVIOUS SALVAGE OPS. SEABED STREWN WITH UNEXPLODED SHELLS, FUSES IN UNSTABLE CONDITION AND INTERMIXED WITH COPPER AND BRASS BARS, ALL FUSED TOGETHER. LOCALS SAY WK CURRENTLY BEING WORKED BY A FISHERMAN. SITE MARKED BY 3 LARGE PVC BUOYS. (R BUFTON, 31.8.84). NCA.. 22.11.01 22.11.01 [WGD] POSN: 5153.791N, 0523.863W. NE 1482. HH100/351/19 12.11.02 HH100/351/19 12.11.02 DIVED AND LOCATED SOME 200MTRS SE OF CHARTED POSN. UNABLE TO EXPLORE FURTHER DUE TO STRONG TIDES. (R JONES). NCA. 25.1.13 25.1.13 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (EMU, HI 1365). ASSUMED FULLY BROKEN UP. PREVIOUS REPORTS OF SHELLS. AMEND FOUL.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 53.791 N,5 23.863 W

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