This is the information page about the shipwreck Conisbro castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 57.395 N,3 21.979 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: CONISBRO CASTLE
Year of registration: 1958
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter
Known since: 1958, last detected: 1993
Details measurements/cartography: H6873/58 14.8.58 SANK 6M NE BY N FROM MORECAMBE BAY LTV, WNW OF BARROW GAS BUOY, IN 11FMS. (LLOYDS). NCA YET. H6873/58 13.10.58 POSN 535723N, 032154W, OR 5M NE BY E (056 DEG) FROM MORECAMBE BAY LTV. AREA FROM 1-1.25M RADIUS FROM REPD POSN HAS BEEN SWEPT BY TWO MOTOR BOATS & E/S SEARCH BY THV ARGUS. WRECK NOT LOCATED. SEABED IN VICINITY IS LEVEL WITH GEN DEPTH 10-11FMS AT LWST. (TH, 23.9.58). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. 1.9.72 AMEND TO USC 5FMS. NE 1826. 31.10.75 AMEND TO USC PA 9MTRS. NC 1961. HH3944/88/2 8.4.91 NOT FOUND USING SONAR AND E/S. SEVERAL STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALIES IN AREA INDICATE THAT WK MAY HAVE SETTLED COMPLETELY UNDER SOFT SAND AND MUD SEABED. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 466). DELETED.
- NM 1117/91. HH3944/88/2 18.6.91 POSN TO BE SHOWN AS FOUL. (DECISION AT 'WORK'). BR STD. HH100/351/06 19.3.93 THIS WK REPD BY LOCAL FISHERMAN TO BE IN 540310N, 032241W. (K HURLEY, 18.2.93). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 57.395 N,3 21.979 W