This is the information page about the shipwreck Coniston (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 38.653 N,3 11.303 W (53.644217, -3.188383)

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: CONISTON (PROBABLY)

Length 28.4 meter, width: 4.3 meter, draught: 2, tonnage 73 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases

Cause: built of iron in 1867 in liverpool. owned at time of loss by t winder. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 20 nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for lancaster. blew up, presumably from boilers explosion. crew of 5 lost. (sibi). sank after fire and explosion while carrying petroleum in barrels. (c michael).

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: HH206/460/04 23.2.93 HH206/460/04 23.2.93 WK LOCATED DURING DRILLING SITE SURVEY IN 533900N, 031113W [EUR]. LENGTH 40MTRS, BEAM 6MTRS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 1.2MTRS. LIES NNW/SSE APPROX IN SHALLOW SCOUR. (HAMILTON OIL CO, 5.2.93). INS AS WK 7MTRS

- NM 864/93. HH206/460/07 24.11.98 HH206/460/07 24.11.98 WK LOCATED IN 533839.2N, 031118.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. WK DISPROVED IN LISTED POSN. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.1MTRS OBTAINED. (NP 1016, HN DTD 16.11.98). POSN ERROR DUE TO ORIGINAL REPORTED POSN FROM HAMILTON BEING ON [EUR] BUT ASSUMED TO BE ON [OGB]. AMEND TO WK 8.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/758/01 9.2.99 HH090/758/01 9.2.99 EXAM'D 23.10.99 IN 533839.2N, 031118.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.1 IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 8.6MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED. NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 758). NFA. HH100/351/16 8.11.00 HH100/351/16 8.11.00 DIVED IN SEPT 2000. A SS, UPRIGHT AND VERY MUCH INTACT. DEEPLY BURIED IN MUD SEABED. BEAM 7MTRS. STANDS 2.5MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LIES 165/345 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. SCOUR 0.3MTR DEEP FOR 25MTRS AROUND THE HULL. DEBRIS LIES WITHIN 10MTRS TO PORT AND STBD. MIDSHIPS IS THE HIGHEST POINT. POSSIBLY 'BLANCHE'. (K HURLEY, LTR DTD 6.11.00). NCA. HH100/351/20 16.4.03 HH100/351/20 16.4.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THE REMAINS OF AN IRON SS. HAS WOODEN DECKING AND IS ABOUT 123FT LONG. NOT THE 'BLANCHE' AS TOO SMALL AND TOO OLD. (C MICHAEL, LTR DTD 12.7.03). NCA. 22.3.10 22.3.10 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CONISTON (PROBABLY). (C MICHAEL, EMAIL DTD 21.3.10). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, WELL BURIED, IRON HULL, WOODEN DECK

Position: 53 38.653 N,3 11.303 W

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