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 (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Admiral nelson
4. Agnes
5. Albatross
6. Albert
7. Albert (part of)
8. Albert (part of)
9. Alcides
10. Alice
11. Alice davies
12. Anatolian
13. Angola
14. Angola (part of)(possibly)
15. Ann sumner
16. Ann widnal
17. Anne
18. Anne elizabeth
19. Architect
20. Armagh
21. Auchenarden
22. Auspicious
23. Avon
24. Avon
25. Azalea
26. Bactria
27. Bayswater (possibly)
28. Bella
29. Bengar
30. Berwyn
31. Bessie
32. Blairnevis
33. Blanche (possibly)
34. Boston
35. Boubolina
36. Bradda
37. Brazilian
38. Buenos ayres
39. Burbo tower (remains)
40. Burbo tower (remains)
41. Burbo tower (remains)
42. Burbo tower (remains)
43. Burgedin
44. Calderon
45. Cameronian
46. Carl august
47. Carley marie
48. Caroline
49. Carrie
50. Cascapedia
51. Castle queen
52. Catherine
53. Catherine
54. Chase
55. Christina shearer
56. Chrysopolis
57. City of st andrews
58. Colin russell
59. Collingwood
60. Colombus
61. Colorado
62. Concord
63. Coniston (probably)
64. Coral bank
65. Corbet
66. Cornish coast
67. Corrientes
68. Counsellor iii
69. Countess of devon
70. Croydon
71. Cumbrae
72. Denbigh coast
73. Denham
74. Ditton
75. Douglas
76. Douglas
77. Dunmail
78. Dunvegan castle
79. Ebeneezer
80. Ebenezer
81. Ebenezer
82. Edward finch
83. El oso
84. Elephant
85. Eliza bonstead
86. Elizabeth
87. Elizabeth dal
88. Elizabeth lathom
89. Ellan vannin
90. Ellen sarah
91. Ellen southwold
92. Emelie
93. Emmeline
94. Empress eugenie
95. Endymion
96. Eros
97. Ester ann
98. Esther
99. Eurymedon
100. Eversfield
101. Fairlie and jane
102. Fairy
103. Flamingo
104. Four brothers
105. Frolic
106. Gannochy
107. Geofredo (part of)
108. Geofredo (part of)
109. Geofredo (part of)
110. Germania
111. Gladstone
112. Glencona
113. Globe trotter
114. Gorsethorn
115. Grappler
116. Gratitude
117. Gwydir
118. Hannah
119. Hannah landles
120. Harmony
121. Hawkesbury
122. Hebe
123. Hebe (possibly)
124. Helen
125. Henry j smith
126. Herbie
127. Herlief
128. Hero
129. Hms cochrane
130. Hopper f
131. Hopper number 6
132. Hvideorn
133. Ibis
134. Ida
135. Ida
136. India
137. Ionic star
138. Irene chalmers
139. J b kee
140. J c swindlehurst
141. J w t
142. James and grace gregory
143. Jerseymoor
144. Jessie
145. Jessie brown
146. John & ann
147. John bull
148. John pierce
149. John w elliot
150. Juno
151. Jura
152. Kelvindale
153. Lady irene of menai
154. Laura
155. Leeds (probably)
156. Lelia
157. Letty
158. Lionel george
159. Little burbo beacon
160. Lizzie morton
161. Lochmonar (fwd part)
162. Lochranza castle
163. Lunevale
164. Lylie
165. Lyra
166. Major
167. Mancunium
168. Mantura
169. Margaret
170. Marion
171. Marn
172. Mary
173. Mary agnes
174. Mary ann
175. Mary ann
176. Mary jane
177. Mary kate
178. Mary olivia
179. Matador
180. Mayflower (part of)
181. Mersey
182. Mid jordan beacon
183. Miner
184. Mona 2 (possibly)
185. Munster
186. Murielle
187. My lady
188. Nautilus
189. Nazarine
190. Nelson
191. Neptune
192. Nestos
193. Nickolai
194. No.163
195. North jordan bn
196. Ocean home
197. Old england
198. Olive branch
199. Orizava (or urizaza)
200. Osctilia
201. Our golden promise
202. Ousebridge
203. Parker
204. Pegu (bow section)
205. Pegu (stern)
206. Penryn
207. Perseverance
208. Perseverance
209. Peru (probably)
210. Phoenician
211. Pigeon
212. Planet
213. Polly williams
214. Ponce
215. Primrose
216. Progress
217. Prudence
218. Queen
219. Queens tower
220. Rambler
221. Raoul et aurelie
222. Rescue
223. Ringsend
224. Rissa
225. Robert & elizabeth
226. Robert marsden
227. Robert seymour
228. Roelas
229. Rosebud
230. San toy
231. Sandmail
232. Sarah
233. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
234. Seaville (part of)
235. Seaville (part of)
236. Selina
237. Severn
238. Sir george grey
239. Skate ii (debris from)(probably)
240. Slasher
241. Smelter
242. Sons of the sea
243. Sparling
244. Speke (possibly)
245. Sportsman
246. Spurn
247. Stamila
248. Stanleigh
249. Star of hope
250. Sulairia
251. Sultan
252. Sunbeam
253. Sunda
254. Superb
255. Susahana or susanah
256. Swan
257. Tacoma city (part of)
258. Tacoma city (southern part)
259. Talbot
260. Tancred
261. Tarbert
262. Telmo
263. The lady mostyn
264. Thomas
265. Thomas
266. Thomas davies
267. Thorn
268. Thornton
269. Tinker
270. Tongue beacon
271. Tower base
272. Trentham hall
273. Trial
274. U 1024 (possibly)
275. Ullapool
276. Ulstermore
277. United states
278. Valeria
279. Vanguard
280. Vesta
281. Victory
282. Ville de llanes
283. W.m.j
284. Walter
285. Walter dean
286. Wasp
287. Weazel
288. William huskisson
289. William rawcliffe
290. Woodville
291. Ystroom (probably)
292. Zealandia

 

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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