This is the information page about the shipwreck Conqueror, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 4.374 N,5 32.465 W (50.072900, -5.541083)

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: CONQUEROR

Length 65.5 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 8.1, tonnage 1157 ton

Cause: built in 1965 by hall, russell & co, ltd, aberdee. owned at the time of loss by hellyer bros ltd. 8 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. ran aground in heavy weather at penzer point, mounts bay. declared ctl and sold to eurosalve ltd, folkestone, but was abandone. (msd & sibi).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H5279/77 3.1.78 AGROUND, BOWS IN POSN 021DEGS, 0.25M FROM PENZER POINT. DECKS AWASH, LISTING TO STBD AND APPEARS TO BE BREAKING UP. (LANDSEND CG, SIG DTD 27.12.77). CHART AS ST IN 500425N, 053221W. NE 777. 3.1.78 STILL POSSIBILITY OF WK BEING SALVAGED. (CG, GWENNAP HEAD, TELECOM 3.1.78). NCA YET. 9.1.78 NOT YET ABANDONED BY OWNERS. (LL, 7.1.78). NCA. 10.1.78 SLIPPED BACK TOWARDS DEEPER WATER, ABOUT 5MTRS, DIVERS CURRENTLY SEALING VESSEL PREPARATORY TO REFLOATING. (LL, 10.1.78). NCA. H5279/77 30.1.78 TOTAL LOSS. SOLD AS LYING TO EUROSALVE LTD, FOLKESTONE. (LL, 26.1.78). NCA. H5279/77 16.1.79 HAS SLIPPED OFF REEF AND NO LONGER VISIBLE. (MRSC, LANDS END, SIG DTD 4.1.79). AMEND TO DWPA IN 500421N, 053215W. NE 777. 1.6.81 DIVED ON AND NOTHING FOUND 23.5.81. CONSIDERED TO HAVE BROKEN UP COMPLETELY AND NO DANGER TO SHIPPING. (M. SKELSEY, 1.6.81). NCA YET. HH100/351/01 22.2.02 [WGD] POSN: 5004.378N, 0532.464W. (J ROSEVEARE, E-MAIL 20.2.02). AMEND DW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/246/01 - SEP 2009/000041156 30.4.09 EXAM'D 7.08 IN 5004.374N, 0532.465W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.15 IN GEN DEPTH 4.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 5.4MTRS, WIDTH 4.3MTRS, HT 3.2MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. SMALL, BROKEN WRECKAGE LOCATED OVER RUGGED ROCKY TOPOGRAPHY. REMAINING DEBRIS IN TWO PARTS APPEARS TO HAVE SLIPPED 70MTRS DOWNSLOPE. DEBRIS LIES IN: 5004.348N, 0532.436W, LEAST DEPTH 6.30 IN GEN DEPTH 9.0MTRS & IN 5004.350N, 0532.415W, LEAST DEPTH 7.23MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12.0MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1246). AMEND WK 1.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MAIN PART WITH DEBRIS DOWNSLOPE

Position: 50 4.374 N,5 32.465 W

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway