This is the information page about the shipwreck Counsellor iii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 37.853 N,3 22 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. ? susie mo ii
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abana (part of)(possibly)
4. Admiral nelson
5. Agnes
6. Alarm
7. Alcides
8. Alice
9. Anatolian
10. Angola
11. Angola (part of)(possibly)
12. Ann sumner
13. Anne elizabeth
14. Ant
15. Armagh
16. Auchenarden
17. Auspicious
18. Avon
19. Azalea
20. Bella
21. Berwyn
22. Bessie
23. Blairnevis
24. Blanche (possibly)
25. Boston
26. Bradda
27. Brazilian
28. Burbo tower (remains)
29. Burbo tower (remains)
30. Burbo tower (remains)
31. Burbo tower (remains)
32. Burgedin
33. Cairnross
34. Calcium (probably)
35. Calderon
36. Cameronian
37. Carley marie
38. Caroline
39. Cascapedia
40. Chase
41. Christina shearer
42. Chrysopolis
43. City of brussels
44. City of st andrews
45. Colin russell
46. Colombus
47. Colorado
48. Concord
49. Coniston (probably)
50. Coral bank
51. Counsellor iii
52. Countess of devon
53. Croydon
54. Cumbrae
55. Denbigh coast
56. Denham
57. Dublin
58. Dunmail
59. Ebeneezer
60. Edward finch
61. El oso
62. Elephant
63. Elizabeth
64. Elizabeth lathom
65. Ellan vannin
66. Ellen sarah
67. Ellen southwold
68. Emelie
69. Eros
70. Eversfield
71. Fairy
72. Fb 118 (possibly)
73. Fb 275 (possibly)
74. Fb 278 (possibly)
75. Fb 295 (possibly)
76. Fb 296 (possibly)
77. Fb 300 (possibly)
78. Fb 72 (possibly)
79. Fb 83 (possibly)
80. Four brothers (possibly)
81. Frolic
82. Gannochy
83. Geofredo (part of)
84. Germania
85. Glencona
86. Globe trotter
87. Gorsethorn
88. Gratitude
89. Hannah
90. Hannah landles
91. Hebe
92. Hebe (possibly)
93. Henry j smith
94. Herbie
95. Herlief
96. Hero
97. Hms cochrane
98. Hvideorn
99. Ibis
100. Ida
101. India
102. Ionic star
103. Irene chalmers
104. J b kee
105. James and grace gregory
106. Jerseymoor
107. Jessie brown
108. John pierce
109. John w elliot
110. Juno
111. Kelvindale
112. Leeds (probably)
113. Lelia
114. Letty
115. Lionel george
116. Little burbo beacon
117. Lochmonar (fwd part)
118. Lochranza castle
119. Lugar
120. Lyra
121. Mancunium
122. Mantura
123. Margaret
124. Marion
125. Marn
126. Mary
127. Mary agnes
128. Mary kate
129. Mary olivia
130. Mayflower (part of)
131. Mermaid (probably)
132. Mersey
133. Mid jordan beacon
134. Montreal
135. Munster
136. Murielle
137. Nautilus
138. Nazarine
139. Nestos
140. Nickolai
141. North jordan bn
142. Ocean home
143. Ocean monarch
144. Old england
145. Osctilia
146. Ousebridge
147. Pegu (bow section)
148. Pegu (stern)
149. Penryn
150. Penstone
151. Perseverance
152. Perseverance
153. Peru (probably)
154. Phoenician
155. Pigeon
156. Polly williams
157. Ponce
158. Princess victoria
159. Progress
160. Prudence
161. Queen
162. Queens tower
163. Raoul et aurelie
164. Rea 8 (possibly)
165. Rea 9 (possibly)
166. Resurgam
167. Ringsend
168. Robert & elizabeth
169. Robert marsden
170. Robert seymour
171. Rosebud
172. Sarah
173. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
174. Seaville (part of)
175. Seaville (part of)
176. Severn
177. Sir george grey
178. Smelter
179. Sons of the sea
180. Sparling
181. Speke (possibly)
182. Sportsman
183. Spurn
184. Stanleigh
185. Star of hope
186. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
187. Sultan
188. Sunbeam
189. Sunda
190. Talbot
191. The lady mostyn
192. Thomas
193. Thomas
194. Thorn
195. Thornton
196. Tongue beacon
197. Tower base
198. Tt 6 (possibly)
199. U 1024 (possibly)
200. Ulstermore
201. Valeria
202. Vanguard
203. Ville de llanes
204. W.m.j
205. Walter dean
206. Weazel
207. William huskisson
208. William rawcliffe
209. Woodville
210. Ystroom (probably)
211. Zealandia

 

Name: COUNSELLOR III

Length 120.4 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5068 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: built in 1926 by c connell & co ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by charente ss co ltd (harrison's). four boilers, triple expansion engine of 464nhp, single shaft. passage new orleans and halifax for liverpool. detonated a magnetic mine. (sibi & lloyds war losses).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H0291/40 9.3.40 H0291/40 9.3.40 SUNK IN 533740N, 032215W [OGB]. UPRIGHT WITH MASTS SHOWING. 'EL OSO' CONL LT BUOY MOVED TO COVER. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). - PFNM 734/40. 20.6.40 HO291/40 20.6.40 INS AS DW IN 533740N, 032215W [OGB], MARKED BY CONL LT BUOY.

- NM1540/40. 12.2.41 HO534/41 12.2.41 LT ON BUOY EXTINGUISHED. - TFNM 348/41. 31.5.41 HO534/41 31.5.41 CANCEL TFNM 348/41. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) H0291/40 19.2.44 H0291/40 19.2.44 BUOY MOVED 080DEGS, 1C FROM WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 360/44. H0291/40 16.9.44 H0291/40 16.9.44 BUOY NOW GREEN CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.

- NM 2014/44. H4515/46 17.8.46 H4515/46 17.8.46 LOCATED IN 533742N, 032142W [OGB], OR 153.5DEGS, 5.65M TO QUEENS TWR. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19 IN GEN DEPTH 70FT. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 4FT. (HMS SEAGULL).

- NM 2840/46. H0291/40 14.10.46 H0291/40 14.10.46 BUOY MOVED CLOSE W OF WK. (TH).

- NM 3490/46. H6706/48 24.11.48 H6706/48 24.11.48 WK NOW SWEPT CLEAR TO 47FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HMS SEAGULL).

- NM 2626/48. H1893/64 11.3.68 H1893/64 11.3.68 WK IN 533746N, 032150W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59 IN GEN DEPTH 68FT. SCOUR DEPTH 72FT. SEA CONDITIONS DURING EXAMINATION NOT IDEAL. (HMS WOODLARK, 19.9.67). BR STD. 16.6.92 16.6.92 LOCATED IN 533750N, 032153.5W USING GPS. (P SHARPLES, TELECON). NCA. HH090/758/01 23.11.98 HH090/758/01 23.11.98 EXAMINED 28.10.97 IN 533751.2N, 032200.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.9 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.8MTR. DCS3 HT 3.4MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VERY BROKEN WITH NO FORM OR SHAPE. STREWN OVER AN AREA OF 100 BY 30MTRS. HIGH POINTS TO THE N OF THE AREA OF WRECKAGE. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 758). IN VIEW OF DCS3 HT AND GEN DEPTH RETAIN AS WK 14.3MTRS IN AMENDED POSN. BR STD. 14.5.09 14.5.09 EUT POSN: 5337.853N, 032200W. NE 1978.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS, NO DISTINCT WK REMAINS

Position: 53 37.853 N,3 22 W

 

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