This is the information page about the shipwreck Cranford (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 49.39 N,1 4.599 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Athelstane
4. Atlas (possibly)
5. Atwing (possibly)
6. Aurora
7. Azira
8. Balzac
9. Blairhall
10. Blue dawn
11. Braconash (possibly)
12. Burnhope (part of)
13. Cairnglen
14. Carlo
15. Carmarthen coast
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
19. Clare (possibly)
20. Clavering (part of)
21. Corsham
22. Cranford (possibly)
23. Denham (probably)
24. Dimitris
25. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
26. Eagle iii
27. Elemore
28. Empire bay
29. Eventide
30. Fawn (probably)
31. Fervent
32. Firelight (possibly)
33. Gateshead (possibly)
34. General havelock
35. Gothia
36. Gran
37. Grit
38. H a brightman
39. H c flood (possibly)
40. H c flood (probably)
41. Hans hoth (probably)
42. Harraton
43. Hartley
44. Harvest
45. Hawkwood
46. Hebble (probably)
47. Heckler
48. Helene
49. Helvetia (possibly)
50. Hendrika
51. Hercules
52. Hmms 180
53. Hms ben ardna (probably)
54. Hms ethel taylor
55. Hms euston
56. Hms fairplay 2
57. Hms james ludford
58. Hms loch naver
59. Hms ruthin castle
60. Hms snaefell (probably)
61. Hms summer rose
62. Hms william hallet (possibly)
63. Hogarth
64. Humber
65. Ida duncan
66. Ilios (possibly)
67. Ilious
68. Imperialist (possibly)
69. Intent
70. Inverlane (part of)
71. Inverlane (stern section)
72. Jenny m (possibly)
73. John m smart (possibly).
74. John miles
75. Jolly girls (possibly)
76. Jonkoping i (possibly)
77. Jytte (possibly)
78. Kalua
79. Kasko
80. Kilkis (possibly)
81. King james (possibly)
82. La basiase (la bastaise)
83. Linden (probably)
84. Llwyngwair (possibly)
85. Loch-na-gar (probably)
86. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
87. Longbird
88. Lucida
89. Lyng
90. Maggie mcleman ii
91. Maindy bridge (possibly)
92. Marcheller (possibly)
93. Margaret sutton
94. Mayoress pelican
95. Mile end (possibly)
96. Montauban
97. Narcissus (possibly)
98. Nordheim (possibly)
99. Nyula
100. Ocean
101. Orion (probably)
102. Ottoland (possibly)
103. Pathfinder
104. Patria
105. Pitwines (probably)
106. Polleon (possibly)
107. Poltava (possibly)
108. Povena
109. Presto (possibly)
110. Presto (possibly)
111. Protector (possibly)
112. Quillota
113. Ragni (probably)
114. Ravensbourne (possibly)
115. Ravnanger (probably)
116. Renen
117. Rfa creosol
118. Rio colorado
119. Rising sun (part of)
120. Rising sun (part of)
121. Rosa (possibly)
122. Rosella (probably)
123. Rotha
124. S t wallsend
125. Saga (possibly)
126. Schaldis (possibly)
127. Scott miller
128. Spray
129. Stag 5 (probably)
130. Staithes (possibly)
131. Stangate
132. Stora-korsnas-link i
133. Strinheim
134. Suavity
135. Sunniva (possibly)
136. Swiftly
137. Talisman (possibly)
138. Tatiana (possibly)
139. Teal (probably)
140. Teesdale (possibly)
141. Thames (probably)
142. The stewarts court (probably)
143. Triumph
144. Uc 32 (probably)
145. Vestra
146. Vianna (possibly)
147. Vianna (probably)
148. Victory
149. Voorwarts (possibly)
150. Wayside flower
151. Winga
152. Winga (possibly)
153. X.l.
154. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: CRANFORD (POSSIBLY)

Length 89.3 meter, width: 11.4 meter, draught: 5.7, tonnage 2293 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,armament

Cause: built in 188 by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by london & northern ss co (pyman bros, manager). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 240nhp for 9 knots, single shaft. passage the tyne for pozzuoli. cargo of gun mountings, machinery, steel billets, lead ingots and general. distress signals seen off hartlepool during the night of 12/13 october with a full hurricane blowing. wreckage and some bodies washed ashore over the following few days. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 175 cm

Known since: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H6330/87 15.7.88 H6330/87 15.7.88 WK 42.6 IN GEN DEPTH 47.9MTRS, IN 544923N, 010430W [OGB]. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, TELEX 19.6.88, HI 414A). NCA YET. H6330/87 14.11.88 H6330/87 14.11.88 EXAM'D 3.6.88 USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.6 IN GEN DEPTH 47.9MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 48.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.9MTRS, LENGTH 88MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. LIES 175/335 DEG, APPARENTLY BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED. AN ISOLATED PIECE OF WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED 40MTRS N OF MAIN WK. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). BR STD. 8.5.07 8.5.07 THIS COULD BE CRANFORD. (R YOUNG, EMAIL). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 54 49.39 N,1 4.599 W

 

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