This is the information page about the shipwreck Croxteth hall, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 21.451 N,2 59.322 E (51.52005, 3.2163)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: CROXTETH HALL
Length 111.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4243 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products
Cause: built in 1909 by rickmers a g. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines. triple expansion engine of 327nhp. passage port sudan for antwerp. struck sandbank and sank off wanderlaar light ship. (dods).
Year of registration: 1929
Water depth above wreck: 9 meter
Known since: 1929, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H1419/29 2.3.29 DW IN 512138N, 025915E, WITH W CONL BUOY, GPFL(2)G 150MTRS N. (OSTENDE NM 28/29).
- NM 391/29. H1419/29 1.5.29 WK IS TO BE DISPERSED. (BELGIAN NM 173/29). H1419/29 4.11.30 DELETE. (OSTENDE NM).
- NM 1886/30. H5912/34 3.8.34 NDW SHOWN ON E4207. NE 325. H666/40 26.2.40 WK 9.1MTRS SHOWN IN 512130N, 025918E ON E 5308. AMEND WK 5FMS. NES 1872 & 325. H3697/52 11.9.53 LEAST DEPTH NOW 8.3MTRS. (OSTENDE NM 44/172/53). AMEND WK 4FMS 3FT.
- NM 101/54. 16.8.55 SHOWN AS WK 4FMS 3FT WITH G SPH BUOY, OCCG6S CLOSE W ON LCS 325, 3371 H3697/52 8.10.55 INS BUOY ON 325, 1872, & INS WK 4FMS 3FT ON 3371.
- NM 2045/55. H3697/52 10.12.55 LEAST DEPTH NOW 7.6MTRS, MARKED BY G SPH BUOY, OCCG6S CLOSE W. (HAGUE NM 252/3439). AMEND WK 4FMS 1FT WITH BUOY.
- NM 2942/55. 17.10.56 NOW CHARTED IN 512130N, 025924E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 325. H3697/52 23.11.56 SUPERSTRUCTURE OF BUOY HAS DISAPPEARED. (OSTEND NM 144/56). H3697/52 15.5.62 SALVAGE OPERATIONS. (OSTEND NMS 8/67(T)/62, 21/160(T)/62). H3697/52 15.5.63 SALVAGE OPERATIONS COMPLETED. (OSTEND NM 7/50/63). AMEND NDW.
- NM 999/63. H1310/88/46 22.9.88 1930 SALVAGE CARRIED OUT BY J O INGRAM. (R VERPOORTE, 28.8.88). 1.6.93 POSN NOW SHOWN AS FOUL ON BELGIUM 101 & 102 [1992 EDN]. BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 15.10.10 SHOWN IN 5121.451N, 0259.322E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 21.451 N,2 59.322 E