This is the information page about the shipwreck Dakota, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.199 N,4 20.444 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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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.

 

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11. Braganza
12. Breeze
13. Cambank
14. Captain mclintock
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21. Dakota
22. Delfina
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73. Wern (possibly)

 

Name: DAKOTA

Length 121.9 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 4332 ton
Load: clay products,general and mixed goods

Cause: vessel, built 1874 by palmers' co.. owned at time of loss by liverpool & great western s.n. co. (guion line). on passage from liverpool to new york. ran aground & broke up in two days. crew and 218 passengers recovered. (dods).

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 239 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 20210819

Details measurements/cartography: AGROUND ON E MOUSE, NEAR AMLWCH. (DODS). H1244/69 16.1.69 WK STILL TOGETHER BUT ALMOST COLLAPSED TO SEABED. NO NAVIGATINAL HAZARD BUT FOUL GROUND FOR ANCHORING AND FISHERMEN. BOWS LIE TO THE W, IN 30FT AND STERN IN 70FT OF WATER. (D A RAY, RAF SAC, 5.1.69). CHART AS F IN 532511N, 042024W. BR STD. H3077/70 6.5.71 NOTHING SEEN AT DEAD LWS. LOCAL SAC DIVER REPORTS MORE THAN 40FT OVER THIS WK. (HMS WOODLARK, R O S DTD 6.5.71). H1285/75 5.8.75 WK SLOWLY BEING BURIED BY SAND. HIGHEST POINT IS A STANCHION, APPROX 12FT HIGH. (A NEWTON, 9.7.75). H3838/86 31.3.88 NOT FOUND. (HMS FOX, HI 357). HH100/351/01 5.5.89 WELL BROKEN UP. BOILERS AND RIBS ARE HIGHEST PARTS. (K HURLEY, 10.4.89). 6.10.99 BROKEN IN THREE. SECTIONS OF HULL LEAN AGAINST E MOUSE ROCK. BOILERS FORM THE HIGHEST POINT. WINCHES AND PROPSHAFT CLEAR AND FRAMES STILL IN PLACE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, OCT 1999). NCA. SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 19.08.2021; IN 5325.199N, 0420.444W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. LENGTH 10.1MTRS, WIDTH 27MTRS, HEIGHT 3.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 239/059 DEGS. WELL DEGRADED WRECK, VISIBLE STRUCTURES AND TWO BOILERS. BURIED DEBRIS AROUND THE WRECK. STRUCTURE ATTACHED TO THE WRECK, POSSIBLY FISHING GEAR. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7312). AMEND DIST REMAINS OF WK 7.1MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 25.199 N,4 20.444 W

 

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