This is the information page about the shipwreck Delfina , the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 27.624 N,4 4.292 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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Name: DELFINA

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7
Load: ballast

Cause: struck rocks off the skerries about 4 miles nw of the skerries lt. distress cables made to seaforth wireless station as no 1 and no 2 holds were flooded. crew rescued by harrison line vessel 'huntsman' which left for liverpool. delfina remained afloat, drifting east on the flood tide. spotted by liverpool trawler 'gosina' who observed her to sink in posn: penmon lt south by east, point lynas lt west by south.

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 13 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 20210805

Details measurements/cartography: H3838/86 WK LOCATED IN 532737N, 0404134W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.6MTRS, BUT BY DCS3 OF 23MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 357). INS AS WK 23MTRS.

- NM 2699/87. H3838/86 28.3.88 EXAM'D 29.9.87. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.6 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.5MTRS NOT CONSIDERED RELIABLE DUE SLOPE OF SEABED, LENGTH 108MTRS, BEAM 21MTRS. UPRIGHT, LYING 010/109 DEG WITH BOW S. (HMS FAWN HI 357). AMEND TO WK 28MTRS.

- NM 1184/88. HH100/351/01 22.11.89 DIVED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. VERY LARGE WK SITTING UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO STBD AND BOW S. MIDSHIPS BRIDGE SECTION STARTING TO COLLAPSE AND THE AFTER SECTION HAS TOTALLY FALLEN OVER TO STBD. NO SIGNS OF CARGO. APPARENTLY AN OLD SHIP FROM STATE OF METAL DECAY. UNUSUALLY DEEP SCOUR ALONG STBD SIDE WHERE WK STANDS SOME 8 TO 9 MTRS HIGH. (K HURLEY, 23.10.89). HH100/351/08 20.5.94 ALMOST CERTAINLY DELFINA. PLOTS CLOSE TO CHARTED WRECK, SIZE IS COMPATIBLE WITH SURVEYED DEPTH AND NO CARGO IS ON BOARD. (K HURLEY, 20.5.94). SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 05.08.2021; IN 5327.624N, 0404.292W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 102.61MTRS, WIDTH 15.8MTRS, HEIGHT 8.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 013/193 DEGS. WRECK WELL BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED, MID-SECTION COLLAPSED, BOW AND STERN LEANING TO PORT SIDE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7437). AMEND DW 28.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck well broken, partially buried, mid-section collapsed

Position: 53 27.624 N,4 4.292 W

 

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