This is the information page about the shipwreck Den of seaton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 21.069 N,3 18.415 W (51.36625, -3.26885)

 

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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. Aeolus (probably)
2. Alice of milford
3. Bonita
4. Borderdene
5. Casper 2
6. Cato (possibly)
7. Den of seaton
8. Devonia
9. Durdham
10. Eden force
11. Elmdale
12. Emily
13. Fleur de lys
14. Foremost 45
15. Gleneuse
16. Hms oswaldian
17. Hms royal scot
18. Hongisto
19. Island queen
20. Jamaica planter
21. James & sarah (probably)
22. James mcgee
23. Kayeson
24. Lady non (possibly)
25. Lamb?
26. Maclaren
27. Margaretha (possibly)
28. Merkur
29. Mfb golden dawn
30. Middlesex
31. Mildrid
32. Mistress quigley
33. No 194 ax
34. Nornen
35. Persistent
36. Princess louise (probably)
37. Redvers buller
38. Severn transport
39. Sigvar
40. Teifi (possibly)
41. The american
42. Thomond (possibly)
43. Trio
44. Wild rose
45. Wythburn
46. Zelo

 

Name: DEN OF SEATON

Length 106.7 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 3892 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal

Cause: built in 1901. owned at time of loss by c barrie & son, dundee. three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage london & newport, mon, for aden, madras & calcutta. sank following a collision with london registered ss shepperson. (sibi & dods).

Year of registration: 1909

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 127 cm

Known since: 1909, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H4841/39 3.7.39 OBSTN 7 FMS IN 512102N, 031822W BY BEARING AND DISTANCE. (HMS JASON).

- NM 1470/39. LATER CHARTED AS 7FMS ROCK. H6053/49 11.10.49 FOUND TO BE WK, LEAST DEPTH 41FT. FURTHER EXAMINATION TO BE MADE. (HMS SEAGULL). NCA YET. H6053/49 23.11.49 EXAM'D 28.10.49 IN 512102N, 031822W. SWEPT CLEAR 40, FOUL 41FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44FT IN GEN DEPTH 15FMS. NO SCOUR. LIES NW/SE AND HAS PRONOUNCED OVERFALLS WHEN STREAM EXCEEDS A KNOT. CONFIRMED WK. (HMS SEAGULL, 10.11.49).

- NM 2397/49. H6053/49 5.1.50 MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, LAID 600FT S OF WK. (TH NM 3/50, 4.1.50).

- NM 117/50 & 207/50. H6053/49 18.4.50 DISPERSED TO 45FT [MLWS]. (C IN C NORE, 17.4.50). NCA YET. H6053/49 20.6.50 BUOY WITHDRAWN. WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 45FT BY THV VESTAL. (TH, 13.6.50).

- NM 1270/50. H2897 16.9.69 SWEPT CLEAR 7FMS [LAT: 7FMS 3FT]. (HMS WOODLARK, SIGNAL DTD 11.9.69).

- NM 1536/69. H2897/69 30.3.70 EXAM'D 2.9.69 IN 512103N, 031822W [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.7, FOUL AT 14MTRS. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SEABED GRAVEL AND SAND. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 311/69). BR STD. H3942/88 23.1.90 EXAM'D 5.8.89 IN 522104N, 031822.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.9, FOUL AT 18.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.6 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.7MTRS. APPARENTLY IN ONE PIECE AND LYING 115/295DEG. (LAND & MARINE ENGINEERING LTD, HI 464).

- NM 449/90. 1.8.06 [WGD] POSN: 5121.096N, 0318.450W. 27.1.12 LOCATED 10.12.10 IN 5121.069N, 0318.415W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.70 IN GEN DEPTH 27.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 113MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS, HT 8.25MTRS. LIES 127/307 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1327). INTACT. AMEND WK 19.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS SE

Position: 51 21.069 N,3 18.415 W

 

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