This is the information page about the shipwreck Dirigo (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 59.381 N,4 16.244 W (50.1442, -4.17415)

 

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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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2. Arandora star
3. August conseil (possibly)
4. Australbush (possibly)
5. Bell virtue
6. Birgitte
7. Bosphorous (possibly)
8. Charlwood
9. Chelydra (possibly)
10. City of antwerp
11. Dartmeet
12. Dirigo (possibly)
13. Duguesclin
14. East point
15. Eastern prince
16. Edam ii
17. Exploiter
18. Flying enterprise
19. Flying foam (possibly)
20. Halfdan (possibly)
21. Hazel claire (possibly)
22. Heron i
23. Hms foyle
24. Hms lord stonehaven
25. Hms ullswater
26. Hmsm h 52
27. Hmsm untiring
28. Koningin der engelen (probably)
29. Lab
30. Lochwood
31. Marie
32. Mcgregor
33. Medoc
34. Merc enterprise (probably)
35. Orchis
36. Persier
37. Rio sorocaba
38. Sabrina
39. Spyros
40. St andre (possibly)
41. St katharine (probably)
42. Totnes castle
43. Unicorn
44. W woolvern (possibly)
45. Western coast (possibly)
46. Woodburn
47. Yewforest

 

Name: DIRIGO (POSSIBLY)

Length 95.1 meter, width: 13.8 meter, draught: 7.8, tonnage 3005 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products,general and mixed goods,timber

Cause: built in 1894 by a sewall & co, bath, maine. owned at time of loss by axim transportation co inc. foundered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 72 meter, Height above seabed: 144 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 SONAR CONTACT IN 495900N, 041600W. GAVE OFF OIL. HEIGHT 20FT, LENGTH 320FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). 20.1.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT AND POSN. HEIGHT 20FT, LENGTH 320FT. (HMS WILDGOOSE, 20.1.45 & 15.2.45, AUBD 302/8). H3110/72 8.1.73 H3110/72 8.1.73 AREA AROUND 500100N, 041620W SEARCHED BUT NO WK LOCATED ON FLAT BOTTOM AREA. WK REPORTED IN THIS POSN PROBABLY THAT IN 495920N, 041610W. (HMS HECATE, 1972). H3110/72 9.1.73 H3110/72 9.1.73 WK IN 495920.3N, 041610.1W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR CONTACT. LIES 140/320DEGS IN FLAT BOTTOM AREA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 72MTRS. SEABED FINE SAND, BROKEN SHELLS, SMALL GRAVEL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE 1972). CHART AS WK 61.0MTRS IN 495920N, 041610W [OGB]. BR STD. H1280/76/31 31.3.76 H1280/76/31 31.3.76 FF IN 495927N, 041611W USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). H4514/76 16.9.76 H4514/76 16.9.76 FIXED BY DECCA IN 495922.94N, 041608.69W. RUN OVER WK WITH E/S [TRACE SUPPLIED] ON 10.4.76, DRIFTING SW-NE OVER WK. GENERAL DEPTH OF SEABED 39FMS. (T ALLEN, 9.9.76). HH100/351/16 25.1.01 HH100/351/16 25.1.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. ALMOST CERTAINLY BRITISH BUILT AS SEVERAL PORTHOLES RECOVERED ARE MARKED; 'J STONE & SONS, LONDON'. LARGE WK AND WELL COLLAPSED. HULL PLATES LIE OVER A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUPERSTRUCTURE. PROBABLY WW2. SOME CARGO VISIBLE WHICH LOOKS LIKE RUBBER TYRES. SEABED GRAVEL AND SILT. SILT COVERS SOME SECTIONS OF THE WK. (L BISHOP). HH091/059/01 28.4.05 HH091/059/01 28.4.05 EXAM'D 6.7.04 IN 4959.381N, 0416.244W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 68.4 IN GEN DEPTH 72.8MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 10MTRS TOWARDS 327 DEGS. LENGTH 93MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 4.4MTRS. LIES 144/324 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 68MTRS. BR STD. 20.11.07 20.11.07 ON CLOSER INSPECTION THE TYRES ARE SOLID AND OF WW1 ERA. CARGO APPEARS TO BE MIXED. SEVERAL GROUPS OF DIVERS HAVE FAILED TO LOCATE ENGINE AND BOILERS, THUS WK IS POSSIBLY 'DIRIGO'. (N R CHIPCHASE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, WELL COLLAPSED, PARTIALLY SILTED

Position: 49 59.381 N,4 16.244 W

 

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