This is the information page about the shipwreck Douglas, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.516 N,2 58.081 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: DOUGLAS
Length 73.2 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 774 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: ex-dora. built in 1889 by r napier & sons, glasgow. owned at time of loss by the isle of man steam packet co. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage liverpool for douglas. foundered following collision.
Year of registration: 1923
Water depth above wreck: -2 meter
Known since: 1923
Details measurements/cartography: H5692/23 17.8.23 H5692/23 17.8.23 POSN 532230N, 025800W OR 470 YDS W HALF S (MAG) OF ISLAND AT HERCULANEUM DOCK ENTRANCE. MARKED BY WATCH VESSEL TO N & TWO CON BUOYS ONE TO S & ONE TO E EACH WITH FL G LT. (MERSEY DOCK NM 16/8). - TNM ISSUED. H5692/23 3.12.23 H5692/23 WK DESTROYED. (MERSEY DOCKS & HR BD 3.12.23). - TNM CANCELLED. 24.4.73 24.4.73 SALVAGE ASSOCIATIONS ACTED AS BOARD'S AGENTS RE CARGO. COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS GAVE NOTICE THAT THE VESSEL HAD BEEN ARRESTED. DEPTH OVER WK LAST SHOWN AS 16FT BELOW LBD. DEPTH OVER BOTTOM NOW 10FT BELOW LBD. POSN 532235N, 025843W. (LIVERPOOL WRECK RECORDS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 22.516 N,2 58.081 W