Wreck: Duchess of cornwall (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Duchess of cornwall, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 44.734 N,1 43.43 W (49.745567, -1.723833)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: DUCHESS OF CORNWALL
Length 79.4 meter, width: 11.2 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1706 ton
Cause: built in 1889 by w grewy & co. owned at time of loss by dutchess of cornwall ss co. triple expansion engine of 156nhp for 8.5 knots. torpedoed. 23 men lost. (dods). sunk by uc 26. (french wk records 1999).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H3937/62 23.11.62 WK, LEAST DEPTH 46MTRS, IN 494445N, 014325W. (PARIS NM 62 35 16).
- NM 2213/62. 18.5.73 [EUR] POSN: 494446.5N, 014320W. NC 1106. 12.3.84 UNKNOWN WK LOCATED BY V/S & E/S IN 494448N, 014323W [EUR]. LIES IN GEN DEPTH OF 54MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1976 NO.14591015). 22.9.88 DECCA CO-ORDS GIVEN. (REP DES CR ET EP). HH100/351/01 21.11.89 WK IN 494445N, 014325W IDENTIFIED AS BRITISH SS 'DUCHESS OF CORNWALL'. BELL RECOVERED IN 1987. (P ENAULT, 20.10.89) 21.6.90 UNKNOWN IN 494447.2N, 014322.4W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 46 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14591015). NCA. 4.2.93 WK, LEAST DEPTH 48MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1992 NO.14591015). BR STD. 15.4.99 POSN 4944.794N, 0143.350W [EUR]. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE HOLE IN MIDDLE OF WK. (FR WK RECORDS 1999). BR STD. SEP 2015/000182665 30.9.15 SHOWN AS WK 48MTRS IN 4944.734N, 0143.430W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7092. [ED 4, COR TO 11.8.15]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Position: 49 44.734 N,1 43.43 W
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