This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire harry, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 15.015 N,3 51.745 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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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.
Name: EMPIRE HARRY
Length 41.5 meter, width: 9.1 meter, tonnage 479 ton
Cause: went ashore in a gale while towing two laden barges from falmouth to antwerp.
Year of registration: 1982
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter, Height above seabed: 133 cm
Known since: 1982, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: 15.1.82 WK IN 501459N, 035142W. BOILER SHOWS AT LW. WKGE STREWN OVER BOTTOM INSHORE OF BOILER. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 4). HH090/594/01 17.1.95 CHART SYMBOL AMENDED TO ST. HI 594 CONFIRMED THAT BOILER SHOWS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 594). SEP 2021/000052671 7.10.20 EXAM’D 2020; IN 5015.015N, 0351.745W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH DRIES 1.72MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 1MTRS. LENGTH 21MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 3MTRS. ORIENTATION 133/313 DEGS. WELL DEGRADED, WITH VISIBLE BOILER. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1679 - H525-18341). AMEND ST DRIES 1.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 15.015 N,3 51.745 W