This is the information page about the shipwreck Express (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 20.229 N,3 29.311 W (54.373883333333, -3.4747166666667)

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: EXPRESS (POSSIBLY)

Length 36 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 138 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products

Cause: built of iron 1857. owned at time of loss by j duff, isle of whithorn. passage london for dumfries. left at anchor off ravenglass due to mechanical failure. crew rowed ashore to maryport for assistance. on returning the ship had gone - presumed to have sunk during the night. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 187 cm

Known since: 1990, last detected: 20210501

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/03 3.8.90 WRECKAGE OF SS LOCATED IN 542018.5N, 032908W [OGB] USING DECCA. GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. WRECKAGE STANDS 2MTRS HIGH OVER AREA 8 X 3MTRS, LYING 330/150DEG APPROX. BOW N. BOILER IS MAIN PART. TANGLED WITH OLD NETTING. (B CURLEY, 23.7.90). CHART AS WK 12MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/12 7.10.96 DIVED AND LOCATED IN 542013N, 032912W [OGB] USING GPS. WK HT SOME 4MTRS AT HIGHEST POINT, THE BOILER. GENERALLY BROKEN UP OVER AN AREA OF 100FT BY 30FT. LIES NW/SE. COULD BE EXPRESS. (K HURLEY). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 25.1.01 EUT POSN: 5420.225N, 0329.279W. NE 1346. HH208/400/05 22.3.05 SHOWN AS WK 12.6MTRS [LAT] ON GEOTEK/DTI WK CRUISE SURVEY DTD 4-24.8.04 [BATHY ID 20057004]. DEPTH BY MULTIBEAM. RETAIN WK 12MTRS. BR STD. RSDRA2022000010070 10.2.22 EXAM'D 01.05.2021; IN 5420.229N, 0329.311W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.39MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 39.6MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HEIGHT 2.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 187/007 DEGS. HEAVILY DEGRADED WRECK. ITS MOST CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE FEATURE IS A BOILER. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1729 - H525 5523). AMEND DW 12.3 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 20.229 N,3 29.311 W

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