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 14.157 N,3 36.285 W (54.290033333333, -3.9008833333333)

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 35.9 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 2.5, tonnage 138 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products

Cause: built in 1857 at stockton. owned at time of loss by j duff. broke down off holyhead and sailed to ramsay bay. could not make shelter there owning to adverse winds so she anchored off ravenglass. crew of 7 left her in a small boat and the master proceeded to maryport to engage a tug. when the master and crew returned the next morning the vessel had vanished. presumed foundered in the night. (a corkill).

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 1997

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/06 29.1.93 HH100/351/06 29.1.93 FASTENER REPD IN 541418N, 033558W. KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'THE MULBERRY BUSH'. LOST AND DAMAGED FISHING GEAR REPD. THOUGHT TO BE EITHER WRECKAGE OR ROCKS. STANDS ABOUT 2MTRS HIGH ON E/S AND COVER A SMALL AREA. (K HURLEY, 13.1.93). NCA YET. HH100/351/07 18.5.93 HH100/351/07 18.5.93 EXAM'D 1.5.93, WK OF SMALL STEAMSHIP LOCATED IN 541409N, 033615W BY DIVER. BROKEN UP & COVERED BY PARTS OF TRAWL NETS. MAXIMUM HT 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED BY E/S POSSIBLY LYING E/W. (K HURLEY, LTR DTD 7.5.93). PLOTS IN AREA OF 1843 LEADLINE SURVEY, SHOALEST DEPTH WITHIN 2M TAKEN AS GEN DEPTH, 23MTRS. CHART AS WK 19MTRS. HH090/728/01 4.12.97 HH090/728/01 4.12.97 EXAM'D 11.10.97 IN 541409.4N, 033617.1W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.3 IN GEN DEPTH 26.6MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.7MTRS. LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 145/325DEGS. FOUND TO HAVE SUNK INTO THE MUD LEAVING LESS THAN 0.5MTR PROUD OF THE SURROUNDING SEABED. (NP 1008, HI 728). INTACT. NO DEBRIS. BR STD. HH100/351/15 3.12.99 HH100/351/15 3.12.99 CONSIDERED THAT THIS MAY WELL BE 'EXPRESS'. (A CORKILL)..
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SUNK INTO SEABED

Position: 54 14.157 N,3 36.285 W

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