This is the information page about the shipwreck Ezra weston (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 42.799 N,4 57.933 W (50.505016666667, -5.2049666666667)

 

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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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2. Alcyon (possibly)
3. Angele (possibly)
4. Anna sophie
5. Antoinette (probably)
6. Arthurtown
7. Bogstad
8. Brabant
9. Brava
10. Brisk (probably)
11. Camelot challenger (possibly)
12. Carasa (possibly)
13. Carl
14. Castor 1
15. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
16. Diligent
17. Dumfries
18. Elna e
19. Empire otter
20. Ezra weston (bow section)
21. Ezra weston (stern section)
22. Florence reynolds
23. Germaine
24. Girdleness
25. Gregynog
26. Hemsley 1
27. Hmcs regina
28. Hmhs rewa
29. Hugin
30. Humbergate (probably)
31. Hunsgrove
32. Island maid
33. John taylor
34. Kai (possibly)
35. Lake edon
36. Lake owens
37. Lci(l)99
38. Lisa maria
39. Madryn
40. Marguerite pry
41. Maria asumpta
42. Mefjord (possibly)
43. Milly (possibly)
44. N verberckmoes (possibly)
45. Norma (possibly)
46. Orfordness
47. Pearn pride (possibly)
48. Portugal
49. Risoy (probably)
50. Rossmore (possibly)
51. Runswick
52. Saphir
53. Sarah anderson (possibly)
54. Shad thames
55. Siracusa
56. Skopelos sky (after part)
57. Sphene (probably)
58. St joseph
59. St stanislas
60. Svint
61. Swainby (probably)
62. Tagona
63. Towneley
64. U 1021 (possibly)
65. U 325 (possibly)
66. Ub 65
67. Warnow (possibly)

 

Name: EZRA WESTON (BOW SECTION)

Length 134.4 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 7176 ton
Load: vehicles,general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1943 by the new england sb corp, portland. owned at time of loss by us the war shipping administration. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 2500hp, single shaft. passage avonmouth for falmouth. general cargo. torpedoed by u-667 while in convoy ebc-66. broke in two and sank.

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: 10.1.69 10.1.69 FISHERMENS FASTENER ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE A WRECK IN 504254N, 045750W [OGB] USING DECCA. (R.DAVIS, SUB AQUA). H2979/74 9.9.77 H2979/74 9.9.77 WK REPORTED IN 504255N, 045756W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E. GILES, 16.5.77). 4.5.78 4.5.78 CHARTED AS NDW IN 504255N, 045756W [OGB]. (TONNAGE NOT KNOWN). NC 1178. 6.4.00 6.4.00 BOW SECTION LIES IN 5042.779N, 0457.868W [WGD]. POSN BY DGPS. REPORTED AS MAINLY BEING PIECES OF WRECKAGE. NOT YET DIVED. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 6.4.00). CONSIDERED TO BE THIS WK. SEE [16914] FOR STERN SECTION. RETAIN AS NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/799/01 23.11.01 HH090/799/01 23.11.01 EXAM'D 11.9.01 IN 5042.806N, 0457.929W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.5 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS TOWARDS 115 DEGS. LENGTH 98MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.1MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL SECTION 20MTRS SW OF THE MAIN PART. WELL BROKEN UP. (NP 1008, HI 799). BR STD. 10.8.11 10.8.11 LOCATED 28.3.10 IN 5042.799N, 0457.933W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.94 IN GEN DEPTH 51.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 27MTRS, HT 7.8MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. SEABED SAND. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 43MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 42.799 N,4 57.933 W

 

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