This is the information page about the shipwreck Flamingo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 26.478 N,3 0.833 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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.

 

1. Admiral nelson
2. Agnes
3. Albatross
4. Albert
5. Albert (part of)
6. Albert (part of)
7. Alcides
8. Alice
9. Alice davies
10. Anatolian
11. Ann sumner
12. Ann widnal
13. Anne
14. Anne elizabeth
15. Ant
16. Architect
17. Armagh
18. Auchenarden
19. Auspicious
20. Avon
21. Avon
22. Azalea
23. Bactria
24. Bayswater (possibly)
25. Bengar
26. Berwyn
27. Bessie
28. Blairnevis
29. Boston
30. Boubolina
31. Bradda
32. Brazilian
33. Buenos ayres
34. Burbo tower (remains)
35. Burbo tower (remains)
36. Burbo tower (remains)
37. Burbo tower (remains)
38. Burgedin
39. Calderon
40. Cameronian
41. Carl august
42. Caroline
43. Carrie
44. Cascapedia
45. Castle queen
46. Catherine
47. Catherine
48. Chase
49. Christina shearer
50. Chrysopolis
51. City of st andrews
52. Colin russell
53. Collingwood
54. Colombus
55. Colorado
56. Concord
57. Coniston (probably)
58. Coral bank
59. Corbet
60. Cornish coast
61. Countess of devon
62. Croydon
63. Cumbrae
64. Denbigh coast
65. Denham
66. Ditton
67. Douglas
68. Douglas
69. Dunmail
70. Dunvegan castle
71. Ebeneezer
72. Ebenezer
73. Ebenezer
74. Edward finch
75. Elephant
76. Eliza bonstead
77. Elizabeth
78. Elizabeth dal
79. Elizabeth lathom
80. Ellan vannin
81. Ellen sarah
82. Ellen southwold
83. Emelie
84. Emmeline
85. Empress eugenie
86. Endymion
87. Eros
88. Ester ann
89. Esther
90. Eurymedon
91. Eversfield
92. Fairlie and jane
93. Fairy
94. Flamingo
95. Four brothers
96. Frolic
97. Gannochy
98. Geofredo (part of)
99. Geofredo (part of)
100. Geofredo (part of)
101. Germania
102. Gladstone
103. Grappler
104. Gratitude
105. Gwydir
106. Hannah
107. Hannah landles
108. Harmony
109. Hawkesbury
110. Hebe
111. Hebe (possibly)
112. Helen
113. Henry j smith
114. Herlief
115. Hero
116. Heron 2
117. Hms cochrane
118. Hopper f
119. Hopper number 6
120. Hvideorn
121. Ibis
122. Ida
123. Ida
124. India
125. Ionic star
126. Irene chalmers
127. J b kee
128. J c swindlehurst
129. J w t
130. James and grace gregory
131. Jerseymoor
132. Jessie
133. Jessie brown
134. John & ann
135. John bull
136. John pierce
137. John w elliot
138. Juno
139. Jura
140. Kelvindale
141. Lady irene of menai
142. Laura
143. Lionel george
144. Little burbo beacon
145. Lizzie morton
146. Lochmonar (fwd part)
147. Lochranza castle
148. Lord delamere
149. Lord delamere (possibly)
150. Lylie
151. Major
152. Mancunium
153. Mantura
154. Margaret
155. Marion
156. Marn
157. Mary
158. Mary agnes
159. Mary ann
160. Mary ann
161. Mary jane
162. Mary kate
163. Mary olivia
164. Matador
165. Mayflower (part of)
166. Mid jordan beacon
167. Miner
168. Mona 2 (possibly)
169. My lady
170. Nautilus
171. Nazarine
172. Nelson
173. Neptune
174. Nestos
175. Nickolai
176. North jordan bn
177. Ocean home
178. Old england
179. Olive branch
180. Orizava (or urizaza)
181. Osctilia
182. Ousebridge
183. Outer east dolphin
184. Parker
185. Pegu (bow section)
186. Pegu (stern)
187. Penryn
188. Perseverance
189. Perseverance
190. Peru (probably)
191. Phoenician
192. Pigeon
193. Planet
194. Polly williams
195. Ponce
196. Primrose
197. Progress
198. Prudence
199. Queen
200. Queens tower
201. Rambler
202. Raoul et aurelie
203. Rescue
204. Ringsend
205. Rissa
206. Robert & elizabeth
207. Robert marsden
208. Robert seymour
209. Roelas
210. Rosebud
211. San toy
212. Sandmail
213. Sarah
214. Seaville (part of)
215. Seaville (part of)
216. Selina
217. Severn
218. Sir george grey
219. Skate ii (debris from)(probably)
220. Slasher
221. Smelter
222. Sons of the sea
223. Sparling
224. Speke (possibly)
225. Sportsman
226. Spurn
227. Star of hope
228. Sulairia
229. Sultan
230. Sunda
231. Superb
232. Susahana or susanah
233. Swan
234. Tacoma city (part of)
235. Tacoma city (southern part)
236. Talbot
237. Tancred
238. Tarbert
239. Telmo
240. The lady mostyn
241. Thomas
242. Thomas
243. Thomas davies
244. Thorn
245. Thornton
246. Tongue beacon
247. Trentham hall
248. Trial
249. Ullapool
250. Ulstermore
251. United states
252. Valeria
253. Vanguard
254. Vesta
255. Victory
256. Ville de llanes
257. W.m.j
258. Walter
259. Walter dean
260. Wasp
261. Weazel
262. William huskisson
263. William rawcliffe
264. Woodville
265. Zealandia

 

Name: FLAMINGO

Length 71.3 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 1102 ton

Cause: iron hull. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. sunk about 120yds nw from n horn of canada basin after collision.

Year of registration: 1886

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1886, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: 30.4.1886 PREPARATIONS WERE MADE TO FLOAT THIS VESSEL BY STEAM PUMPS BY THE UNDERWRITERS SALVAGE READINESS. DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB. COMMENCED 30.4.1886, COMPLETED 20.8.1886. DEPTH 26FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN AS WK 4FMS 2FT ON 3490. H5282/71 24.2.75 H5282/71 24.2.75 NOW 7.4MTRS [LAT]. (MD & HB 1974). BR STD. HH091/124/01 25.4.06 HH091/124/01 25.4.06 EXAM'D 9.12.05 IN 5326.4782N, 0300.8331W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.16 IN GEN DEPTH 18.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 2.69MTRS. LIES 015/095 DEGS. NO DEBRIS. LARGE WK, OUTLINE BROKEN UP AND MASKS ANY DETAIL. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1124). AMEND WK 8.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE WK, NO DETAIL OBSERVED

Position: 53 26.478 N,3 0.833 W

 

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