This is the information page about the shipwreck Florence, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 54.997 N,4 39.415 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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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Name: FLORENCE

Length 45.7 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 268 ton
Load: coal

Cause: owned at time of loss by florence steamship co (messers j & j mack), liverpool. built by t b scath & co, rutherglen. 70 hp compound engines built by w king & co, glasgow. overloading of coal would not allow the after hatch to be secured correctly. a tarpaulin was used to keep out the elements. later the seas increased, the vessel took water aft and later sank. of a crew of 11, only 1 man survived. (a corkill).

Year of registration: 1991

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 56 cm

Known since: 1991, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: HH3944/88/2 8.4.91 HH3944/88/2 8.4.91 WK EXAM'D 26.1.91 IN 535459N, 043921W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.8 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.7MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. LIES 025/205 DEG, INTACT AND APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE OR UPSIDE DOWN. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 466).DCS3 TRACE APPEARS TO INDICATE THAT IT IS UPRIGHT. INS AS WK 45MTRS. NE 1411 & 1826. HH100/351/10 17.10.95 HH100/351/10 17.10.95 AN OLD STEAM SHIP, LYING UPRIGHT. HULL IS MOSTLY INTACT BUT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS ROTTED AWAY EXPOSING THE ENGINE, BOILER ETC. THE HOLDS ARE WELL SILTED AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CARGO. (J SHAW, LTR DTD 5.10.95). HH090/705/01 12.6.96 HH090/705/01 12.6.96 EXAM'D 31.3.96 IN 535459.8N, 043924.9W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.5 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS. LENGTH 43MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. LIES 056/236 DEGS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SMALL CONTACT, POSS ASSOCIATED DEBRIS WITH HT OF 0.6MTR, LIES 056 DEGS 40MTRS FROM WK. (NP 1008, HI 705). NCA. HH100/351/11 10.9.96 HH100/351/11 10.9.96 WK IDENTIFIED AS 'FLORENCE'. BELL RECOVERED WITH INSCRIPTION 'FLORENCE, 1882'. POSN TIES IN WITH THE OFFICIAL POSN OF LOSS: '10 MILES S OF THE CALF OF MAN'. STILL INTACT AND HER HOLDS STILL HAVE COAL IN THEM. (A CORKILL).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT AND UPRIGHT

Position: 53 54.997 N,4 39.415 W

 

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