This is the information page about the shipwreck General roberts (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 1.198 N,6 21.445 W (49.947816666667, -6.3925666666667)

 

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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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9. Camiola (possibly)
10. Castleford
11. Charles maureaur
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Name: GENERAL ROBERTS (POSSIBLY)

Length 30.5 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 142 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: vessel, built 1888 by cook welton & gemmell, kingston-upon-hull, with 2 cylinder compound engine, 1 boiler. abandoned by crew after springing a leak while preparing to fish n of round island. crew rowed to safety. (shipwreck index of british isles)

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 81 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H2979/74 22.9.77 WK REPD IN 500106N, 062158W. USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). 1.10.79 CHART AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1178. HH090/499/01 29.1.91 DEFINITE WK LOCATED 20.5.90 IN 500106N, 062125W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH ESTIMATED AT 77 IN GEN DEPTH 80MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS, LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. COULD BE A CONTAINER. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. (THMR LTD, HI 499). TO BE EXAM'D FURTHER. AMEND POSN ONLY. BR STD. HH090/499/01 18.7.91 EXAM'D 16.5.91 IN 510110.5N, 062121.6W [OGB] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78.6 IN GEN DEPTH 81.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.5-1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.7MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. WELL DEFINED WK, LYING 045/225 DEGS WITH BOW SW. (NP 1008, HI 527). CHART AS WK 78MTRS IN 500111N, 062122W. BR STD. 28.6.99 WK BELIEVED LOCALLY TO BY LIBERTY SHIP "JONAS LIE" AS ST MARY'S LIFEBOAT REPORTS STATE THAT 15 MEN FROM SALVAGE TEAM WERE TAKEN OFF VESSEL BEFORE SHE SANK. (G POUND/G FURSE, TELECON 28.6.99). SEE ALSO RECORD 12066 OFF MILFORD HAVEN. HH100/351/18 3.9.02 LOCATED & DIVED IN 5001.236N, 0621.469W [WGD] USING DGPS. FOUND TO BE A STEAM DRIFTER, POSSIBLY GENERAL ROBERTS. 60FT IN LENGTH, BEAM 18FT, 2 CYLINDER STEAM ENGINE WITH 1 BOILER. LEVEL IN SAND. (G POUND, DIVE REPORT REC'D 15/8/02) SLIGHT POSN CHANGE, TOO SMALL FOR BA 2565. SEP 2016/000143596 31.10.16 EXAM’D 5.6.16; IN 5001.198N, 0621.445W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 78.2 IN GEN DEPTH 81MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP AT WK. LENGTH 32MTRS WIDTH 10MTRS HT 2.8MTRS ORIENTATION 045/225 DEGS. WRECK UPRIGHT ON SEA BED WITH GENTLE SANDWAVES. WRECK CONSTITUTES THE HULL OF A VESSEL WITH NO ELEMENTS OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE. THE REMAINS OF THE BOW, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WRECK. AMEND DEPTH TO 78.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEFINED, BOWS SW

Position: 50 1.198 N,6 21.445 W

 

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