This is the information page about the shipwreck Glencona, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 56.421 N,3 13.133 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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Action
4. Anastasia
5. Bassa
6. Bella
7. Blanche (possibly)
8. Carley marie
9. Chrysopolis
10. Conisbro castle
11. Coniston (probably)
12. Corrientes
13. Counsellor iii
14. Doris b
15. Endymion
16. Ginette michel
17. Glencona
18. Globe trotter
19. Hebe
20. Herbie
21. Irene chalmers
22. Labora (possibly)
23. Leeds (probably)
24. Lough fisher
25. Lunevale
26. Lyra
27. Marguerite
28. Murielle
29. No.163
30. Old haws pt lt or west pile
31. Our golden promise
32. Peru (probably)
33. Saltaro (fwd part)
34. Saltaro (fwd part)
35. Saltaro (fwd part)
36. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
37. Scorpio
38. Stamila
39. Sulairia
40. Sunbeam
41. Tilley anne
42. Tinker
43. U 1024 (possibly)
44. Ubier (probably)
45. Vanadis (possibly)
46. Vedra
47. Zealandia

 

Name: GLENCONA

Length 38.2 meter, width: 6.9 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 282 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1907 by hepple & co ltd, south shields. owned at time of loss by wilson bros bobbin co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage garston for dublin. vessel abandoned after catching fire n of skerries at end of febuary & drifted 60 miles before sinking in morecambe bay. (ll & sibi).

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 1926, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H1564/26 11.3.26 WK WITH MAST PROJECTING 6 FT ABOVE WATER IN POSN 535624N, 031314W. MARKED BY G CON LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G, 15S IN POSN 082 DEGS 6.8 MILES FROM WYRE LTHO. (FISHGUARD & HOLYHEAD TELEGRAM DTD 11.3.26). INS WK (OLD SYMBOL) (1926) WIT BUOY.

- NM 530/26. H1564/26 15.3.26 REPEAT OF ABOVE. (TRINITY HOUSE NM 16/26). H1564/26 9.6.26 WK IDENTIFIED FROM CHARRED TIMBER WASHED UP AT FLEETWOOD & MAST TOP AS COASTING STEAMER GLENCONA OF LIVERPOOL. (LL 5.6.26). H1564/26 4.9.26 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY DIVER AS GLENCONA, LYING UPRIGHT & INTACT, EXCEPT FOR BURNT MASTS & LIFEBOAT DECKS. (LL, 3.9.26). H7321/26 12.11.26 WK DISPERSED TO DEPTH 35FT [LWST] & BUOY REMOVED. (TH LTR DTD 12.11.26). AMEND WK 35FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1960/26. H2340/66 2.8.66 SEARCHED FOR BY SONAR & E/S. THOUGHT NOT TO CONSTITUTE A HAZARD. (HMS WOODLARK, ROS DTD 1.5.66). DELETE.

- NM 1443/66. HH091/227/01 - SEP 2008/000084288 10.10.08 EXAM'D 18.6.07 IN 5356.421N, 0313.133W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.23 IN GEN DEPTH 12.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 2MTRS. LIES 155/335 DEGS. PARTIALLY BURIED, WELL BROKEN UP. APPEARS UPRIGHT WITH VISIBLE MAST, STANDING 2MTRS ABOVE GEN DEPTH, AND LOWER SECTIONS OF HULL. (NETSURVEY, HI 1227). INS AS WK 10.2MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, MAST 2MTRS HIGH

Position: 53 56.421 N,3 13.133 W

 

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