This is the information page about the shipwreck Guillermo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 29.205 N,4 25.933 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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: GUILLERMO

Length 95.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 1314 ton

Cause: vessel, sank after collision with the `istriaw'. (j shaw). 2.3.1879 vessel, launched 2.3.1879. built by t royden & son, liverpool. registered in liverpool as a screw steamer. sank after collision with the ss 'roman' on 21.11.1885. dimensions as listed. (k hurley).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 301 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 20210809

Details measurements/cartography: H3077/70 17.5.71 EXAM'D IN 532912N, 042551W [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR 34.6, FOUL 35.8MTRS. GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. (HMS WOODLARK, HN 2/71). CHART AS SW 19FMS.

- NM 729/71. H3077/70 1.9.71 EXAM'D 28.4.71 IN 532912N, 042552W [OGB] USING HI-FIX. SWEPT CLEAR 34.6, FOUL 35.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR 2.3MTRS DEEP. SMALL IN SIZE & ON TRANSIT SONAR APPEARS TO LIE APPROX 110/290 DEG. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM NE ONLY. (HMS WOODLARK). (BY TIDES +0.2MTRS FOR LAT). NFA. H1286/76/248 2.9.76 WK VERY BROKEN UP AND LARGE PORTIONS ARE BURIED. (E HUTTER, 28.6.76). H3838/86 30.3.88 EXAM'D 26.3.87 IN 532911N, 042552W [OGB] USING HI-FIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.2 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 46MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.3MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS. LYING NW/SE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS FOX, HI 357). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. HH100/351/09 6.2.95 WK INDENTIFIED AS THE `GUILLERMO', BY THE BELL. WK IS BROKEN UP, WITH THE ENGINE AT 7MTRS BEING THE HIGHEST POINT ABOVE THE SEABED. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (J SHAW LETTER DTD 27.1.95). NCA. 13.2.96 AUTHORITIES AT THE TIME THOUGHT THAT THE VESSEL HAD SUNK IN THE APPROACHES TO THE RIVER MERSEY, CASES OF SHOES AND BOOTS WERE WASHED UP AT NEW BRIGHTON. DATE RECORDED FOR HER SINKING IS 21.11.1885. (K HURLEY). 13.11.00 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 09.08.2021; IN 5329.205N, 0425.933W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.04MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. LENGTH 109.3MTRS, WIDTH 21.7MTRS, HEIGHT 10MTRS, ORIENTATION 301/121 DEGS. UPRIGHT WRECK, WELL DEGRADED, VISIBLE BOILERS, AND ENGINE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7339). AMEND NDW 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Upright wreck, well degraded, visible boilers, and engine.

Position: 53 29.205 N,4 25.933 W

 

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