Wreck: Gwynfaen (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Gwynfaen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 56.911 N,4 35.454 W (52.801883333333, -4.4499666666667)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: GWYNFAEN
Length 42 meter, width: 6 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 279 ton
Load: sawdust/wood chips,stone
Cause: built of iron 1887 by j jones & sons, liverpool. owned at time of loss by h lupton & knesshaw of liverpool. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage port nant, caernarfon, for birkenhead. cargo tarmacadam. stranded in force 6 gale. (sibi).
Year of registration: 2003
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm
Known since: 2003, last detected: 20150811
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/20 25.6.03 WK DIVED IN 5256.925N, 0435.470W [WGD] USING GPS. A SMALL S COASTER WITH SINGLE HOLD AND ENGINE AND BOILER AFT. HULL INTACT, NO SUPERSTRUCTURE. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. STANDS ?4MTRS HIGH. LIES E/W. CARGO OF STONE CHIPPINGS. (MR JONES, JULIE ANN DIVING CHARTERS, TELECON 25.6.03). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/20 4.7.03 IDENTIFIED AS THE GWYNFAEN. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (MR JONES, JULIE ANN DIVING CHARTERS, TELECON 4.7.03). 18.2.10 CINC REMOVED, MORE THAN 5 YEARS SINCE REQUEST. SEP 2015/000055076 4.1.16 EXAM'D 11.08.15 IN 5256.911N, 0435.454W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. LENGTH 45.7MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HEIGHT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 140/320. MAGNETOMETER READING STRONG. (HI 1451, MMT (UK)). AMEND AS DW 13.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT
Position: 52 56.911 N,4 35.454 W
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