This is the information page about the shipwreck Heathpool, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 41.654 N,0 26.565 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: HEATHPOOL
Length 64 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.5, tonnage 975 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Iron ss. owned at time of loss by lambton collieries ltd. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 140hp, single shaft. passage sunderland for st nazaire. cargo coal. sank following collision with 'w t lewis'.
Year of registration: 01
Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1995, last detected: 20150630
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/07 9.7.01 DIVED IN 1995 IN 5041.622N, 0026.673E [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND. BELL RECOVERED BEARING THE NAME: HEATHPOOL. CINC REQUESTED. (G DOWD). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 29.4.04 AMENDED DEAD. SEE [20458]. SEP 2015/000083465 27.11.15 EXAM'D 30.06.15, WK SHOWN IN 5041.654, 0026.565E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. LENGTH 63MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 1476). AMEND DW 19.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: DUPLICATE RECORD, SEE [20458]
Position: 50 41.654 N,0 26.565 E