This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms anson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 4.161 N,5 17.805 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alster (possibly)
4. Andola
5. Andromeda
6. Antwerpen
7. Arab
8. Ardgarry
9. Arvor
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
12. Atlantis (possibly)
13. Austria (possibly)
14. Ballarat
15. Bamse (probably)
16. Bard (possibly)
17. Bay of panama
18. Bellucia
19. Ben asdale
20. Besse (probably)
21. Bessemer city (probably)
22. Bjornvik (possibly)
23. Brest
24. Bretonne (probably)
25. Cape finisterre (probably)
26. Carmarthen
27. Caroline
28. Caroni river
29. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
30. Cieszyn
31. Citrine
32. City of corinth (possibly)
33. City of ghent
34. Clan apline
35. Clan malcolm
36. Congener
37. Conqueror
38. Corvus
39. Cromdale
40. Czar
41. Dageid
42. Denebola
43. Dispatch (possibly)
44. Dundee (probably)
45. Dux (possibly)
46. Enrico parodi
47. Epsilon
48. Erato
49. Eric calvert (possibly)
50. Eva (possibly)
51. Facto
52. Fanny lambert
53. Forde
54. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
55. Gap
56. Gemini
57. Genevieve (possibly)
58. Glendale
59. Gleno
60. Godolphin
61. Grip (part of)
62. Gunvor
63. Hampshire
64. Hanover
65. Hansy
66. Happy returns (possibly)
67. Helene (probably)
68. Hellopes
69. Hmml 380
70. Hms anson
71. Hms brandlebas
72. Hms gloaming
73. Hms kurd
74. Hms primrose
75. Hms roche bonne
76. Hms royalo
77. Hms warspite
78. Hms warspite (part of)
79. Hmy sappho (possibly)
80. Hnlms brielle
81. Hockwold
82. Ilston
83. John
84. Juan ferrer
85. Juanita
86. Juno
87. Karen marie
88. Kerris reed
89. Kilmaho
90. Kintuck
91. Krosfond
92. La suippe
93. Lady dalhousie
94. Le vieux tigre
95. Leander
96. Leon martin (part of)
97. Libourne
98. Lincoln
99. Loe bar wk
100. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
101. Lydie
102. Lyminge
103. Madeline
104. Merle
105. Mervyn (possibly)
106. Mina cantiquin
107. Mitera marigo
108. Mohegan
109. Mosel
110. Mystique (possibly)
111. N g petersen
112. Nanna (possibly)
113. New pioneer
114. Nile
115. Normand
116. Noya (possibly)
117. Nyassa
118. Ocean harvest
119. Ocklinge
120. Omer denise
121. Ospra
122. Pearl (possibly)
123. Penelope jane (possibly)
124. Phoenix 203
125. Pindos
126. Plantaganet
127. Poljames
128. Poljames
129. Ponthieu
130. Ponus
131. Port chalmers
132. Prestige
133. Primo ?
134. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
135. Princess royal
136. Quarnero
137. Queen (possibly)
138. Reidar (possibly)
139. Robert
140. Rock island bridge
141. Royal anne galley
142. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
143. Schiedam
144. Secil japan (bow section)
145. Secil japan (stern section)
146. Spyridion vagliano
147. St anthony (possibly)
148. St chamond
149. St george (possibly)
150. Stabil (possibly)
151. Stanwood
152. Sten (possibly)
153. Traute sarnow
154. Tyrhaug
155. U 1018
156. U 399
157. U 95
158. Ub 106 (possibly)
159. Ub 112 (possibly)
160. Ub 128 (possibly)
161. Ub 86 (possibly)
162. Ub 97 (possibly)
163. Ula
164. Underwood
165. Union star (parts of)(probably)
166. Veghtstroom (possibly)
167. Veritas
168. Vigrid (possibly)
169. Vinovia
170. Violet
171. Volnay
172. War tune
173. Westwood (possibly)
174. Wyndcliffe
175. Yewcroft
176. Zebra
177. Zone (probably)

 

Name: HMS ANSON

Length 48.8 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 6, tonnage 1369 ton

Cause: built in 1781 at plymouth dockyard. 44 guns inc 32pdr carronades. sailed falmouth on 24 dec for blockade off brest. mistook land's end for the lizard in violent w storm, bore up for falmouth but discovered that they had turned into mounts bay. anchored off loe bar. all three anchors parted, swung broadside on to shore, capsized and soon broke up. over 120 lives lost including captain lydiard. (cornish shipwrecks & sibi).

Year of registration: 1807

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1807, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H1932/30 20.3.30 WK ON LOE BAR. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H4696/24 13.4.60 WRECKED ON LOE BAR IN 500400N, 051745W. (ADMIRALTY MEMO). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. H4696/24 24.8.61 EXCLUSIVE SALVAGE RIGHTS SOLD TO MR ROWLAND MORRIS OF PENZANCE FOR TEN POUNDS. SALVAGE ATTEMPTS STARTED. (DAILY TELEGRAPH, 21.8.61). NCA. WRECK IS COVERED BY LOE BAR BUT MAY UNCOVER AFTER A STRONG WESTERLY GALE. CANNON RECOVERED BY NAVAL AIR COMMAND DIVERS IN 1964. NCA. H2193/74 2.4.74 NOT FOUND DURING SURVEY. NO SPECIAL SEARCH. (HMS WOODLARK, 20.12.73). NCA. HH100/351/21 26.5.04 LOCATED & DIVED ON 25.5.04, IN 5004.161N, 0517.805W [WGD] USING GPS. WK COVERS AND UNCOVERS AS SAND BAR SHIFTS, CURRENTLY UNCOVERED AND STANDING 1.25MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. 12-14 CANNONS LIE ON SEABED, TOGETHER WITH BALLAST BLOCKS, CANNON BALLS AND A FEW PIECES OF LEAD REMAIN AMONGST THE WRECKAGE. WK IS WIDELY SCATTERED OVER A 40MTR RADIUS, WITH GUNS FACING PARALLEL TO SHORE. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 26.5.04). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH091/246/01 30.4.09 NOT LOCATED BY M/B IN LISTED POSN. PROBABLY BURIED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1246). RETAIN FOUL. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE & CANNON, UNCOVERS AS SAND MOVES

Position: 50 4.161 N,5 17.805 W

 

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