This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms conway, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 11.835 N,4 12.645 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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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: HMS CONWAY

Length 73.2 meter, tonnage 4375 ton

Cause: 26.6.75 laid down at devonport october 1827 & launched as hms nile in june 1839. on 23 june 1876 became the training ship hms conway. ran ashore after tow parted, while passing through the swellies, on 14 april 1953. on the following day declared a total loss. 3 years later destroyed by fire. remains then slipped back into deeper water. owned at time of loss by mercantile marine service association. (b. fields, stockport ltr dtd 26.6.75 [h1286/75/288] & shipwrecks of n.wales, i wynne jones, page 120)

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1953, last detected: 1953

Details measurements/cartography: H2561/53 27.4.55 H2561/53 27.4.55 ST IN 531320N, 041012W, FIXED BY COMPASS BEARING AND RADAR RANGE. (CAERNARVON HBR TRUST)

- NM 1366/66. H2561/53 2.6.58 H2561/53 2.6.58 WK HAS BEEN REMOVED. (CAERNARVON HBR TRUST M(NA) 10/14/016) H4834/53 2.6.58 H4834/53 2.6.58 HMS CONWAY'S OLD MOORINGS REMAIN AS FOUL GROUND CENTRED ON 531149N, 041240W. (MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT) - CHARTED AS FOUL GROUND WITH FOLLOWING LIMITS FROM SHORE TO SHORE:- [A] 531156.5N, 041251W, [B] 531156.5N, 041227.5W; [C] 531144N, 041226.5W, [D] 531127.5N, 041247.5W

- NM 1921/53.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FOUL GROUND CAUSED BY OLD MOORINGS

Position: 53 11.835 N,4 12.645 W

 

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