This is the information page about the shipwreck J duncan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.386 N,5 41.159 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: J DUNCAN
Length 87.6 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 1939 ton
Load: coal,foodstuffs: solid
Cause: vessel, built in 1905 by ailsa steamboat co. ltd., troon, ran ashore at tol pedn whilst en-route from cardiff to devonport. no loss of life. (shipwreck index of the british isles & sea breezes, 6/79).
Year of registration: 1913
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter
Known since: 1913, last detected: 1973
Details measurements/cartography: H2959/73 20.8.73 FOUND IN 500221N, 054106W [POSN ESTIMATED FROM 2.5INCH OS MAP] N SIDE OF PORTH LOE. WK SAID BY LOCALS TO BE J.DUNCAN. WK SCATTERED NW & S OF SMALL ROCK IN NE CORNER OF BAY. NOT POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY PARTS OF WK EXCEPT WINCH & ENGINE. (MR GILES) - POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 2.386 N,5 41.159 W