This is the information page about the shipwreck J w t, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 24.623 N,3 0.405 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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 W T
Length 26.5 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 100 ton
Load: stone,clay products
Cause: wooden hull. sank nearly midway between n end of princes stage and s end of seacombe stage after collision. 1 life lost.
Year of registration: 1891
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm
Known since: 1891, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: 5.1.1892 DISPERSED BY BLASTING ON 5.1.1892 BY MDHB. DEPTH 42FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN ON 3490 AS WK 7FMS 0FT. H5282/71 24.2.75 INS WK 12.3MTRS [LAT]. (MD & HB 1974). NC 3490. HH091/124/01 20.4.06 EXAM'D 5.2.06 IN 5324.6223N, 0300.4035W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.17 IN GEN DEPTH 13.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 14MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 1.06MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEGS. SMALL BUT PROMINENT WK. ?LYING ON ITS SIDE. (HSML GLEANER, HI 1124). AMEND WK 12.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2018\000132614 18.7.18 EXAM'D 01.11.17; IN 5324.623N, 0300.405W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.11MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. NFS. (MDH SURVEY DTD 01.11.2017). AMEND DW 12.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SMALL, PROMINENT WK, ?ON ITS SIDE. NFS
Position: 53 24.623 N,3 0.405 W