This is the information page about the shipwreck Jerseymoor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 29.415 N,3 8.213 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: JERSEYMOOR
Length 104.2 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3746 ton
Load: grain
Cause: aground on burbo bank about 11 cables sw by w 1/4 w (mag) of c5 red conl gas buoy.
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter
Known since: 1915, last detected: 1975
Details measurements/cartography: 4.7.1915 VESSEL BROKE HER BACK. SALVAGE OF CARGO WAS IMMEDIATELY COMMENCED BUT WAS ABANDONDED ABOUT 4.7.1915 OWING TO BAD GASES FROM THE WHEAT. DESTRUCTION OF THE VESSEL COMMENCED 1.9.15, COMPLETED JULY 1919. DEPTH 5FT ABOVE LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORD). SHOWN AS ST (DRIES 5FT) ON 1951. 26.3.75 26.3.75 AMEND TO ST DRIES 2.0MTRS [LAT]. (K3500/10). NC 1951.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 29.415 N,3 8.213 W