This is the information page about the shipwreck Juan ferrer, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.019 N,5 35.459 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. A a raven
2. Acklington
3. Aida lauro
4. Alacrity
5. Alden gifford (possibly)
6. Alster (possibly)
7. Antwerpen
8. Arbel (probably)
9. Arnside (possibly)
10. Asia
11. Aurelien
12. Austria (possibly)
13. Balbec
14. Bard (possibly)
15. Besse (probably)
16. Bessemer city (probably)
17. Bill (part of)(possibly)
18. Bill (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Chimu
21. Christina
22. Christos markettos
23. City of cardiff
24. City of corinth (possibly)
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Clan macnab
27. Congener
28. Conqueror
29. Corvus
30. Courtown
31. Dageid
32. Denebola
33. Depois
34. Devon
35. Dunaskin
36. Dundee (probably)
37. Dux (possibly)
38. Emblem
39. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
40. Empire kingsley
41. Enrico parodi
42. Facto
43. Fanny lambert
44. Gallier (possibly)
45. Garthclyde (possibly)
46. Gemini
47. Glamorgan coast
48. Glendale
49. Gleno
50. Helene (probably)
51. Hellopes
52. Hms anson
53. Hms royalo
54. Hms warspite
55. Hms warspite (part of)
56. Hockwold
57. Holland xix
58. Hopeful (possibly)
59. Iona
60. J duncan
61. Jose de aramburu
62. Joshua nicholson
63. Juan ferrer
64. Juanita
65. Kate thomas (possibly)
66. Kildonan ?
67. Kilmaho
68. Kintuck
69. Lake grafton
70. Lake grafton (possibly)
71. Liberty
72. Lincoln
73. Loe bar wk
74. Lorle (probably)
75. Lovat
76. Luna
77. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
78. Luxembourg (probably)
79. Lyminge
80. Madeline
81. Maria de larrinaga
82. Marie roberts
83. Maroc
84. Mervyn (possibly)
85. Moorview
86. Mystique (possibly)
87. Nanna (possibly)
88. New pioneer
89. Nile
90. Noya (possibly)
91. Ocean harvest
92. Orion
93. Oriskany
94. Phoenix 202
95. Phoenix 203
96. Pioneer (possibly)
97. Polesley (possibly)
98. Ponthieu
99. Primo ?
100. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
101. Princess royal
102. Quarnero
103. Regency (probably)
104. Reidar (possibly)
105. Rms mulheim
106. Saint guenole
107. Saxon briton
108. Sea viper
109. Secil japan (bow section)
110. Secil japan (stern section)
111. Setubel(probably)
112. Sirius (possibly)
113. St anthony (possibly)
114. St chamond
115. St george (possibly)
116. Stabil (possibly)
117. Sten (possibly)
118. Sylvia-mary z-525
119. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
120. Traute sarnow
121. Tungufoss
122. Tyrhaug
123. U 1018
124. U 1209 (possibly)
125. U 247 (possibly)
126. U 399
127. Umbre
128. Underwood
129. Union star (parts of)(probably)
130. Veghtstroom (possibly)
131. Vigrid (possibly)
132. Vine branch (possibly)
133. Vinovia
134. Westwood (possibly)
135. Wild boar
136. William cory
137. Yewcroft
138. Zone (probably)

 

Name: JUAN FERRER

Length 54.5 meter, width: 8.8 meter, tonnage 682 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1960 by astilleros neptuno, valparaiso. owned at the time of loss by f ferrer tuset. passage bilbao for cardiff, liverpool and glasgow. struck rocks and sank off boscawen pt. 11 out of 15 crew lost. (msd).

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter

Known since: 1963, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H4496/63 4.12.63 H4496/63 4.12.63 WK LYING ON PORT SIDE ALMOST SUBMERGED AT HW, SURROUNDING DEPTH 8-10FMS. (TH, 7.11.63). NCA. H2959/73 20.8.73 H2959/73 20.8.73 FOUND CLOSE W BOSCAWEN PT BELOW CLIFFS IN 500259N, 053524W [POSN ESTIMATED FROM 2.5INCH OS MAP]. WK TURNED OVER AND ROLLED INTO DEEPER WATER AFTER STRANDING, BREAKING OFF STERN. WRECKAGE IS 'U' SHAPE LYING ON PORT SIDE IN ABOUT 50FT. REEF LYING PARALLEL TO E OF WRECK. LARGE AMOUNT OF SCATTERED STEEL. (E GILES). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. H2509/76 23.3.76 H2509/76 23.3.76 POSITION NOT INVESTIGATED. CLOSE INSHORE. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). NCA. H1282/77/116 4.5.77 H1282/77/116 4.5.77 REPD LOST AT CARN BOSCAWEN. (P R JONES, 25.2.77). NCA. 27.5.82 27.5.82 REPD AS SCATTERED WRECKAGE IN GEN DEPTHS 12 TO 18MTRS, LYING BETWEEN BOSCAWEN PT HEADLAND AND ROCK TO THE W. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL V). NCA. H1310/83/9 2.2.83 H1310/83/9 2.2.83 POSN ACCURATE, WK NOW V BROKEN UP AND IS BEING COVERED BY BOULDERS. (A JENNIONS, 18.1.83). NCA. HH091/246/01 30.4.09 HH091/246/01 30.4.09 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. V CLOSE INSHORE IN AREA OF ROCKS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1246). AMEND DEAD. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP & SCATTERED

Position: 50 3.019 N,5 35.459 W

 

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