This is the information page about the shipwreck La plata (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.821 N,4 23.336 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. 212
2. Abbotsford
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Apapa
7. Asmund
8. Bengollyun
9. Benholm
10. Bijou
11. Braganza
12. Cambank
13. Captain mclintock
14. Cartegena
15. Castilian
16. Clwyd (probably)
17. Cognac
18. Cork
19. Dagmar
20. Dakota
21. Derbent
22. Excel
23. Fairisle
24. Fawn (possibly)
25. Ferocious
26. Grampian castle
27. Guillermo
28. Harold
29. Herbert
30. Hildena
31. Hindlea
32. Hms campina
33. Hms conway
34. Hms westphalia (possibly)
35. Hyacinth
36. Katy
37. Kimya
38. Kimya (part of)
39. Kinkorth
40. Kirkmichael
41. La plata (possibly)
42. La rochelle (possibly)
43. Lightstone (probably)
44. Lilly (possibly)
45. Liverpool
46. Loweswater
47. Lynkar
48. Marquess of bute (possibly)
49. Mary
50. Mary coles (possibly)
51. Meath
52. Minerva
53. Miriam thomas
54. Missouri
55. Mtb 539
56. Oria
57. Osseo
58. Pacific (possibly)
59. Pamela
60. Pegasus (possibly)
61. President harbitz
62. Rhyl
63. River humber
64. Saint olaf
65. Seagull
66. Sonia
67. Town of wexford (possibly)
68. Treveal
69. Vigsnes
70. Wern (possibly)
71. Westward ho

 

Name: LA PLATA (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 47 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 20210805

Details measurements/cartography: H3077/70 1.1.71 POSSIBLE WK LOCATED WITH MAGNEMOMETER. (HUNTING SURVEY, LETTER DTD 16.12.70). CHART AS WK 18FMS OR NDW. LC 1977. H3077/70 1.9.71 AREA EXAMINED BY E/S & TRANSIT SONAR BUT NOTHING CONCLUSIVE FOUND. MAGNETIC WRECKAGE PRESUMABLY EXISTS BUT IS PROBABLY BURIED OR LOST ON RUGGED SEABED. (HMS WOODLARK, 21.4.71). DELETED. LC 1977. (HMS WOODLARK HI 525 NO 9/71). H3838/86 31.3.88 NOTHING FOUND. (HMS FOX, HI 357). HH100/351/11 13.9.96 OBSTN LOCATED IN 532546N, 042314.5W [OGB] USING GPS. CONSISTS OF SOLID MASS OF METAL AND INCLUDES GIRDERS. THERE MAY BE A CANNON ON TOP. COVERS AN AREA OF SOME 30FT BY 20FT AND IS BETWEEN 2 AND 3MTRS HIGH. (J SHAW). CHART AS OBSTN WITH USC 26MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/15 4.4.00 DIVED IN 5325.825N, 0423.330W [WGD] USING GPS. AN UNKNOWN IRON SV WITH WOODEN DECK. WELL BURIED IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS AT LW. (E JONES, LETTER DTD 1.4.00). AMEND TO WK USC 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 19.5.00 THIS IS POSSIBLY THE WK OF 'LA PLATA', WHICH WAS SUNK IN COLLISION WITH 'LIVERPOOL' [WHICH ITSELF SANK]. ITEM PREVIOUSY THOUGHT TO BE A CANNON WAS THE BARREL OF A PUMP. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (J SHAW, TELECON, 19.5.00). SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 05.08.2021; IN 5325.821N, 0423.336W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. LENGTH 66.6MTRS, WIDTH 6.1MTRS, HEIGHT 1.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 047/227 DEGS. BURIED WRECK WITH TWO POSSIBLE VISIBLE PARTS THAT COUNTS FOR THE POSSIBLE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE WRECK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7320). AMEND TO DW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 25.821 N,4 23.336 W

 

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