This is the information page about the shipwreck Mancunium, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.464 N,3 18.779 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Admiral nelson
4. Agnes
5. Alarm
6. Alcides
7. Alice
8. Alice davies
9. Anatolian
10. Angola
11. Angola (part of)(possibly)
12. Ann sumner
13. Anne elizabeth
14. Ant
15. Armagh
16. Auchenarden
17. Auspicious
18. Avon
19. Avon
20. Azalea
21. Bella
22. Berwyn
23. Bessie
24. Blairnevis
25. Blanche (possibly)
26. Boston
27. Bradda
28. Brazilian
29. Burbo tower (remains)
30. Burbo tower (remains)
31. Burbo tower (remains)
32. Burbo tower (remains)
33. Burgedin
34. Cairnross
35. Calcium (probably)
36. Calderon
37. Cameronian
38. Caroline
39. Cascapedia
40. Castle queen
41. Chase
42. Christina shearer
43. Chrysopolis
44. City of brussels
45. City of st andrews
46. Colin russell
47. Collingwood
48. Colombus
49. Colorado
50. Concord
51. Coniston (probably)
52. Coral bank
53. Counsellor iii
54. Countess of devon
55. Croydon
56. Cumbrae
57. Denbigh coast
58. Denham
59. Dunmail
60. Dunvegan castle
61. Ebeneezer
62. Edward finch
63. El oso
64. Elephant
65. Elizabeth
66. Elizabeth lathom
67. Ellan vannin
68. Ellen sarah
69. Ellen southwold
70. Emelie
71. Endymion
72. Eros
73. Eversfield
74. Fairy
75. Flamingo
76. Four brothers (possibly)
77. Frolic
78. Gannochy
79. Geofredo (part of)
80. Geofredo (part of)
81. Geofredo (part of)
82. Germania
83. Gorsethorn
84. Gratitude
85. Hannah
86. Hannah landles
87. Hebe
88. Hebe (possibly)
89. Henry j smith
90. Herlief
91. Hero
92. Heron 2
93. Hms cochrane
94. Hvideorn
95. Ibis
96. Ida
97. India
98. Ionic star
99. Irene chalmers
100. J b kee
101. J c swindlehurst
102. J w t
103. James and grace gregory
104. Jerseymoor
105. Jessie
106. Jessie brown
107. John & ann
108. John pierce
109. John w elliot
110. Juno
111. Jura
112. Kelvindale
113. Leeds (probably)
114. Lelia
115. Letty
116. Lionel george
117. Little burbo beacon
118. Lochmonar (fwd part)
119. Lochranza castle
120. Lugar
121. Mancunium
122. Mantura
123. Margaret
124. Marion
125. Marn
126. Mary
127. Mary agnes
128. Mary kate
129. Mary olivia
130. Matador
131. Mayflower (part of)
132. Mersey
133. Mid jordan beacon
134. Mona 2 (possibly)
135. Munster
136. Murielle
137. Nautilus
138. Nazarine
139. Nestos
140. Nickolai
141. North jordan bn
142. Ocean home
143. Ocean monarch
144. Old england
145. Osctilia
146. Ousebridge
147. Parker
148. Pegu (bow section)
149. Pegu (stern)
150. Penryn
151. Perseverance
152. Perseverance
153. Peru (probably)
154. Phoenician
155. Pigeon
156. Polly williams
157. Ponce
158. Progress
159. Prudence
160. Queen
161. Queens tower
162. Raoul et aurelie
163. Resurgam
164. Ringsend
165. Robert & elizabeth
166. Robert marsden
167. Robert seymour
168. Rosebud
169. San toy
170. Sarah
171. Seaville (part of)
172. Seaville (part of)
173. Severn
174. Sir george grey
175. Skate ii (debris from)(probably)
176. Smelter
177. Sons of the sea
178. Sparling
179. Speke (possibly)
180. Sportsman
181. Spurn
182. Stanleigh
183. Star of hope
184. Sultan
185. Sunda
186. Talbot
187. The lady mostyn
188. Thomas
189. Thomas
190. Thorn
191. Thornton
192. Tongue beacon
193. Tower base
194. Ullapool
195. Ulstermore
196. Valeria
197. Vanguard
198. Ville de llanes
199. W.m.j
200. Walter dean
201. Weazel
202. William huskisson
203. William rawcliffe
204. Woodville
205. Ystroom (probably)
206. Zealandia

 

Name: MANCUNIUM

Length 75 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1286 ton

Cause: mined.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1973

Details measurements/cartography: H0396/41 12.3.41 DW IN 533325N, 031836W, MARKED BY G CAN BUOY 212DEGS, 500FT FROM WK. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 528/41, TFNM 533/41 & NM 2652/41. H0396/41 18.12.42 G SPH LT BUOY, FL.G.3S LAID 303DEGS, 100YDS FROM WK IN LIEU OF CAN BUOY. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2761/42. H4515/46 17.8.46 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 4FMS 1FT, MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, FL.G CLOSE NW. (HMS SEAGULL).

- NM 2840/46. H6706/48 24.11.48 LEAST DEPTH NOW 6FMS 4FT. (HMS SEAGULL).

- NM 2626/48. H0396/41 27.8.51 G SPH LT BUOY WITHDRAWN. (MERSEY DOCKS & HBR BOARD).

- NM 1612/51. H3347/58 16.3.59 SHOWN IN 533327N, 031842W ON MERSEY HR BD SURVEY K1720. NC 1951. 24.4.73 VESSEL CAPSIZED 16.1.41 WITH STERN RESTING ON BOTTOM & BOW AFLOAT. SUNK BY GUNFIRE BY HMS ST DOMINICA & WK BUOY PLACED. DEPTH OVER WK ABOUT 18FT [LBD]. 4.12.42: BUOY AMENDED TO SPH. 4.5.43: CERTIFICATE OF OBSTRUCTION ISSUED. JULY 1946: POSN GIVEN BY HMS SEAGULL AS 137.5DEGS, 10C TO QUEENS FORT, OR 533319N, 031845W. AUG 1947: CONTRACT SIGNED WITH ADMIRALTY FOR THEM TO DISPERSE WK. MARCH 1950: FURTHER DEMOLITION BY ADMIRALTY. DEPTH 40FT BELOW LBD. POSN 533326N, 031841W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 33.464 N,3 18.779 W

 

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