This is the information page about the shipwreck Melfort, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 4.51 N,4 37.07 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abydos
2. Afton
3. Amber rose
4. Aurora
5. Bessie
6. Blue star
7. Briar
8. Cardea
9. Carmelite (possibly)
10. Cevic
11. Citrine
12. Clan macmaster
13. Conovium (probably)
14. Crois bhride
15. Crown
16. Darro
17. Don boscoe
18. Dundalk
19. Eileen
20. Elizabeth hyam
21. Ellen sheant
22. Fenella ann
23. Florence
24. G-azjy
25. Ginger
26. Glendun
27. Grinder
28. Hms racehorse
29. Jane brown
30. Lady louisa
31. Lily
32. Liverpool
33. Madge wildfire
34. Mary heeley
35. Mayfield
36. Melfort
37. Merisia
38. Mfv polaris
39. Moonlight
40. Noel du marin
41. Oona hall
42. Opal (possibly)
43. Our brighter dawn
44. Our lassie
45. Our queen
46. Passages
47. Pt1 or pt2
48. Rian
49. Ringwall
50. Robert dee
51. Romeo
52. Saint mirren (possibly)
53. Skerries
54. Sy sol
55. Thracian
56. Tumi joy 2
57. Viking
58. Waltham (probably)
59. William hanbury

 

Name: MELFORT

Length 12.8 meter

Cause: 18.5.81 ran aground on rocks in derby haven, isle of man, & broke up in force 6 gale. 1 life lost, 3 recued. (ll, 18.5.81).

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: -2 meter

Known since: 1981

Details measurements/cartography: H444/67 2.6.81 H444/67 2.6.81 AGROUND & BROKEN UP ON ROCKS IN DERBY HAVEN. (LL, 18.5.81) NCA, POSN 540430N, 043700W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 4.51 N,4 37.07 W

 

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