This is the information page about the shipwreck Mersey, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 59.828 N,2 8.585 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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. Agrion
2. Antonis g lemos (probably)
3. Armas
4. Baden
5. Beatrice maud
6. Belle colombe
7. Bissen
8. Bohera
9. Bonafide
10. Bremenry
11. British influence
12. Bronte (ex-war coney)
13. Buchanness
14. Cab
15. Calvados
16. Cap horn des mers
17. Cathrine
18. Centurion
19. Cid
20. Citta de bari
21. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
22. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
23. Constantia s (fwd part)
24. Dallas city (possibly)
25. Deucalion
26. Edirne
27. Eika
28. El kahira
29. Eleni stathatou
30. Elmcrest
31. Emile miguet
32. Emily eveson
33. Empress
34. Etoile des ondes
35. Felix de abasolo
36. Finn
37. Finnborg
38. Frigga
39. G-bagh
40. Gairsoppa
41. Gallia
42. Gaspard de la nuit
43. Ginette
44. Girnigoe
45. Guilding star
46. Heronspool
47. Hms blackwood
48. Hms courageous
49. Hms dark gladiator
50. Hms delight
51. Hms dragon
52. Hms gossamer
53. Hms viper
54. Ice prince
55. Ievoli sun
56. Ioannis fafalios
57. Jeanne
58. Johan (possibly)
59. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
60. Kafiristan
61. Kolga
62. Komet
63. Le nord
64. Lenda
65. Leticia
66. Linn o dee (or linn o dec)
67. Liverpool
68. Louisiane
69. Mahenge (possibly)
70. Makeshift (possibly)
71. Malka
72. Marie mashman
73. Maud pierre andre (possibly)
74. Meknes
75. Mera 1
76. Mersey
77. Miefield
78. Motorola
79. Mount myrto
80. Nyarlathotep
81. Oiekast (probably)
82. Pan
83. Peras
84. Perra (possibly)
85. Pescalanza
86. Phoenix c1/131
87. Point law
88. Portsea
89. Progress
90. Pruthree
91. Psi
92. Rabbi
93. Rap
94. Rfa bacchus
95. Rhenania
96. Saint antoine
97. Snowdrop
98. Solway prince (possibly)
99. Spiral (possibly)
100. Spolanda
101. Stade (after part)
102. Stade (possibly)
103. Stanley force
104. Stella (probably)
105. Terra
106. Theodoros t
107. Tipasa
108. Tracys dawn
109. Tyne
110. U 672 (possibly)
111. Uffe
112. Vikholmen
113. Ville de malaga
114. Waitara
115. Xania

 

Name: MERSEY

Length 52.7 meter, width: 7.7 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 536 ton

Cause: built of steel in 1892 by harvey & co, hayle. three masts with well deck. one boiler, triple expansion engine by harvey & co. machinery aft. sank after collision with ss gleneden.

Year of registration: 1951

Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1951, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: H03504/51 13.9.51 H03504/51 13.9.51 WK LOCATED DURING SEARCH FOR HMS AFFRAY IN 495948N, 020836W USING DECCA. NOT DIVED ON. LENGTH 190-210FT, HEIGHT 28FT. LIES 065/245DEGS, UPRIGHT WITH UPPER WORKS GONE AND HULL DISINTEGRATING. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 24.7.51). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 28.1.80 28.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FR 878 [DEC 79 EDN]. NCA. H270/76 2.12.81 H270/76 2.12.81 AMEND TO WK 22FMS [40MTRS]. NE 2669. HH351/353/01 22.6.89 HH351/353/01 22.6.89 NOW WK 55MTRS IN 495934N, 020803W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 89 21 28). BR STD. HH090/496/01 11.10.90 HH090/496/01 11.10.90 EXAM'D 24.6.90 IN 495949.7N, 020835.1W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55.6 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS, BEAM 6MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS, NEARLY BROKEN IN TWO. DETECTED ON MAGNETOMETER. (NP 1008, HI 496). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/04 16.5.91 HH100/351/04 16.5.91 LOCATED IN 495950N, 020839W [OGB] USING DECCA. (B R HOSKING, 3.5.91). HH100/351/17 2.10.01 HH100/351/17 2.10.01 THIS IS THE 'MERSEY'. IDENTIFIED BY BELL. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: NEARLY BROKEN IN TWO

Position: 49 59.828 N,2 8.585 W

 

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