This is the information page about the shipwreck Missouri, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 17.038 N,4 39.373 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. Abbotsford
2. Adela (possibly)
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Apapa
7. Arno mendi
8. Asmund
9. Benholm
10. Braganza
11. Breeze
12. British viscount
13. Caernarvon bay (probably)
14. Castilian
15. Cognac
16. Dagmar
17. Fairisle
18. Farfield
19. Fawn (possibly)
20. Ferocious
21. Fin-ar-bed
22. Grampian castle
23. Guillermo
24. Harold
25. Herbert
26. Hildena
27. Hms campina
28. Hms westphalia (possibly)
29. Hmsm h5
30. Kimya
31. Kimya (part of)
32. Kirkmichael
33. La plata (possibly)
34. La rochelle (possibly)
35. Lightstone (probably)
36. Lilly (possibly)
37. Liverpool
38. Maarten cornelis
39. Marquess of bute (possibly)
40. Mary
41. Meath
42. Minerva
43. Missouri
44. Morning spray
45. Normandy coast
46. Oria
47. Osseo
48. Pegasus (possibly)
49. President harbitz
50. Rhyl
51. River humber
52. Saint olaf
53. Sapphire
54. Segontium (sirgontium)
55. Slieve bloom
56. Sonia
57. Theme
58. Town of wexford (possibly)
59. Uss roanoke
60. Vivar
61. Westward ho

 

Name: MISSOURI

Length 129.5 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5146 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ran aground in snowstorm, while en-route boston to liverpool, near port haarfarch. part of cargo recovered. owned at time of loss by g. warren & co.

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 20150808

Details measurements/cartography: H1244/69 10.1.69 WRECK BADLY BROKEN UP. STEERING GEAR STANDS CLEAR OF THE ROCKY SEABED BY 15FT. GENERAL DEPTH IS 30-40FT. CLOSE UNDER CLIFFS. (PILOT OFFICER D A GREY, RAF REPORT DTD 5.1.69). H1243/70 3.7.70 LOCATED IN 5317000N, 043918W. WRECK IS NOW ALMOST COMPLETELY BROKEN UP AND SPREAD OVER LARGE AREA IS SOME DANGER TO SMALL CRAFT FOULING THE PROMINENT SECTIONS WITH AN ANCHOR. MAX HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 8-10FT. LIES APPROX E/W. (J G LONGWORTH, 1.7.70). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. H1285/75/278 5.8.75 A WELL DIVED WRECK WITH NEARLY ALL THE PLATES LAYING FLAT, THE HIGHEST BEING 3FT AND NOT DANGEROUS. THERE IS ONE PIECE FURTHER OUT WHICH STANDS 9-12FT FROM THE SEABED. POSN OF WK 531703N, 043930W. (A NEWTON, LTR DTD 9.7.75). NCA. 2.4.82 DESCRIBED AS WELL BROKEN UP, ALMOST LEVEL WITH SEABED. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL II). H1310/82/27 22.9.83 LIES 250DEGS [T], 25MTRS FROM 531702N, 043919W. SUBSTANTIAL WRECKAGE, STEEL PLATES, BOILERS & HULL SECTIONS RISING 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (R S BUFTON, 8.9.83). BR STD. SEP 2015/000055076 29.12.15 EXAM'D 27.7.15 IN 5317.038N, 0439.373W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. LENGTH 147.7MTRS, WIDTH 42MTRS, HEIGHT 1.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 80/260. MAGNETOMETER READING STRONG. (HI 1451, MMT (UK)). AMEND FOUL 5.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: CONSISTS OF PLATES, BOILERS AND HULL SECTIONS

Position: 53 17.038 N,4 39.373 W

 

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