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 (53.283967, -4.656217)

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.

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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