This is the information page about the shipwreck Neath (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 44.886 N,1 21.37 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: NEATH (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter
Known since: 1914, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: H204/14 15.1.14 WK 6.5FMS IN 504452N, 012119W. (BOT, 10.1.14). CHART AS WK 6.5FMS (1914).
- NM 145/14. H4657/24 5.7.24 SCHOONER LEAST DEPTH 6.5FMS IN POSN 235DEGS, 19.5C FROM EGYPT POINT LIGHT. SOUNDINGS IN THIS POSN SHOW NO INDICATION OF A WRECK. (BOT 1/1914 & SCES 5.7.24). NCA. 3.2.28 DEPTH AMENDED TO 7FMS. (SURVEY [C9524]). NC 1905. 10.5.65 NOW CHARTED AS WK 6FMS 4FT. [NEW DATUM]. LC 394. H1351/67 12.12.66 NOT FOUND DURING SURVEY. (SCES, ROS DTD 12.12.66). DELETE. H4613/73 13.2.78 NOT FOUND. (SCES, HI 74/77). AMENDED TO DEAD. HH109/156/01 11.1.07 CONTACT LOCATED IN 5044.886N, 0121.370W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.3MTRS. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 1.47MTRS. CHART AS FOUL. (OFFSHORE SURVEY & ENGINEERING, HI 1156). POSSIBLY THIS WK. INS AS FOUL. BR STD. 15.2.13 WK OF MERCHANT SV BELIEVED TO EXIST IN 5044.892N, 0121.372W [WGD]. EH INTEND TO RECOMMEND PROTECTION. (C COWAN, ENGLISH HERITAGE, EMAIL DTD 14.2.13). 1.8.13 COMPOSED OF A SHIP STRUCTURE, COMPRISING FRAMING, PLANKING, FIXTURES AND FITTING SPREAD OVER AN AREA 30MTRS BY 10MTRS. (EH). SEP 2013/000170465 6.8.13 DESIGNATED AS AN HISTORIC WK WITH REST'D AREA, RADIUS 75MTRS, CENTRED ON 5044.89N. 0121.37W [WGD]. (SI 1636/13).
- NM 3934/13.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ?WOODEN HULL
Position: 50 44.886 N,1 21.37 W