This is the information page about the shipwreck Nelson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.323 N,2 58.418 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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.
Name: NELSON
Year of registration: 1994
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter
Known since: 1994, last detected: 20210317
Details measurements/cartography: HH206/460/05 7.12.94 LIES IN 532228.8N, 025844.7W. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD 7.94). NCA YET - TO BE MOVED SOON. HH206/460/06 21.7.95 WK MOVED TO PROHIBITED ANCHORAGE AREA. LIES IN 532217.24N, 025817.5W. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD NM 6/95). 21.7.95 WK WILL REMAIN IN ABOVE POS'N. W CARDINAL TOPMARK (UNLIT) WILL BE FITTED IN LONGER TERM. WRECK COVERS AND UNCOVERS. (TELECON MARINE OPS/WO). INS AS ST.
- NM 2586/95. HH206/460/06 10.10.95 W CARDINAL DAYMARK HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON WRECK. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD NM 9/95).
- NM 3566/95. HH206/460/06 23.7.97 DAYMARK TO BE DISCONTINUED. WK NOW MARKED WITH UNLIT W CARD BUOY, 'NELSON', IN 532218.96N, 025821.24W. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR CO, NM 7/97).
- NM 3023/97. HH206/460/06 6.2.98 WK NOW IN 532218.4N, 025820.2W [OGB]. UNLIT W CAR BUOY 'NELSON' HAS BEEN MOVED TO 532220.0N, 025824.8W (APPROX 302 DEGS X 100MTRS FROM WK). (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY NM 2/98 & MERSEY 24/67 DTD 28.1.98).
- NM 893/98. SEP 2021/000126174 11.5.21 EXAM’D BY BDC; IN 5322.319N, 0258.403W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH -1.24MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 7.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 111/291 DEGS. NFS (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY SURVEY, 2021). RETAIN DW.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 22.323 N,2 58.418 W