This is the information page about the shipwreck Nestos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 24.799 N,3 14.429 W (53.413317, -3.240483)

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: NESTOS

Length 123.4 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 5764 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: ex-arabian prince '19, ex-zenada '33. built in 1919 by w pickersgill & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by n g livanos. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 546nhp, single shaft. ran aground on east hoyle bank 6m s of bar lightship and was wrecked. (dods). owners given as theofano maritime, chios. machinery by richardsons westgarth & co ltd, sunderland. passage new orleans for garston. wreck was later used as a bombing target by raf. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: INFORMATION FROM LIVERPOOL WRECK RECORDS: APR '41 BOATS, SHIPS STORES, VARIOUS FITTINGS & 360TONS OF SULPHUR RECOVERED. WORK TEMPORARILY STOPPED OWING TO ENEMY MINING. WHEN A CHANNEL WAS SWEPT TO THE WRECK HER CONDITION HAD DETERIORATED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT FURTHER RECOVERY OF CARGO WAS IMPRACTICABLE. ANCHORS & CABLES, WINCHES ETC WERE REMOVED SEP '41. ARRANGED WITH BRITISH IRON & STEEL CORP TO RECOVER SCRAP FROM THE WRECK. WORK CARRIED OUT BY NORTH WALES DEMOLITION CO AS SUB-CONTRACTORS. JUN '42 WORK STOPPED. USED AS BOMBING TARGET BY RAF. MAR '43 USE AS TARGET DISCONTINUED. HT APPROX 16FT ABOVE LBD. POSN 532449N, 031420W [OGB], OR 348DEGS, 3850YDS FROM HILBRE ISLAND MARK. 11.9.51 11.9.51 SHOWN AS ST. NE 1951. H4270/71 24.8.71 H4270/71 24.8.71 SHOWN IN 532448N, 031420W [OGB] ON MDHB SURVEY [K6155]. 2.4.74 2.4.74 AMEND ST DRIES 5MTRS. NC 1978. 27.3.75 27.3.75 SHOWN AS ST DRIES 5.4MTRS [LAT] ON SURVEY [K3500/10]. NC 1978. 14.10.74 14.10.74 SHOWN ON MD & HC SURVEY [K6693/2]. H1310/86/18 25.6.86 H1310/86/18 25.6.86 FISHERMAN REPORTED SIGHTING WRECKAGE AT LW 22.6.86, NEAR HE 1 BUOY. 4 LARGE BOILERS WERE SEEN. (LIVERPOOL CUSTOMS/RECEIVER OF WRECK, TELECON). PRESUMABLY THIS WK. H2003/86 24.2.87 H2003/86 24.2.87 EXAMINED 23.6.86 IN 532447N, 031421W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH DRIES 5.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH DRIES 1.1MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.7MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS, BREADTH 50MTRS. LYING 160/340DEG AND CONSISTING MAINLY OF BOILERS AND PLATES. (MD & HC, HI 323). NCA. 27.3.06 27.3.06 EUT POSN: 5324.799N, 0314.429W. NE 1953.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY BOILERS & PLATES REMAIN

Position: 53 24.799 N,3 14.429 W

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