This is the information page about the shipwreck Opal (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 47.385 N,4 25.856 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.

 

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Name: OPAL (POSSIBLY)

Length 54.8 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 599 ton
Load: stone

Cause: built in 1894 by scott & sons. owned at time of loss by w robertson. triple expansion engines of 99 rhp by muir & houston, glasgow. struck a mine laid by u 80 and sank. crew of 12 all lost. passage llandulais for belfast. cargo limestone.

Year of registration: 1996

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1996, last detected: 20220615

Details measurements/cartography: HH208/400/02 16.5.96 WK 45.5MTRS, IN 534723N, 042551.5W [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (NP 1008, HI 705). BR STD. HH090/705/01 3.10.96 ABOVE DETAILS REPEATED. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1008, HI 705). 22.12.97 1940S SHIP'S TELEGRAPH, PORTHOLE AND BLUE RIMMED PLATE RECOVERED. (ROSE SKEATS, RECEIVER OF WRECK, TELECON 22.12.97). CINC REQUESTED BY RECEIVER. HH100/351/13 8.6.98 THE WRECK OF A SMALL COASTER. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. STANDS ABOUT 5MTRS HIGH. (J SHAW, LTR DTD 2.6.98). NCA. HH100/351/15 3.12.99 CONSIDERED MOST LIKELY TO BE THE 'OPAL'. (A CORKILL). 23.6.00 CARGO IS LIMESTONE. (J SHAW, TELECON). HH100/351/16 7.12.00 DIVED IN 5347.403N, 0425.877W [WGD] USING GPS. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LIES NW/SE WITH BOWS SE. NO SCOUR. DEBRIS WITHIN 10-20MTRS ON STBD SIDE. BOW TO BRIDGE INTACT AND LISTS TO STBD. STERN BROKEN OFF AND LIES 30MTRS N. DIESEL POWERED. AFT BRIDGE, NO CARGO. (M BRENNAN, LTR DTD 2.12.00). NCA. HH208/400/05 17.4.01 DIVED IN 5347.403N, 0425.877W [WGD]. LIES DOWN A STEEP BANK OF FINE SHINGLE. HAS BROKEN ITS BACK FWD OF STERN ACCOMMODATION. BOWS LIST 45 DEGS TO STBD, STERN UPRIGHT. DEBRIS CLOSE BY. CINC REQUESTED. (E JONES, LTR DTD 9.4.01). NCA. 9.6.06 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. RSDRA2022000299553 17.01.23 EXAM’D 15.6.22 IN 5347.385N, 0425.856W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. LENGTH 50.00MTRS, WIDTH 8.80MTRS, HT 5.35MTRS. ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1706 H525_W17491). HULL LARGELY INTACT AND UPRIGHT, BOW SECTION DEGRADED. AMEND NDW 46.21MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL LARGELY INTACT AND UPRIGHT, BOW SECTION DEGRADED

Position: 53 47.385 N,4 25.856 W

 

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