This is the information page about the shipwreck Orizava (or urizaza), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 21.366 N,2 55.615 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: ORIZAVA (OR URIZAZA)
Length 30.8 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 194 ton
Cause: capsized and sank about 0.5 mile to the northward of the garston dock entrance.
Year of registration: 1879
Water depth above wreck: 4 meter
Known since: 1879, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: 1.3.1879 ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RAISE HER WHICH FAILED OWING TO HER GOING DOWN IN THE SAND. DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB UP TO 1.3.1879. LAST DEPTH OVER WK 8 FT BELOW LBD. DEPTH OVER WK NOW 5FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SEP 2021/000126174 11.5.21 EXAM’D BY BDC. NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2021). NFS. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY SURVEY, 2021). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL, DISPERSED
Position: 53 21.366 N,2 55.615 W