This is the information page about the shipwreck Plantaganet, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 0.397 N,5 5.718 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)
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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: PLANTAGANET
Length 53.3 meter, width: 7.7 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 648 ton
Load: stone
Cause: built in 1883 by allsup & sons, preston. owned a time of loss by j bacon, ltd. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 69 hp. single shaft. passage st valery for runcor, cargo flints. ran ashore at black rock.
Year of registration: 1897
Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm
Known since: 1897, last detected: 2002
Details measurements/cartography: 18.3.70 SUNK OFF BLACK HEAD, NEAR COVERACK. (CORNISH SHIPWRECKS). POSN 500015N, 050600W FOR FILING ONLY. 5.3.01 LIES IN 5000.453N, 0505.791W [WGD] ON THE SAME SITE AS 'BRIELLE'. STEEL PLATES AND CARGO OF FLINTS REMAIN. (K HEATH, TELECON). STS. NCA. HH100/351/18 18.2.02 LOCATED IN 5000.397N, 0505.718W [WGD] USING DGPS & MAGNETOMETER. LYING 100/280DEGS, BOW 280DEGS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS [LAT]. STEEL WRECKAGE WITH PILE OF APPROX 24 CANNON FROM BRIELLE [59235] LYING IN THE CENTRE. CARGO SCATTERED OVER SITE, ONE CHINA FRAGMENT FOUND. PROPSHAFT LIES 18MTRS TO EAST, NO BLADES ON THE PROPELLER. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE, TELECON 18.2.01) CHART AS FOUL. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE & SCATTERED CARGO, SEE [59235]
Position: 50 0.397 N,5 5.718 W