This is the information page about the shipwreck Portugalete (probably)., the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.096 N,3 41.627 W (51.21105, -3.4662333333333)

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: PORTUGALETE (PROBABLY).

Length 55.2 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 586 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: struck rockham shoal, near bull point, and foundered while on passage bilbao to cardiff.

Year of registration: 1991

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 107 cm

Known since: 1991, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: HH216/350/01 19.9.91 LOCATED IN 511416N, 034137W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS ABOUT 5MTRS HIGH IN 60FT OF WATER. IDENTIFIED BY CHINA PLATES, BEARING NAME, AND BY ITS DIMENSIONS. LIES IN A SCOUR AND IS NO DANGER. (A KEIRLE, TELECON 13 & 19.9.91). NCA YET. 7.1.02 RECORD REVIEWED. INS AS NDW. BR STD. SEP 2020/000233025 22.7.20 WK LOCATED IN 5114.095N, 0341.626W (WGD). LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.47MTRS, LENGTH 59.34MTRS, WIDTH 16.08MTRS, HT 7.11MTRS, ORIENTATION 107DEGS. NO SCOUR. (H525, HI1506). AMEND DW 9.4MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 14.096 N,3 41.627 W

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