This is the information page about the shipwreck Primrose (remains of)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 5.35 N,5 31.233 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: PRIMROSE (REMAINS OF)(POSSIBLY)
Length 41.2 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 2.9, tonnage 272 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1885 by h mcintyre, paisley. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 44 nhp, single shaft. machiney aft by hutson & corbett, glasgow. passage garston for newlyn. struck low lee ledge in thick fog & sank. (cornish shipwrecks & sibi).
Year of registration: 1906
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 169 cm
Known since: 1906, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: 16.3.67 16.3.67 WRECK OF LIVERPOOL COASTER SS PRIMROSE REPD LYING ON LOW LEE LEDGE. (BSAC AND UNDERWATER WORLD MAG.). POSN 500528N, 053125W FOR FILING ONLY. H2590/76 23.3.76 H2590/76 23.3.76 CLOSE INSHORE. NOT SEARCHED FOR. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). H3843/86 3.6.88 H3843/86 3.6.88 NOT LOCATED DURING BASIC SOUNDING. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 362A [BOAT CAMP SURVEY]). HH100/351/18 22.2.02 HH100/351/18 22.2.02 WGD POSN GIVEN AS 5005.470N, 0531.485W. (J ROSEVEARE, E-MAIL DTD 20.2.02) MORE DETAILS REQUESTED TO ALLOW WK TO BE CHARTED. HH100/351/18 27.2.02 HH100/351/18 27.2.02 DIVED IN 1993, LIES OVER EDGE OF LOW LEE LEDGE, BOW IN 6MTRS, STERN OUT TO SEA IN GEN DEPTH 22-23MTRS. STANDS 1-1.5MTRS OFF SEABED. RECOMMEND CHART AS NDW. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE, TELECON 23.2.02) BR STD. HH091/246/01 30.4.09 HH091/246/01 & SEP 2009/000041156 30.4.09 EXAM'D 7.08 IN 5005.350N, 0531.233W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.96 IN GEN DEPTH 24.3MTRS. SCOUR 0.15MTR DEEP. LENGTH 16.5MTRS, WIDTH 7.6MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. LIES 169/349 DEGS. ADDITIONAL DEBRIS SITES LIE IN: 5005.390N, 0531.216S, LEAST DEPTH 22.10 IN GEN DEPTH 23.96MTRS & IN 5005.434N, 0531.192S, LEAST DEPTH 22.91 IN GEN DEPTH 24.0MTRS. POSSIBLY THIS WK. (NETSURVEY, HI 1246). COULD BE REMAINS OF THIS VESSEL. AMEND WK 20.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: DEBRIS
Position: 50 5.35 N,5 31.233 W