This is the information page about the shipwreck Rescue, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.632 N,2 59.814 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: RESCUE
Length 42.4 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 202 ton
Cause: built in 1957 by liverpool steam tug co, seacombe, liverpool. owned at time of loss by same. one boiler, compound expansion simple lever engine, paddle propulsion. sunk follwing collision with ss w s caine when at anchor off queens dock. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1887
Water depth above wreck: 9 meter
Known since: 1887, last detected: 1986
Details measurements/cartography: 22.1.1887 DISPERSED BY MDHB. COMMENCED 22.1.1887 & COMPLETED 17.2.1887. DEPTH 28FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN ON 3490 AS WK 4FMS 4FT. H5282/71 24.2.75 WK 8.0MTRS SHOWN IN 532337N, 025944W ON MDHB CHART 1974. BR STD. 22.9.82 SHOWN AS WK 8.0MTRS ON K8022/1. 11.8.86 SHOWN AS WK 8.0MTRS ON MERSEY 21/5.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL, DISPERSED
Position: 53 23.632 N,2 59.814 W