This is the information page about the shipwreck Saltaro (fwd part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 4.722 N,3 12.156 W (54.002916666667, -3.1783333333333)

 

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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.

 

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2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Action
4. Anastasia
5. Bassa
6. Bella
7. Carley marie
8. Conisbro castle
9. Corrientes
10. Doris b
11. Express (possibly)
12. Ginette michel
13. Glencona
14. Globe trotter
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16. Herbie
17. Janeeta (possibly)
18. Keret
19. Labora (possibly)
20. Leeds (probably)
21. Lough fisher
22. Lunevale
23. Lyra
24. Marguerite
25. Murielle
26. No.163
27. Old haws pt lt or west pile
28. Our golden promise
29. Saltaro (fwd part)
30. Saltaro (fwd part)
31. Saltaro (fwd part)
32. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
33. Scorpio
34. Selker ltv (possibly)
35. Stamila
36. Sunbeam
37. Tilley anne
38. Tinker
39. U 1024 (possibly)
40. Ubier (probably)
41. Vanadis (possibly)
42. Vedra

 

Name: SALTARO (FWD PART)

Length 120.8 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.2, tonnage 4254 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex- polyanna '55, ex- tordene '47. built 1936 by w gray & co ltd., hartlepool with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine, 2 boilers, single shaft. machinery by central marine eng. works ltd, hartlepool. owned at time of loss by kallstrom, ragnar, stockholm. on passage lulea, sweden to barrow-in-furness. (sibi) on entering barrow in furness, hove to in walney channel to allow an exiting submarine to pass. went aground and broke back on falling tide. after section was refloated and broken up. forward section was cut up in situ and partially removed. that remaining was dispersed using explosives.

Year of registration: 1956

Water depth above wreck: 1 meter

Known since: 1956, last detected: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: H2533/57 30.5.57 FOR'D SECTION STRANDED IN 540444N, 031200.5W. EXHIBITS LIGHT, GPFL(2)G.10S. (HARBOUR MASTER, BARROW). INS AS ST WITH LIGHT.

- NM 1146/57. H2533/57 29.5.58 WK REMOVED. (BATESON & CO. SOLICITORS). DELETE.

- NM 1122/58. 21.10.91 WRECKAGE, EXTENDING ABOUT 60MTRS IN LENGTH, FOUND WITHIN DREDGED CHANNEL CENTRED ON OGB COORDS 321430E, 465420N, TAKEN FROM SKETCH SURVEY BY GEOTEAM, JUL '91. PARTIALLY CLEARED USING DREDGER AND DIVERS AUG/SEP '91. SOME WRECKAGE STILL PROTRUDES ABOVE DESIGN LEVEL FOR DREDGED CHANNEL. (VSEL, BARROW IN FURNESS, 6.9.91). TO BE CHARTED AS A SERIES OF FOULS IN [A] 540442.7N, 031204.5W; [B] 540441.2N, 031159.3W SEE RECORD 5528; [C] 540439.7N, 031154.5W SEE RECORD 58926. NE 3164. 22.11.08 EUT POSN: 5404.722N, 0312.156W. NE 3164.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 4.722 N,3 12.156 W

 

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