This is the information page about the shipwreck Seagull, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 47.659 N,1 43.106 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)
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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: SEAGULL
Length 52.1 meter, width: 7 meter, tonnage 322 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products
Cause: Built in 1848 in belfast as a 2 masted steam paddle schooner. owned at time of loss by coates & young, belfast. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage hull for rotterdam. cargo raw cotton. struck by 'swan' after contrary alteration of course. foundered. one man lost.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H0770/41 16.9.41 WK, LEAST DEPTH 6.5FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 2157/41. H770/41 31.3.50 WK FOUND TO HAVE LEAST DEPTH OF 13FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 589/50 H0770/41 19.10.60 WK WITH SPAR SHOWING 3FT AT LOW WATER REPORTED 1MILE NORTH OF NO.9 BUOY. (FOIC YARMOUTH 10.2.41). H0770/41 19.10.60 SWEPT CLEAR TO 39FT. POSN FIXED 524738N, 014310E. (FOIC YARMOUTH 10.2.41). H0770/41 19.10.60 EXAM'D IN 524736N, 014308E [OGB] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 78FT, FOUL AT 84FT. (HMS FAWN, HI 42/75). H2334/75 21.9.76 EXAM'D 23.9.76 IN 524739.9N, 014313.0E [OGB] USING ?HIFIX/3. NOT SEEN ON E/S. NO LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED. WRECK APPEARS BROKEN. GENERAL DEPTH OF SEA BED 30MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 42/75). NCA. H2053/83 19.9.83 EXAM'D 21.6.83 IN 524738N, 014313E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 26.7, FOUL 26.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.5 IN GEN DEPTH 31 TO 34MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.6MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS. LIES NW/SE. CHART AS SW 26.5MTRS. (HMS ECHO, HI 125). AMEND TO SW 26.5MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/09 10.9.94 REMAINS OF PADDLE WHEELS FOUND ON SEABED AND SHIPS BELL RECOVERED BEARING INSCRIPTION `SEAGULL 1848' IN 524738N, 014313E [OGB]. WRECK HAS METAL HULL PLATES WITH STRUCTURE COLLAPSED AND JUMBLED. ONLY DECKING VISIBLE. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (T MASON AND RECEIVER OF WRECK REPORT 153/94 DTD 19.9.94). 3.3.00 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. 27.8.20 PADDLE STEAMER "SEAGULL" LOCATED IN 5247.659N, 0143.106E [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED SCHEDULED MONUMENT STATUS (The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979), DTD 8/11/2019. LIST ENTRY NUMBER 1464587. ADD "HISTORIC" TO STATUS AND REST'D AREA 100MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN & COLLAPSED
Position: 52 47.659 N,1 43.106 E