This is the information page about the shipwreck Seapoint (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 1.515 N,6 4.815 W (49.983366666667, -6.30175)
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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: SEAPOINT (POSSIBLY)
Length 53.3 meter, width: 8.1 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 593 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1899 by s mcknight & co, ayr. owned at time of loss by t & e sutcliffe, grimsby. one boiler, compound engine of 104hp, single shaft. passage newport for rouen. cargo coal. sprang a leak and foundered in heavy weather.
Year of registration: 1978
Water depth above wreck: 71 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1978, last detected: 2001
Details measurements/cartography: H2613/78 10.3.78 H2613/78 10.3.78 WK LOCATED 9.6.77 IN 500130N, 060448W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 72MTRS. DCS HT 3MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS. LYING 170/350DEGS. POSSIBLY ON ITS SIDE & APPARENTLY BROKEN UP. (HMS FOX, HI 42A/77). INS AS WK 67MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/17 3.9.01 HH100/351/17 3.9.01 THIS IS AN OLD SS. COULD BE SEAPOINT. (G POUND). NCA. H51 10.2.14 10.2.14 EXAM'D 7.12.13 IN 5001.515N, 0604.815W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.9 IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH51MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 4.1MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS WITH BOWS N. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VERY LITTLE REMAINS WITH ONLY ONE SIGNIFICANT HIGH POINT. (MMT, HI 1415). FULLY COLLAPSED, HIGH POINT PROBABLY ENGINE. AMEND WK 66MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS N, ONE HIGH ITEM, ?BOILER
Position: 50 1.515 N,6 4.815 W