This is the information page about the shipwreck Segontium (sirgontium), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 5.93 N,4 33.239 W (53.263033333333, -4.82945)

 

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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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Name: SEGONTIUM (SIRGONTIUM)

Length 30.5 meter, tonnage 192 ton

Cause: built in 1943. owned at time of loss by severnside foods ltd, bangor. sank, cause not reported.

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 20150710

Details measurements/cartography: H5001/72 27.11.84 EXAM'D IN 530558N, 043311W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.6, FOUL AT 12.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28.1MTRS. MARKED BY W CARD BUOY, Q(9)15S ABOUT 100MTRS W. (TH, TLX 17, 21, 23.10.84, 15.11.84, TH NM 74/84 & LL VOL.256).

- NM 3286/84. H2921/85 16.4.85 BUOY TO BE DISCONTINUED ON, OR ABOUT, 26.4.85. (TH NM 17/85 & TH TLX 26.4.85).

- NM 1117/85. HH100/351/03 3.9.90 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS SEGONTIUM FROM LIFEBELT. (M S DUKE, TELECON & LTR DTD 30.8.90). HH100/351/04 3.5.91 DIVED ON MAY 1990. INTACT AND UPRIGHT WITH MAST STANDING. 4 TRAWL NETS ARE SNAGGED ON WK MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS TO DIVE IN LOW UNDERWATER VISIBILITY. LIES WITH BOW SOUTH. NAME SHOULD READ SIRGONTIUM. (J BOYLETT). 1.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5305.934N, 0433.244W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. LENGTH 31MTRS, WIDTH 7.5MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999/2005). LIES 150/310 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT WITH BOWS SE. M/B IMAGES WITH DEPTHS BINNED AT 0.1MTRS POSSIBLY SHOWS MAST. RETAIN AS SW 12.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000055076 29.12.15 EXAM'D 5.7.15 IN 5305.930N, 0433.239W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HEIGHT 7.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 150/330. MAGNETOMETER READING STRONG. (HI 1451, MMT (UK)). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, BOWS S, MAST STANDING, TRAWLS ATTACHED

Position: 53 5.93 N,4 33.239 W

 

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