This is the information page about the shipwreck Severn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.315 N,3 8.43 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: SEVERN
Length 29.3 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 128 ton
Cause: sunk about 0.5m south from c2 red buoy after collision.
Year of registration: 1881
Water depth above wreck: -1 meter
Known since: 1881, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: 28.10.1881 MASTS, ANCHORS & CABLES REMOVED BY MDHB AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO FLOAT HER ON 28.10.1881 & 29.10.1881. REMAINS DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB 28.6.1882. 29.6.1882 29.6.1882 DEPTH REDUCED TO LBD, (0FT). (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 26.3.75 26.3.75 NOT SHOWN K3500 NO 10. 1.9.87 1.9.87 SHOWN AS WKG ON MDHC PLOT M1027/2. INS AS FOUL IN 533018N, 030821W. NE 1951.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL
Position: 53 30.315 N,3 8.43 W