This is the information page about the shipwreck Siracusa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 26.417 N,5 6.68 W (50.505016666667, -5.2049666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Acadian
2. Andromeda
3. Angele (possibly)
4. Anna sophie
5. Antoinette (probably)
6. Arthurtown
7. Bard (possibly)
8. Brava
9. Camelot challenger (possibly)
10. Carasa (possibly)
11. Carl
12. Castor 1
13. Cristina
14. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
15. Dumfries
16. Ezra weston (bow section)
17. Ezra weston (stern section)
18. Genevieve (possibly)
19. Germaine
20. Hanover
21. Hemsley 1
22. Hera
23. Hmcs regina
24. Hmml 380
25. Hms lady of the isles
26. Hugin
27. Humbergate (probably)
28. Hunsgrove
29. Island maid
30. John taylor
31. Kai (possibly)
32. Kwester
33. La suippe
34. Lake edon
35. Lake owens
36. Leon martin (part of)
37. Lia'g
38. Lisa maria
39. Lombard (possibly)
40. Madeline
41. Madryn
42. Marcelle
43. Maria asumpta
44. Mefjord (possibly)
45. Milly (possibly)
46. Mitera marigo
47. Mourne (probably)
48. Norma (possibly)
49. Onega
50. Orfordness
51. Pearn pride (possibly)
52. Peer gynt (possibly)
53. Petersham
54. Ponus
55. Portugal
56. Prestige
57. Princess royal
58. Quarnero
59. Queen (possibly)
60. Risoy (probably)
61. Rossmore (possibly)
62. Runswick
63. Saphir
64. Secil japan (bow section)
65. Secil japan (stern section)
66. Shanes castle
67. Shoal fisher
68. Shoreham (probably)
69. Siracusa
70. Skopelos sky (after part)
71. Sphene (probably)
72. St george (possibly)
73. St joseph
74. St stanislas
75. Stanwood
76. Svint
77. Tagona
78. U 1021 (possibly)
79. U 325 (possibly)
80. U 400 (possibly)
81. Ub 106 (possibly)
82. Ub 112 (possibly)
83. Ub 128 (possibly)
84. Ub 65
85. Ub 86 (possibly)
86. Ub 97 (possibly)
87. Vesuvius
88. War baron (probably)
89. Warnow (possibly)

 

Name: SIRACUSA

Length 83.5 meter, width: 10.3 meter, draught: 7.2, tonnage 1243 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-bavaria. built of iron in 1879 by flensburg sb co. owned at the time of loss by r m sloman & co. passage newport, monmouth for naples. sank during extreme weather. crew of 24 all lost. (cornish shipwrecks - n coast, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1897

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 124 cm

Known since: 1897, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H2959/73 17.4.74 H2959/73 17.4.74 WK OF THE SYRACUSA REPORTED IN 502626N, 050705W. USED BY ANGLERS. (E GILES). NCA YET. H2959/73 23.7.74 H2959/73 23.7.74 LOCATED IN 502626N, 050705W [OGB] USING DECCA. BOWS STAND 15 TO 20FT HIGH AT MAST. GENERAL HT OF FWD PART OF HULL IS 12FT. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND BOILERS STAND 10FT HIGH WITH ENGINE & SHAFT INTACT. STERN BADLY BROKEN. LIES ON ROCKY SEABED WITH SHALLOW GULLEYS. (E GILES, JULY 1974). CHART AS USC 15MTRS. BR STD. 19.1.78 19.1.78 DECCA POSN QUOTED ABOVE (23.7.74) CONVERTS TO 502618N, 050635W. BR STD. 4.5.78 4.5.78 AMEND WK 18MTRS IN 502618N, 050635W [OGB]. NC 1178. HH100/351/04 18.3.91 HH100/351/04 18.3.91 DIVED ON IN 502621N, 050640W [OGB] USING DECCA. HIGHEST PART STANDS 5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS AT HW SPRINGS. ENGINE AND SHAFT INTACT. BELL FOUND 23.7.86 PROVED TO BE IRON AND NAME NOT DISCERNABLE. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. 22.11.11 22.11.11 LOCATED 25.3.10 IN 5026.417N, 0506.680W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.55 IN GEN DEPTH 27.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 58.2MTRS, WIDTH 14.1MTRS, HT 4.25MTRS. LIES 124/304 DEGS WITH BOWS WNW. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, INTACT, BOWS WNW

Position: 50 26.417 N,5 6.68 W

 

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