This is the information page about the shipwreck Sirius (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.276 N,5 46.633 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. A a raven
2. Acklington
3. Aida lauro
4. Alacrity
5. Alden gifford (possibly)
6. Alster (possibly)
7. Antwerpen
8. Arbel (probably)
9. Arnside (possibly)
10. Asia
11. Aurelien
12. Austria (possibly)
13. Balbec
14. Bessemer city (probably)
15. Bill (part of)(possibly)
16. Bill (possibly)
17. Boynton (possibly)
18. Busby
19. Chimu
20. Christina
21. Christos markettos
22. City of cardiff
23. City of westminster (& kul)
24. Conqueror
25. Courtown
26. Denebola
27. Depois
28. Devon
29. Dunaskin
30. Dux (possibly)
31. Emblem
32. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
33. Empire kingsley
34. Enrico parodi
35. Facto
36. Fanny lambert
37. Gallier (possibly)
38. Garthclyde (possibly)
39. Gemini
40. Glamorgan coast
41. Heathmore
42. Hekla (possibly)
43. Helene (probably)
44. Hellopes
45. Hms decoy (probably)
46. Hms pincher
47. Hms royalo
48. Hms warspite
49. Hms warspite (part of)
50. Holland xix
51. Hopeful (possibly)
52. Iona
53. J duncan
54. Jose de aramburu
55. Joshua nicholson
56. Juan ferrer
57. Juanita
58. Kate thomas (possibly)
59. Kildonan ?
60. Kintuck
61. Lake grafton
62. Lake grafton (possibly)
63. Liberty
64. Lincoln
65. Lovat
66. Luna
67. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
68. Luxembourg (probably)
69. Lyminge
70. Maria de larrinaga
71. Marie roberts
72. Maroc
73. Moorview
74. Mystique (possibly)
75. New pioneer
76. Ocean harvest
77. Orion
78. Oriskany
79. Phoenix 202
80. Phoenix 203
81. Pioneer (possibly)
82. Polesley (possibly)
83. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
84. Regency (probably)
85. Rms mulheim
86. Saint guenole
87. Saxon briton
88. Sea viper
89. Seapoint (possibly)
90. Setubel(probably)
91. Sirius (possibly)
92. St chamond
93. Stabil (possibly)
94. Sten (possibly)
95. Sylvia-mary z-525
96. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
97. Tralee trader
98. Traute sarnow
99. Tungufoss
100. Tyrhaug
101. U 1209 (possibly)
102. U 247 (possibly)
103. Umbre
104. Underwood
105. Union star (parts of)(probably)
106. Veghtstroom (possibly)
107. Vine branch (possibly)
108. Vinovia
109. Wild boar
110. William cory
111. Zone (probably)

 

Name: SIRIUS (POSSIBLY)

Length 64 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1005 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1884 by bremer schffsb, ges vegesack. two boilers, compound expanion engine pf 99 nhp, single shaft. passage from penarth. believed to have been sunk by a mine. (sibi). torpedoed. (master's report 1918). sank when struck belbeck shoal in 500346n, 054438w. (coast-watcher at sennen cove, but master's report was accepted).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H3841/86 25.1.88 EXAM'D 18.9.87 IN 500216N, 054636W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.2 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH HT [SHADOW] 8.4MTRS; [VERTICAL] 14.1MTRS. LENGTH 53MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. LYING 325/145DEGS WITH BOWS APPARENTLY NW. HULL IS BROKEN AMIDSHIPS AND THERE ARE HIGH POINTS NEAR BOW AND STERN. CHART AS WK 53MTRS. POSSIBLY THE SIRIUS [16276]. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 360). INS AS WK 53MTRS.

- NM 542/88. 10.2.14 EXAM'D 1.12.13 IN 5002.276N, 0546.633W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.2 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 4.6MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPARENTLY IN TWO PARTS, WITH SINGLE BOILER EVIDENT. (MMT, HI 1415). BOWS NW, BOILER AND ENGINE LIE CLOSE SW. AMEND WK 57MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS NNW, WELL BROKEN UP, SEE [16276]

Position: 50 2.276 N,5 46.633 W

 

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