This is the information page about the shipwreck Skeldon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 40.46 N,2 5.84 W (48.516666666667, -14.833333333333)

 

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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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2. Aylesbury
3. Bel espoir
4. Brockley combe
5. Christinaki
6. Cote ouest
7. Dinish
8. Elemore
9. Fatima
10. Fetlar
11. Fink
12. Fremur
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15. Ijmuiden
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18. L'idefix
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22. Lephreeto
23. M 343 (possibly)
24. M'as tu vu
25. Merkur
26. Nathan jerome
27. Ouragan
28. Pap 2
29. Prisci-va
30. Ro 21
31. Saranac
32. Sarcelle
33. Skeldon
34. Soleil royal
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36. Sonia nancy
37. Sultan star
38. Timac
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40. Windsorwood

 

Name: SKELDON

Length 82.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1458 ton

Cause:

Year of registration: 1934

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1934, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H4786/34 17.7.34 ST LIES 046DEGS, 1.63C FROM PIERRES DES PORTES. (FRENCH NM 26 1168 34 & LL).

- NM 1167/34. H4786/34 26.2.36 BUOY DELETED. (FRENCH NM 8/485).

- NM 411/36. 21.9.77 ST, NAME GIVEN, IN 484030N, 020544W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976). NCA. H1271/80 SHOWN AS DW ON FRENCH 5645 & FRENCH 844 [1979 EDN'S]. BR STD. 15.11.91 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 7130 [1991 EDN, STS TO CHART]. NE 2700. 10.2.97 REFERRED TO AS WK 2.2MTRS IN 484031N, 020545W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1997). BR STD. 23.12.97 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 7130 [1997 EDN, STS TO CHART]. NC 2700. 10.2.98 LOCATED BY DIVERS 24.6.96. MANY ENGINE PARTS IDENTIFIABLE, BUT ARE DISPERSED. 1 BOILER, 1 CONDENSER, 1 PISTON, 1 LENGTH OF SHAFT 30CM DIAMETER & 30MTRS LONG. NUMEROUS PIECES OF HULL SPREAD OVER SEABED. WK IS ORIENTATED 230DEGS. LEAST DEPTH 2.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1998). THIS WRECK IS NO LONGER CHARTED ON FRENCH 7130 [1997 EDN] [LARGEST SCALE]. SCALE TOO SMALL TO CHART, PLOTS CLOSE AGAINST DRYING ROCKS. RETAIN AS LIVE UNCHARTED RECORD. 26.1.99 NOW WK 2.2MTRS IN 4840.518N, 0205.755W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). NCA. EXISTING STS. 20.11.02 SHOWN IN 4840.460N, 0205.840W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7130 [INT 1754] [3RD EDN 2002]. ADOPTED AS BA 2700 [PUBLISHED 1998]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP

Position: 48 40.46 N,2 5.84 W

 

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