This is the information page about the shipwreck Slasher, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.532 N,2 59.723 W (53.392200, -2.995383)

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.

Name: SLASHER

Year of registration: 1874

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter

Known since: 1874, last detected: 1994

Details measurements/cartography: 30.1.1875 DISPERSAL BY GUNPOWDER BETWEEN 30.1.1875 & 28.5.1875 BY MERSEY DOCKS & HARBOUR BOARD. DEPTH OF 24FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WRECK RECORDS). INSERTED AS WK 4FMS ON 3490. H5282/71 24.2.75 WK 6.8MTRS SHOWN IN 532331N, 025938.5W ON MERSEY CHART [1974 EDN]. (MERSEY DOCKS & HARBOUR BOARD). NC 3490. H2437/76 31.12.79 NOT SHOWN ON MERSEY CHART [K4111/9]. (MD & HC SURVEY DD MAY 1979). DELETE. BR STD. HH206/260/01 18.4.94 NOT SHOWN ON MERSEY 35-1, BETWEEN LINES OF SOUNDINGS WITH DEPTHS OF 2 TO 4MTRS, BUT SHOWN ON MERSEY 21-10 [BAY 221] AS WK 6.8MTRS IN DEPTHS OF 2 TO 4MTRS. (MERSEY DOCKS & HARBOUR COMPANY SURVEYS DTD 5.11.1993 & 13.9.93). RETAIN AS FOUL. NE 3490. 11.6.04 SHOWN AS WK (NO DEPTH SPECIFIED) IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS ON BA 3490 [END 5 DTD 20.12.01]. 16.7.14 SHOWN AS FOUL ON BA 3490 [EDN 7 DTD 2.8.14].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DISPERSED

Position: 53 23.532 N,2 59.723 W

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