Wreck: Snowdonia (Barque)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Snowdonia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 38.022 N,1 37.667 W (55.633700, -1.627783)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

Name: SNOWDONIA

Length 42.1 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 419 ton
Load: chemicals,stone

Cause: ran aground. passage coosaw river, carolina, usa, for berwick.

Year of registration: 1881

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1881, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: 28.5.82 DESCRIBED AS VERY BROKEN UP, BUT ANCHOR, CABLE & KEEL TO BE FOUND IN 7-10MTRS. KEEL LIES NE/SW. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL V). NCA. HH090/843/01 21.12.99 EXAM'D 30.8.99 IN 5538.022N, 0137.677W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.4 IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 2MTRS, WIDTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.1MTRS. POOR DCS3 SIGNAL STRENGTH. POSSIBLE DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 843). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2021/000090526 27.7.21 AWAITING FULL INVESTIGATION. (MERITAITO, HI1591).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: POSSIBLE DEBRIS

Position: 55 38.022 N,1 37.667 W

 

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