This is the information page about the shipwreck Spectator (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.173 N,8 41.967 W (51.46955, -8.69945)

 

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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. Ardent ii
3. Bell rose
4. Caliph
5. Carol anne
6. City of chicago
7. Cliftonian
8. Dinah b
9. Earl of lathom
10. Faulconnler
11. Gafsa
12. Ghazee
13. Hms alyssum (probably)
14. Hms mignonette
15. Iwate
16. Juliet (possibly)
17. Kayside
18. Kilgerran castle
19. Kinsale western bridge
20. Kinsale western bridge
21. Kinsale western bridge
22. Kinsale western bridge
23. Kinsale western bridge
24. Kinsale western bridge
25. Lilian h
26. Ludgate
27. Lusitania
28. Norwegian
29. Pegu
30. Rosses morn
31. Spectator (probably)

 

Name: SPECTATOR (PROBABLY)

Length 111.3 meter, width: 14.4 meter, draught: 8.3, tonnage 3808 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built in 1914 by c connel & co ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by charente ss co ltd (harrison). three boilers, triple expansion engine of 392nhp, single shaft. passage zanzibar & cape town for liverpool. torpedoed by uc-33. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 92 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 11 MILES FROM GALLEY HEAD. (BMVS). H2385/34 11.4.34 WK FOUND BY SS ARTIGLIO 171 DEG 6.25 MILES FROM SEVEN HEADS. BUOYS LAID. (IRISH LTS). H2385/34 2.5.34 FOUND BY SS ARTGLIO IN 512800N, 084115W. (IRISH LTS & LLOYDS).

- NM 678T/34. H2385/34 12.7.35 BUOYS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED. (HMS VICEROY). H2385/34 24.5.51 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. (NAVEAM 3475). H2385/34 10.8.51 SALVAGE OPERATIONS COMPLETED & BUOYS REMOVED. (RISDON BEAZLEY).

- NM 1515/51. H3549/53 10.4.56 SALVAGE OPERATIONS MARKED BY 6 YELLOW BUOYS. (RISDON BEAZLEY). H4551/76 10.1.77 REPD IN 525300N, 084100W APPROX. POSN BY DECCA. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 30.11.76, SURVEYED IN 1953). GEOG POSN OBVIOUSLY INCORRECT. NCA. H1310/85/27 10.9.85 WK, THOUGHT TO BE THE SPECTATOR, LOCATED IN 512813N, 084145W. POSN BY DECCA. (G WILLIAMS, 17.8.85). INS AS USC 65MTRS. BR STD. HH284/500/04 2.4.04 LOCATED IN 5128.171N, 0841.852W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT AT LEAST 4MTRS IN POOR WEATHER. DIMENSIONS BY MBES. GEN DEPTH 93.5MTRS. (MV GEOGRAPH VIA E GILES). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000158198 8.8.14 EXAM'D 15.7.14 IN 5128.173N, 0841.967W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 84.32 IN GEN DEPTH 92MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 11MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 7.5MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. INTACT, UPRIGHT. DEBRIS WITHIN 100MTRS. (RV CELTIC VOYAGER, CV13_02, INFOMAR). BOW & SUPERSTRUCTURE INTACT. FWN & AFT HOLD AREAS COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 84MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW & SUPERSTRUCTURE INTACT

Position: 51 28.173 N,8 41.967 W

 

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