This is the information page about the shipwreck Spenser (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 31 N,5 25.1 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)

 

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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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4. Boscastle (possibly)
5. Boscawen (probably)
6. City of glasgow (probably)
7. Damao (possibly)
8. Elsena (possibly)
9. Fort rona (possibly)
10. Francoise de lille (possibly)
11. Galatea (possibly)
12. Gresham (possibly)
13. Halberdier (possibly)
14. Kirkby (probably)
15. Ladoga (possibly)
16. Landonia (probably)
17. Margaretha
18. Mesaba (probably)
19. Paros
20. Prins frederik hendrik (possibly)
21. Rose marie (probably)
22. Rotula (possibly)
23. Soreldoc (possibly)
24. Spenser (possibly)
25. Susanne ii
26. The queen
27. U 1302 (possibly)
28. Walpas (possibly)
29. Yturri bide (possibly)

 

Name: SPENSER (POSSIBLY)

Length 117.4 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.8, tonnage 4186 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1900 by armstrong whitworth & co, newcastle. owned at time of loss by lamport & holt ltd, liverpool. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 475 hp, single screw. machinery by the ne marine engine co, newcastle. passage buenos aires for liverpool. general cargo. torpedoed by u 61. no loss of life.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 84 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1980

Details measurements/cartography: M0852 1918 POSN 523500N, 052000W. M1467 1918 POSN 523500N, 052500W. M2096 1918 ABOUT 35M NE OF TUSKAR. (MASTER). ACCEPT PA 523500N, 052000W OR 28 MILES SW BY W 0.5W FROM BARDSEY ISLAND. INS ON CHARTS. H3058/50 18.5.53 H3058/50 18.5.53 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1410. 28.11.72 28.11.72 AMEND TO USCPA 35FMS. NE 1410. H1950/76 13.11.80 H1950/76 13.11.80 WK EXAM'D 25.5.80 IN 523100N, 052506W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69 IN GEN DEPTH 84MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HT 14MTRS. APPROX LENGTH 100MTRS. LYING E/W. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 31 N,5 25.1 W

 

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