This is the information page about the shipwreck Spyros (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.707 N,1 34.847 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Algerian
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Azemmour
8. Baron garioch
9. Betsy anna
10. Borgny
11. Braat ii
12. Braedale (probably)
13. Brestois
14. Britannia (probably)
15. Campen
16. Carbon
17. Castle crag
18. Ceres (possibly)
19. Clan macvey
20. Clarinda
21. Cleddy (probably)
22. Coquetdale (probably)
23. Cuba
24. Dulce t
25. Dumfries
26. Empire crusader
27. Ernest lagouve
28. Espagne
29. Everleigh
30. Excelsior (possibly)
31. Fenna (probably)
32. Fluent
33. G-cbpt
34. Grace dieu
35. Hartley (possibly)
36. Hms acheron (bow section)
37. Hms acheron (stern section)
38. Hms albion ii
39. Hms assurance
40. Hms crestflower
41. Hms eleanor (probably)
42. Hms john mitchell
43. Hms listrac (probably)
44. Hms michael clements
45. Hms new dawn
46. Hms pomone
47. Hms sargasso
48. Hms warwick deeping
49. Hms waterlily
50. Hmsm swordfish
51. Hmsm upstart
52. Iduna
53. Indutionmare
54. Irex
55. Island mist
56. Jgena (possibly)
57. Joannis millas
58. Juno
59. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
60. Lct 809
61. Lcvp 120
62. Leny (possibly)
63. Londonier
64. Luciston
65. Margaret smith
66. Mechanician
67. Mendi
68. Messina
69. Michelle
70. Millmer
71. Minca 35
72. Molina
73. Myrtlegrove (probably)
74. Neath (possibly)
75. Neree (possibly)
76. Nichola (probably)
77. Nw68
78. Nw96
79. Oriflamme
80. Pool fisher
81. Ps ryde
82. Redesmere
83. Reindeer
84. Rosehill (probably)
85. Sally jane
86. Serrana (bow section)
87. Serrana (stern part)
88. Sheer grace
89. Simla
90. Smyrna
91. Spyros (possibly)
92. Start
93. Teamwork
94. Terlings
95. Tweed
96. U 480
97. Vari solo sailor
98. Varvassi
99. Venezuela
100. Venus
101. Volkerak
102. War knight
103. Westville
104. Witte zee
105. Woodham

 

Name: SPYROS (POSSIBLY)

Length 46.7 meter, width: 7.3 meter, tonnage 387 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-citos, ex-nacka, ex-jyndn. built of iron in 1880 by rostocker act ges, rostock. owned at time of loss by p g lemos & g f andreadis. compound expansion engine of 51nhp, single shaft. passage necastle for st ives. sprang a leak and foundered. (d c wendes).

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/07 19.10.93 WK LOCATED IN 503641N, 013447.5W [OGB]. LIES UPRIGHT BUT BREAKING UP. HAS SINGLE BOILER AND A 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE. (D C WENDES, 2.10.93). PLOTS VERY CLOSE TO CHARTED WK [19027]. NCA. 28.4.05 THIS COULD BE 'CLYDE'. A BELL MARKED '1880' HAS BEEN RECOVERED. (D C WENDES, PERSONAL VISIT). RECORD REVIEWED. INS AS NDW. BR STD. 22.5.06 INTACT, UPRIGHT. DECKS COLLAPSED. SINGLE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE. THREE HOLDS, TWO FWD, ONE AFT. SHIP'S SIDE BROKEN DOWN AT NO 2 HOLD. (DIVER MAGAZINE, MAY 2006). NCA. 2.2.07 THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE SPYROS. A BADLY WORN BELL RECOVERED WITH ONLY THE DATE OF 1880 BEING CLEARLY VISIBLE. LENGTH AND BREADTH HAVE BEEN MEASURED ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND DIMENSIONS EXACTLY FIT THE SPYROS. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. 25.10.12 EXAM'D 28.1.12 IN 5036.707N, 0134.847W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.36 IN GEN DEPTH 31.5MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 25.4MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 080 DEGS FROM SW END. LENGTH 48MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (EMU, HI 1366). UPRIGHT, BOWS NE. SAND BERM EXTENDS E FROM WK. AMEND WK 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BREAKING UP, SAND BERM EXTENDS E

Position: 50 36.707 N,1 34.847 W

 

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