This is the information page about the shipwreck Stalheim, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 34.635 N,3 49.715 W (51.292766666667, -4.0713)

 

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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. Bengrove (probably)
2. Beninin (possibly)
3. Cabenda
4. Carare
5. Cato (possibly)
6. Delfin
7. Fort medine
8. G a savage (possibly)
9. Gleneuse
10. Inverdargle (bow section) (probably)
11. Inverdargle (stern section) (probably)
12. James mcgee
13. Kendy
14. Madjoe
15. Malleny (or malleney)
16. Malleny (or malleney)
17. Pen-y-mor (possibly)
18. Plantes welvard (possibly)
19. Riptide
20. Riverton (stern portion) (possibly)
21. Samtampa
22. Scarweather ltv
23. Sirdar
24. Slava
25. Stalheim
26. Stanholme
27. Steepholm
28. Steepholm
29. Strombus (part of)
30. Strombus (part of)
31. Strombus (part of)
32. Strombus (part of)(probably)
33. Yesso

 

Name: STALHEIM

Length 76.5 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1298 ton
Load: coal

Cause: mined off port talbot while on passage for barry and st john, n.b.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20180217

Details measurements/cartography: H0734/40 SUNK IN 513436N, 034941W OR 245 DEG, 6.8C FROM LT ON SEAWARD END OF PORT TALBOT PIER. - PFNM 2005/40. H0835/40 1.10.40 INS AS DW IN 513436N, 034941W.

- NM 2390/40. H0734/40 28.4.41 G CONICAL BUOY, BELL, LAID 1C N OF WK. - TFNM 929/41. H0734/40 17.11.41 INS BUOY.

- NM 2705/41. H0734/40 18.9.45 AMEND BUOY TO G CON.

- NM 2861/45. H0734/40 11.11.49 AMEND TO WK 0FM 4FT AND AMEND BUOY TO G CON, BELL.

- NM 2337/49. H1780/67 25.9.67 MOVE BUOY TO 1 C N OF WK. NM ACTION. 28.9.71 AMEND TO SW 1.2MTRS, WITH G CON, BELL, CLOSE N. (E8677). NC 1161. 28.7.72 AMEND TO SW 0.5MTR [LAT], WITH BUOY. H3804/72 31.7.72 BUOY REPLACED BY G CAN, BELL, RAREFL, LAID IN 513430N, 034948W. (TH 6.7.72).

- NM 2057/73. H3804/72 3.5.77 LEAST DEPTH NOW 4.1MTRS. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (BTDB, 14.4.77).

- NM 1095/77. H3804/72 27.5.77 BUOY PERMANENTLY REMOVED. (BTDB NM 27/4/77). H3804/72 1.7.80 LEAST DEPTH NOW 0.2MTRS. (LT KEILLER, HMS FOX, TELECON 25.6.80). NAVAREA I ISSUED. AWAIT CONFIRMATION. H3804/72 16.7.80 LOCATED 010 DEG, 40MTRS FROM CHARTED POSN IN 513437.44N, 034940.5W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 0.2MTRS. SWEPT CLEAR 0.1MTR, FOUL 0.2MTR. (HMS FOX, HN DTD 25.6.80 & TELECON 16.7.80). AMEND TO SW 0.1MTR.

- NM 1679/80. H3804/72 12.8.80 WIRE SWEEP NOT CONCLUSIVE DUE FISHING FLOATS. LEAST DEPTH 0.2MTR OBTAINED ON TWO OCCASIONS. DIVING EXAMINATION UNSATISFACTORY - VIS NIL AND HULL IN JAGGED CONDITION. (HMS FOX, HN 22.7.80). NCA. H1934/78 24.1.83 WK MAY HAVE ASSUMED A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE WITH A POSSIBLE DECREASE IN CLEARANCE. (BTDB, S WALES, NM). NCA. 11.7.83 NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (DOCK MANAGER, BTDB SWANSEA, TELECON 11.7.83). H3941/88 22.6.90 EXAM'D 17.6.89 IN 513437.2N, 034939.2W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.1 IN GEN DEPTHS 5.7 TO 6.9MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTR DEEP. INTACT, LYING N/S. LENGTH 37MTRS BUT N END OF WK MAY BE BURIED IN MUD. NOT SWEPT DUE TO SHALLOW DEPTHS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS FAWN, HI 463). NCA. SEP 2018/000049886 3.7.18 EXAM'D 17.2.18; WK LOCATED IN 5134.635N, 0349.715W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.76MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS, LENGTH 81.3MTRS, WIDTH, 19.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 125/305 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 4.5MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP. DEBRIS FIELD TOWARDS 312 DEGS. WK IS MOSTLY DEGRADED. (TITAN SURVEYS LTD, HI 1576). AMEND DW 2.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 34.635 N,3 49.715 W

 

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