This is the information page about the shipwreck Steepholm, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.215 N,3 39.82 W (51.21105, -3.4662333333333)

 

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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. Alice of milford
2. Bonita
3. Cabenda
4. Carare
5. Cato (possibly)
6. Delfin
7. Fort medine
8. G a savage (possibly)
9. Gleneuse
10. Hms princess
11. Inverdargle (bow section) (probably)
12. Inverdargle (stern section) (probably)
13. James mcgee
14. Kendy
15. Lamb?
16. Madjoe
17. Malleny (or malleney)
18. Malleny (or malleney)
19. Morning star (possibly).
20. Persistent
21. Plantes welvard (possibly)
22. Portugalete (probably).
23. Riptide
24. Riverton (stern portion) (possibly)
25. Samtampa
26. Scarweather ltv
27. Slava
28. Stalheim
29. Stanholme
30. Steepholm
31. Steepholm
32. Strombus (part of)
33. Strombus (part of)
34. Strombus (part of)
35. The american

 

Name: STEEPHOLM

Length 45.7 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 532 ton
Load: sand

Cause: vessel, built 1950 by c hill & sons ltd., bristol. owned at time of loss by holms sand & gravel co., ltd. on passage from barry for swansea. ran aground on tusker rock after her pumping & lighting equipment failed during a gale. crew of seven rescued. looted and stripped of her copper & brass fittings. (sibi [photo of stranded vessel] & msd).

Year of registration: 1968

Water depth above wreck: -4 meter

Known since: 1968, last detected: 20180222

Details measurements/cartography: H2498/50 11.10.68 STRANDED WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE AT HW. (TH PORTHCAWL). INS AS ST IN 512715N, 033930W [OGB]. BR STD. H2498/50 10.2.69 POSN: 512712N, 033939W [OGB]. (TH, DTD 13.2.69). OWNERS REPORT VESSEL BREAKING UP. (LLOYDS VOL.195). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/522/01 5.3.92 ONLY THE BOILER AND SOME WIDESPREAD DEBRIS REMAINS, SPREAD OVER AN AREA 100MTRS RADIUS ON TUSKER ROCK. HIGHEST PART STANDS ABOUT 1MTR ABOVE THE ROCK AND IS CLEARLY VISIBLE AT LW. IT DOES NOT STAND AS HIGH AS SOME SECTIONS OF THE ROCK. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 522). NCA. 29.9.05 EUT POSN: 5127.228N, 0339.723W. NE 1169. SEP 2018/000204444 22.2.18 EXAM'D 22.2.18. WRECK IS POORLY DEFINED AND IN THREE MAIN PIECES. SOUTHERN SECTION, SHOALEST POINT OF WRECK AT 5127.177N, 0339.870W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DRIES -4.02MTRS IN GEN DEPTH -4.0MTRS. LENGTH 61.8MTRS, WIDTH 10.3MTRS, HT 2.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 037/217 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD TOWARDS 035DEGS. NORTHERN SECTION OF WK AT 5127.249N, 0339.774W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DRIES -3.25MTRS IN GEN DEPTH -2.6MTRS. LENGTH 21.8MTRS, WIDTH 10.9MTRS, HT 1.3MTRS. ORIENTATION 032/212 DEGS. (TITAN ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS LTD, HI 1501). AMEND TO DISTRIBUTED REMAINS OF WRECK DRIES -4.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Not for charting, controlling depth -6.6m close by.

Position: 51 27.215 N,3 39.82 W

 

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