This is the information page about the shipwreck Stella (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 42.707 N,2 23.49 W (49.465666666667, -2.6346666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: STELLA (PROBABLY)
Length 77.1 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1059 ton
Cause: struck black rock during dense fog. sank in seven minutes. 112 lives lost. owned at time of loss by the london & southwestern railway company. built in 1890 by j & g thompson. triple expansion engines for 19.5 knots. carried 174 passengers and 43 crew. the master, captain w reeks, was lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1995
Water depth above wreck: 49 meter
Known since: 1995
Details measurements/cartography: HH256/440/02 4.8.95 WRECK, BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE 'STELLA', LOCATED IN 494246N, 022324W [EUR]. LOCATED WITHIN THE REVISED HISTORIC WRECK RESTRICTED AREA AROUND HMS DRAGON [23422] OF 1.25M RADIUS. (ALDERNEY HARBOUR AUTHORITY FAX DTD 22.7.95). DECISION TO CHART AS USC 40MTRS AS IT LIES 6MTRS PROUD OF THE SEABED IN APPROX 49MTRS.
- NM 2858/95. 31.8.06 WGD POSN: 4942.707N, 0223.490W. NE 60 [3RD EDN, MAY '04].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 42.707 N,2 23.49 W