This is the information page about the shipwreck Strombus (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 34.613 N,3 57.284 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. Creag mhor
6. Delfin
7. Eldon park
8. Fagernes (probably)
9. Fort medine
10. G a savage (possibly)
11. Harvester
12. Inverdargle (bow section) (probably)
13. Inverdargle (stern section) (probably)
14. Kendy
15. Madjoe
16. Malleny (or malleney)
17. Malleny (or malleney)
18. Pen-y-mor (possibly)
19. Plantes welvard (possibly)
20. Prince ivanhoe
21. Riptide
22. Riverton (stern portion) (possibly)
23. Samtampa
24. Scarweather ltv
25. Shane
26. Sirdar
27. Solor (stern part) (probably)
28. Stalheim
29. Steepholm
30. Steepholm
31. Strombus (part of)
32. Strombus (part of)
33. Strombus (part of)
34. Strombus (part of)(probably)
35. Trevessa
36. Yesso

 

Name: STROMBUS (PART OF)

Length 125 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 6549 ton
Load: coal,flammable liquids and gases

Cause: 12.11.42 built in 1900 by armstrong & whitworth co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by a/s sevilla, onesimus. passage swansea for antarctic. cargo coal & patent fuel. detonated a german-laid mine. tugs towed to swansea and vessel beached. on 12.11.42 taken to briton ferry for breaking but forecastle broke off, drifted away and capsized and still lies on the seabed. it is possible that none of the vessel arrived for breaking and that the three sections are parts of the entire vessel. dispersed by explosives by cosag diving in 1977. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20180219

Details measurements/cartography: H1285/75 12.7.75 LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER 1FTM 3FT IN 513455N, 035648W. (M J O'KANE, LTR). H4119/71 28.7.75 EXAM'D IN 513435N, 035712W. CHAIN SWEPT FOUL 5FT LWST, CLEAR 3FT LWST. SURROUNDING DEPTH 13FT AND GENERAL SURROUNDING DEPTH 10 TO 12FT LWST. WRECKAGE EXTENDS 200FT. 2 MAJOR PORTIONS OF WK NORTH AND SOUTH OF EACH OTHER. HIGH SPOTS ARE BOILERS AND MACHINERY. CONSIDERED THIS TO BE PART OF NORWEGIAN TANKER STROMBUS. (TH). INS SW 0FTHM 3FT G CAN BUOY GPFL(2)G, 10SEC, RARFL, 137DEG,400FT FROM WK.

- NM 1604/75. 2.11.76 AMEND TO SW 0.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1161. H1270/74 2.11.76 WK BUOY AMENDED TO R CAN, GPFL 2 R, 10SEC, RAREFL. (TH NM 108/76). BR STD. H4119/71 17.6.77 WK TO BE DISPERSED TO A DEPTH OF 8FT MLWS. CONTRACT PLACED WITH COSAG DIVING LTD, GT YARMOUTH NORFOLK. (TH LTR DTD 31.5.77). H4119/71 16.9.77 WK DISPERSED. CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR 2.05MTRS, FOUL 2.45MTRS. GEN DEPTH 4.2MTRS. WK STANDS APPROX 1.8MTRS HIGH. BUOY REMOVED. (TH SWANSEA, TLX DTD 8.9.77 & TELECON CDR WAUGH 16.9.77). AMEND TO SW 2.0MTRS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2201/77. H3804/72 12.8.80 SWEPT 11.7.80. CLEAR 1.2MTRS, FOUL 1.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.4MTRS. WK HT 2.4MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. LYING 140/320 DEG. (HMS FOX, HN 21.7.80). AMEND TO SW 1.2MTRS.

- NM 1839/80 SEP 2018/000049866 3.7.18 EXAM'D 19.2.18; WK LOCATED IN 5134.613N, 0357.284W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.401MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS, LENGTH 65.1MTRS, WIDTH 42.8MTRS, HEIGHT 1.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 10.7MTRS, 0.6MTRS DEEP. DEBRIS FIELD TOWARDS 045 DEGS. (TITAN SURVEYS LTD, HI 1576). AMEND DW 2.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 34.613 N,3 57.284 W

 

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