Wreck: Sunbeam (possibly) (Sailing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Sunbeam (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 5.562 N,3 3.354 W (57.97135, -3.3395666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: SUNBEAM (POSSIBLY)
Length 30.4 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 132 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built 1878 of wood by massey, portreath, cornwall. owned at time of loss by william b firth, finstown, orkney. passage leigth for the orkneys. captured by submarine & sunk by gunfire. crew recovered from boat. (ww1sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 POSN 580430N, 030300W OR 17M S BY W FROM WICK. INS AS NDW (1915)(PD). H3875/26 18.6.26 DELETED FROM 2182B. H8458/58 NO LONGER CHARTED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). FOR FILING ONLY. HH091/150/01 - SEP 2008/000007851 23.1.08 LOCATED 7.6.06 IN 5805.562N, 0303.356W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.3 IN GEN DEPTH 42.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGLY DEGRADED WK. NFS. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1150). INS AS WK 40MTRS. BR STD. HH091/150/01 - SEP 2008/000081066 1.10.08 EXAM'D IN 4.2008 IN 5805.562N, 0303.354W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.0MTRS. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 2.7MTRS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1150, RE-RENDER). RETAIN WK 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: HIGHLY DEGRADED WK
Position: 58 5.562 N,3 3.354 W
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