This is the information page about the shipwreck Sunbeam, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 55.762 N,3 6.631 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: SUNBEAM
Length 30.5 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 133 ton
Cause: built of iron in 1891 by hawthorns & co, leith. owned at time of loss by d j mckinnon & son. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage fleetwood for fishing. foundered following collision with s trawler queen alexandra. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1916, last detected: 1999
Details measurements/cartography: H6507/16 31.10.16 H6507/16 31.10.16 POSN 535545N, 030630W. WK, LEAST DEPTH 4FT. G CONL BUOY LAID 40YDS NW. (TRINITY HOUSE).
- NM 1210/16. H5017/21 16.8.21 H5017/21 16.8.21 LEAST DEPTH NOW 14FT OVER. WK LIES 2.2M NW BY N FROM ROSSALL BN, FLEETWOOD APPS, ON NW BOULDERS SHOAL. (TRINITY HOUSE). BR STD. H1746 17.4.63 H1746 17.4.63 SHOWN AS WK 2FMS 2FT ON SURVEYS [K3587 & K3590]. BR STD. HH206/440/05 23.9.99 HH206/440/05 23.9.99 NO INDICATION OF WK FOUND DURING DREDGING AND PIPELAYING OPERATIONS FOR TWO LONG SEA OUTFALLS. (M C OBERMAN, HN DTD 27.10.95). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 55.762 N,3 6.631 W