This is the information page about the shipwreck Taurus (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 46.333 N,2 8.326 W (56.633333333333, -16)

 

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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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2. Aurora
3. Baku standard
4. Bay fisher
5. Branksea (possibly)
6. Clara gwynne
7. Clint
8. Confield
9. Creemuir
10. Cushendall (part of)(possibly)
11. Daydawn
12. Empire claire
13. Empire miniver
14. Empire volunteer
15. Fanad head
16. Geraldine mary
17. Gowrie (possibly)
18. Greenawn (possibly)
19. Grenmar (possibly)
20. Hedson
21. Hms beathwood (probably)
22. Hms braconburn (possibly)
23. Hms broadwater
24. Hms nordhav ii (part of)(possibly)
25. Hms nordhav ii (possibly)
26. Hms repro (probably)
27. Janus
28. King alfred
29. King idwal
30. Kotka
31. Lh 308 (possibly)
32. Lowdock
33. Maggie smith (possibly)
34. Margaret rae
35. Matador
36. Nora
37. Oropesa
38. Our merit (possibly)
39. Port gisborne
40. Queensbury (possibly)
41. Rowanbank
42. Sambre
43. Sandvik (possibly)
44. Shirak
45. Silverburn
46. Star of luxor
47. Sylvafield
48. Tanevik
49. Taurus (possibly)
50. Thiara
51. Uganda
52. Valhallah
53. Viking queen
54. Vogtland
55. Wandby
56. Whitford point

 

Name: TAURUS (POSSIBLY)

Length 124.4 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4767 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: four boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage port harcourt for hull. was taken in tow by hms tarantella but was subjected to further air attack. abandoned by crew and sank. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1992

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: 24.2.92 24.2.92 TWO POSNS RECORDED IN LLOYDS WAR LOSSES - 564700N, 021500W AND 565000N, 020700W. THE FORMER POSN IS REPEATED IN SEA BREEZES, VOL.65 NO 555. NCA. 11.9.07 SEP 2007/000064816 11.9.07 WK LOCATED IN 5646.334N, 0208.326W [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 60.6MTRS. LENGTH 108MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, APPROX HT 8.8MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HN DTD 27.7.07 FOR HI 1151). INS AS WK USC 50MTRS. - PNMS 4571/07 & 2787/08. HH091/152/01 18.6.08 HH091/152/01 & SEP 2008/000075801 18.6.08 EXAM'D 15.2.08 IN 5646.333N, 0208.326W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 49.4 IN GEN DEPTH 58.5MTRS. NUMEROUS PATCHES OF SCOUR UP TO 2.7MTRS DEEP ON ALL SIDES OF THE WK. LENGTH 116MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 10.5MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INVERTED AND COLLAPSED MIDSHIPS. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1152). INS AS WK 49MTRS. BR STD. - PNM 250/09. 10.12.10 SEP 2010/000204603 10.12.10 INS BY NM.

- NM 6297/10.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE WK, INTACT, SCOUR MAINLY AT BOW AND STERN

Position: 56 46.333 N,2 8.326 W

 

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