This is the information page about the shipwreck Teasel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 28.347 N,4 11.288 W (54.290033333333, -3.9008833333333)

 

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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. Adc 527 (possibly)
3. Albatross
4. Angle
5. Argo (possibly)
6. Aty (possibly)
7. Ben veg
8. Boy anthony ii
9. Cevic
10. Crown
11. Elizabeth hyam
12. Fire king ii
13. G a savage (probably)
14. Girl may
15. Glendun
16. Inkosi
17. Jasper
18. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
19. Lembas (probably)
20. Mary heeley
21. Merisia
22. Neils john
23. Ocean hunter
24. Octavia
25. Onward fisher
26. Playmate (possibly)
27. Polarlight
28. Queen of the isles (probably)
29. Rian
30. Riverside (possibly)
31. Robert dee
32. Sustain
33. Teasel
34. Tetsuko
35. The quiet man
36. Valhalla
37. Viking
38. Westburn (possibly)

 

Name: TEASEL

Length 37.8 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 290 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1937 by e j smit & westerbroek. owned at time of loss by lovering & sons, cardiff. 7 cylinder oil engine by mumboldt-deutmotoren. thought the engine failed, the cargo shifted and the vessel foundered in heavy weather off maughold hd, i.of man, while en-route belfast to manchester. . of crew of eight, three bodies recovered. (a corkill). (seabreezes, may'82)

Year of registration: 1998

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1998, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/728/02 16.9.98 HH090/728/02 16.9.98 EXAM'D 16.4.98 IN 542820.8N, 041117.3W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.0 IN GEN DEPTH 5OMTRS. SCOUR 3.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. MAINLY INTACT. SCOURS EITHER SIDE. (NP 1008, HI 728). BR STD. HH100/351/14 5.10.98 HH100/351/14 5.10.98 CONSIDERED TO BE ALMOST CERTAINLY 'TEASEL'. LOCAL OPINION AS TO SINKING POSITION AGREES, POSITION OF RECOVERED BODIES MATCHES AND DIMENSIONS OF THE WK ARE CLOSE TO THOSE OF 'TEASEL'. (A CORKILL, FAX DTD 5.10.98).POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE. HH100/351/14 25.8.99 HH100/351/14 25.8.99 WK IN ABOVE POSN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS TEASEL. SITS UPRIGHT IN 50MTRS WITH 3MTR SCOUR, SMALL AMOUNT OF NETTING AROUND THE PROP. STERN WEELHOUSE INTACT WITH COVERED WALKWAY AROUND IT. (D COPLEY FAX DTD 25.8.99). ,
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MAINLY INTACT, SCOURS EITHER SIDE

Position: 54 28.347 N,4 11.288 W

 

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