This is the information page about the shipwreck Telmo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.799 N,2 59.681 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: TELMO
Length 99.1 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 2527 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: ex-san francisco, ex-turia, ex-lansdown tower. built of iron in 1882 by wigham richardson & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 313nhp, single shaft. passage barcelona for liverpool. beached on the pluckington bank about 225yds about sw half w (mag) of s pierhead of the entrance to the dukes dock after collision. later broke in two. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: -3 meter
Known since: 1916, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: 21.2.1916 CARGO DISCHARGED BETWEEN 21.2.1916 & 22.3.1916. (MD & HB). DEPTH 4FT ABOVE LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 1.5.73 INS AS ST DRIES 4FT IN 532345N, 025938W. BR STD. H5282/71 24.2.75 AMEND ST DRIES 1.7MTRS IN 532347N, 025936W. NC 3490. 12.10.89 SHOWN ON M 1047/1 PU 59, BUT NOT SHOWN ON MERSEY 21/6 (LIES BETWEEN LINES OF SOUNDINGS). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. 11.6.04 SHOWN AS WK (NO DEPTH SPECIFIED) IN GEN DEPTH DRIES 3MTRS ON BA 3490 [EDN 5 DTD 20.12.01]. 16.7.14 SHOWN AS FOUL ON BA 3490 [EDN 7 DTD 2.8.14].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL
Position: 53 23.799 N,2 59.681 W