This is the information page about the shipwreck Timbo (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 48.113 N,4 26.998 W (52.801883333333, -4.4499666666667)

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.

Name: TIMBO (POSSIBLY)

Length 44.3 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 295 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built of iron in 1883 by g h smith & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by j milbur. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 60 hp, single shaft. machinery by clarke, chapman & co. passage pwllheli for london in ballast. standed and lost in heavy weather.

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 156 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 20200403

Details measurements/cartography: 15.5.70 WK OF OLD UNKNOWN STEAM VESSEL REPORTED LOCATED IN 40-50FT OF WATER NEAR ROCKS KNOWN AS CARREG-Y-TRAI. WELL BROKEN UP. (T PRICHARD, ARTICLE IN SUB-AQUA WORLD, MAY'70). HH100/351/01 18.7.89 REMAINS OF STEEL VESSEL MORE THAN 100FT LONG. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, BOILER AND PLATES REMAIN IN 12MTRS AT LW. WELL SALVAGED. PROP SHAFT ON ROCKS IN ABOUT 6MTRS. (M S DUKE, 5.7.89). NCA. HH100/351/01 22.11.89 REFERRED TO AS THE TIMBO. (M S DUKE, 1.11.89). HH100/351/03 3.9.90 POSN 524830.5N, 042645.5W, FIXED BY DECCA. (M S DUKE, 29.8.90). NCA. 4.8.98 LYING HARD AGAINST ROCKS IN ABOUT 12MTRS. MOST OF WRECKAGE BROKEN UP. BOILER INTACT. HOME TO SHOALING POLLACK. (DIVER MAGAZINE AUG'98). SEP 2020/000039176 10.8.20 EXAM'D 03.04.20; IN 5248.113N, 0426.998W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 3.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 156/336 DEGS. REMAINS OF DEGRADED WRECK WITH VISIBLE SUPER STRUCTURES LIKE BOILER AND OTHER SCATTERED DEBRIS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1562). AMEND DW 6.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 48.113 N,4 26.998 W

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