This is the information page about the shipwreck Tower base, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.814 N,3 28.844 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)

 

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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.

 

1. ? susie mo ii
2. Alarm
3. Albion (probably)
4. Alcides
5. Angola
6. Angola (part of)(possibly)
7. Ann sumner
8. Ant
9. Auchenarden
10. Auspicious
11. Bella
12. Ben cruachan
13. Berwyn
14. Blairnevis
15. Blanche (possibly)
16. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
17. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
18. Burbo tower (remains)
19. Burbo tower (remains)
20. Burbo tower (remains)
21. Burbo tower (remains)
22. Cairnross
23. Calcium (probably)
24. Caroline
25. Chagres
26. Christina shearer
27. City of brussels
28. City of st andrews
29. Colin russell
30. Concord
31. Coniston (probably)
32. Counsellor iii
33. Denbigh coast
34. Dublin
35. Dunmail
36. Ebeneezer
37. El oso
38. Elizabeth
39. Ellan vannin
40. Ellen southwold
41. Eversfield
42. Fb 110 (possibly)
43. Fb 112 (possibly)
44. Fb 116 (possibly)
45. Fb 118 (possibly)
46. Fb 265 (possibly)
47. Fb 267 (possibly)
48. Fb 275 (possibly)
49. Fb 278 (possibly)
50. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
51. Fb 295 (possibly)
52. Fb 296 (possibly)
53. Fb 297 (possibly)
54. Fb 300 (possibly)
55. Fb 43 (possibly)
56. Fb 47 (possibly)
57. Fb 56 (possibly)
58. Fb 72 (possibly)
59. Fb 83 (possibly)
60. Fb 86 (possibly)
61. Fb 98 (probably)
62. Four brothers (possibly)
63. Gannochy
64. Gorsethorn
65. Hannah
66. Hebe (possibly)
67. Heron 2
68. Horizon (possibly)
69. Hvideorn
70. India
71. J b kee
72. John pierce
73. Kilcoan (probably)
74. Leeds (probably)
75. Lelia
76. Letty
77. Linda blanche
78. Little burbo beacon
79. Lugar
80. Mancunium
81. Margaret
82. Mary
83. Mermaid (probably)
84. Mersey
85. Mid jordan beacon
86. Montreal
87. Munster
88. Murielle
89. Nestos
90. Nicola faith
91. North jordan bn
92. Ocean home
93. Ocean monarch
94. Ousebridge
95. Penrhos (probably)
96. Penstone
97. Perseverance
98. Peru (probably)
99. Princess victoria
100. Queen
101. Queens tower
102. Rea 1
103. Rea 10
104. Rea 5
105. Rea 7 (possibly)
106. Rea 8 (possibly)
107. Rea 9 (possibly)
108. Residu
109. Resurgam
110. Rhosneigr
111. Robert marsden
112. Robert seymour
113. Sarah
114. Seaville (part of)
115. Speke (possibly)
116. Stanleigh
117. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
118. Sunda
119. Talbot
120. Thomas
121. Thomas
122. Thorn
123. Thornton
124. Tongue beacon
125. Tongue beacon (possibly)
126. Tower base
127. Tt 6 (possibly)
128. U 1024 (possibly)
129. Valeria
130. Vine (possibly)
131. Walter dean
132. Ystroom (probably)

 

Name: TOWER BASE

Year of registration: 1961

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter

Known since: 1961, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H4501/61 16.10.61 SUNK IN POSN 533700N, 033054W. NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (F C FAGAN). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. H1893/64 11.3.68 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR AND E/S SWEEP. NUMEROUS SAND WAVES IN VICINITY SEA CONDITIONS AND LACK OF TIME PRECLUDED AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH. WK MAY WELL STILL EXIST. (HMS WOODLARK HI 9/67). 21.5.74 DELETED ALL CHARTS. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). H3838/86 9.11.87 WK LOCATED IN 533648N, 032846W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 20.7 IN GEN DEPTH 24.0MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD 5.11.87).

- NM BLOCK 366/88. H3838/86 20.5.88 DESCRIBED AS SMALL PILE OF WRECKAGE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). NFA. H3838/86 2.11.88 EXAM'D 27.10.87 USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.7 IN GEN DEPTH 24 TO 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 5.9MTRS; SHADOW HT 2.2MTRS. LENGTH 13.1MTRS, BEAM 9.2MTRS. WRECKAGE, ALMOST CIRCULAR IN SHAPE WITH NO DISTINCTIVE FEATURES. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). NFA. 23.3.10 THIS IS THE WRECKAGE OF A TOWER BASE. (C MICHAEL, EMAIL DTD 21.3.10). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: APPEARS AS ALMOST CIRCULAR WRECKAGE

Position: 53 36.814 N,3 28.844 W

 

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