This is the information page about the shipwreck Trelissick, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 7.657 N,1 23.926 E (53.0506667, 1.1718667)
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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: TRELISSICK
Length 125.6 meter, tonnage 5265 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Bombed and sunk by german aircraft while on passage london to tyne and pepel.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 134 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H02280/41 1.8.41 BOMBED. LOCATED IN 530706N, 012454E. FOUL AT 16FT IN GEN DEPTH 14FMS. ON HEADING 000/180DEG. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35FT. (HMS FRANKLIN, 26.6.41). INS AS DW.
- NM 1815/41. H02280/41 14.10.41 INS G CAN, GP FL(2) 10S, CLOSE W OF WK. - FNM 2415/41. H02280/41 3.9.48 SWEPT BY OROPESA - CLEAR AT 50FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 75 IN GEN DEPTH 83FT. POSN 530731N, 012404E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1948). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 2FT IN REVISED POSN. DELETE BUOY.
- NM 1978/48. 8.3.72 AMEND TO WK 14.9MTRS. NC 105. 30.11.77 AMEND TO SW 14.9MTRS. NE 106. HH090/524/01 2.1.92 EXAM'D 28.7.91 IN 530736.4N, 012403.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.4, FOUL AT 21.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.5 IN GEN DEPTH 25.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1MTR, LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. LIES 129/309 DEG. (LAND & MARINE, HI 531). AMEND TO SW 21MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000212985 5.9.18 EXAM'D 29.3.18 IN 5307.657N, 0123.926E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, LENGTH 124.6MTRS, WIDTH 34.1MTRS, HEIGHT 3.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 134/314 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 35.7MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 130 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 7.657 N,1 23.926 E