This is the information page about the shipwreck Wallachia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 51.679 N,4 57.187 W (55.861316666667, -4.9531166666667)

 

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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. Adono
2. Akka
3. Amy (possibly)
4. Arab (possibly)
5. Arthur
6. Beagle
7. Brent 1
8. Brent 2
9. Brent 3
10. Brent 4
11. C22
12. Caledonian (possibly)
13. Captayannis
14. Carronade
15. Cawnpore
16. Champion
17. Copia
18. Cormorant 1
19. Cormorant 2
20. Cormorant 3
21. Cougier
22. Cumbrae
23. D 36
24. D46
25. D5
26. Eilean dhu
27. Elf 3
28. Elf 4
29. Ellida
30. Endeavour
31. Europa
32. Fernlea (possibly)
33. Franleon
34. Greenock
35. Hms arsenal (probably)
36. Hms dasher
37. Hms seagull
38. Hms topaze
39. Iona i
40. Isabella of wigton (probably)
41. Jubilee star
42. Kintyre
43. Lady gertrude
44. Laurrandine
45. Liz of ashton (possibly)
46. Mary anning
47. Ocean (possibly)
48. Osprey (fore part)
49. Ovington (probably)
50. Penola
51. Portland (possibly)
52. Princess of wales (fore section)
53. Rhoda (possibly)
54. Spray (possibly)
55. Tuscan
56. Urd (possibly)
57. Wallachia

 

Name: WALLACHIA

Length 78.9 meter, width: 11 meter, tonnage 1724 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built of iron in 1883 by mordaunt, oswald & co, southampton. owned at time of loss by william burrell & son, glasgow. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 170 nhp, single shaft. passage glasgow for trinidad and demerera. cargo of coal, gin, whisky, building materials, books, stationery, glassware, earthenware & general goods. sank after being hit on stbd bow by the norwegian ss 'flos' in foggy weather.

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 1986

Details measurements/cartography: H2579/76 14.1.77 LOCATED 10.12.76 IN 555142N, 045711W USING VISUAL BEARINGS. LEAST DEPTH 27MTRS IN GEN.DEPTH 40MTRS (UNREDUCED). APPROX 300FT LONG, UPRIGHT, LYING N/S AND STANDING ABOUT 30FT ABOVE SEABED. STERN ONLY EXAMINED. ONE IRON PROPELLER AND RUDDER SIGHTED. NO DEBRIS NEAR WRECK. (HMS SHERATON, 14.12.76). H2579/76 22.3.77 APPEARS TO BE WK OF CLYDE PUFFER. BOWS NE STERN SW. UPRIGHT. STUMP MAST RISING ABOUT 13MTRS ABOVE SEABED.COVERED WITH NETS. LENGTH APPROX 30 MTRS. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER 20.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. (CDO CLYDE S/M BASE, 8.3.77). INS AS WK 20.5MTRS IN 555142N, 045711W.

- NM1230/77 28.3.77 TOO BIG FOR PUFFER..DEPTH CONFIRMED. (CPA, TELECON). H1287/78/299 18.10.78 LARGE WK. ALMOST INTACT IN 105FT OF WATER. LYING UPRIGHT, HEADING APPROX 345 DEG (T). HIGHEST POINT IS BRIDGE AMIDSHIPS AND STANDS ABOUT 27FT OFF SEABED. SUPERSTRUCTURE & FUNNEL COLLAPSED. IDENTIFIED BY BUILDERS YARD NO AS THE WALLACHIA, BUILT 1883 (R MCCRINDLE). NCA. H2885/83 12.5.86 EXAM'D 16.7.85 IN 555141N, 045707W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTHS 32 TO 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 85MTRS. LYING UPRIGHT, ORIENTATED 000/180 DEG WITH HIGH POINTS AMIDSHIPS AND AT EITHER END. NO EVIDENCE OF 2ND WK IN VICINITY. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 165C).

- NM 1519/86. H4065/85 18.2.87 EXAM'D 27.6.86 IN 555141N, 045708W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.2 IN GEN DEPTHS 32 TO 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS, LENGTH 85MTRS. LYING 000/180 DEG. RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. (HMS HECLA, HI 322). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED

Position: 55 51.679 N,4 57.187 W

 

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