This is the information page about the shipwreck Waverley, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 31.24 N,2 25.18 W (49.465666666667, -2.6346666666667)
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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: WAVERLEY
Length 67.7 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 593 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: sank en route southampton for st peter port.
Year of registration: 1873
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1873, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: 20.2.70 20.2.70 REPORTED SUNK IN THREE DIFFERENT POSNS: [1] ON TAUTENAY ROCK AT HEAD OF SMALL RUSSEL; [2] ON HUMPS ROCKS ABOUT 3 MILES FROM GURNSEY COAST; [3] ON FLATBONE ROCK. THE POSN OF FLAT BONE ROCK IS GIVEN AS 493117.51N, 022513W. A REPORT ON VESSEL 'LA HAVRE' STATES THAT THIS VESSEL WAS WRECKED ON FLAT BONE ROCK THE SAME ROCK ON WHICH THE 'WAVERLEY' WAS WRECKED. (TELECON LLOYDS). NCA. POSN FOR FILING ONLY. H3635/71 3.9.79 H3635/71 3.9.79 LOCAL PROFESSIONAL DIVERS CONFIRM 'WAVERLEY' IS ON FLAT BONE ROCK [PLATTE BOUE]. (M G SHEAN, SEVERNSIDE BSAC, 6.8.79). 5.2.01 5.2.01 POSN OF FLAT BONE ROCK [PLATTE BOUE] RE-ASSESSED AS 4931.30N, 0225.10W [EUR]. POSN FOR FILING ONLY. 29.1.09 29.1.09 DW PD IN 4931.23N, 0225.30W [WGD] SHOWN ON FRENCH 7159 [2ND EDN' 08]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 31.24 N,2 25.18 W