This is the information page about the shipwreck Wern (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.95 N,4 13.481 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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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.

 

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45. Pamela
46. President harbitz
47. River humber
48. Rothsay castle
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53. Wern (possibly)

 

Name: WERN (POSSIBLY)

Length 31.1 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 188 ton
Load: stone

Cause: sank following a collision with liverpool pilot vessel leonard spear.

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 323 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/84/2 21.2.84 SUNK 3 MILES SE OF POINT LYNAS. (R. DAVIS, 9.2.84). H3838/86 18.3.88 EXAM'D 29.10.87 IN 532257N, 041324W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.7 IN GEN DEPTH 19 MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.3MTRS, LENGTH 20MTRS. LIES 340/160 DEG WITH HIGHEST POINT AMIDSHIPS. APPEARS TO BE INTACT. (HMS FAWN, HI 357).

- NM 1184/88. HH100/351/03 28.9.90 DIVED ON SEPT 1990. APPARENTLY THE CARGO OF AN OLD SAILING VESSEL. IT CONSISTS OF A MOUND OF SMALL GRANITE COBBLESTONES OF THE TYPE USED TO CONSTRUCT ROADS. ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE SHIP'S TIMBERS REMAIN. THE MOUND MEASURES 30-40FT BY 10-15FT. NO OTHER WRECKAGE FOUND IN THE VICINITY. (K F HURLEY, 19.9.90). SEP 2019/000245915 19.2.20 EXAM'D 26.02.2019; IN 5322.950N, 0413.481W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH -16.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. LENGTH 13.0MTRS, WIDTH 5.9MTRS, HT 1.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 143/323 DEGS. HEAVILY DEGRADED WRECK OR POSSIBLY COVERED BY SEDIMENTS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1573). INS DW 16.9 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MOUND OF COBBLESTONES WITH FEW SHIPS TIMBERS. A HEAVILY DEGRADED WRECK OR POSSIBLY COVERED BY SEDIMENTS.

Position: 53 22.95 N,4 13.481 W

 

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