This is the information page about the shipwreck Western coast (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 4.339 N,4 31.503 W (49.791683333333, -4.3761)

 

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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. Afric
2. Alexander kennedy
3. Almond branch (possibly)
4. Bosphorous (possibly)
5. Brialan
6. Carolus
7. Chancellor
8. Charlwood
9. Dionne marie
10. Dirigo (possibly)
11. Duguesclin
12. Eastfield
13. Elisabeth (possibly)
14. Foylemore (possibly)
15. Hmcs trentonian
16. Hms narwhal
17. Hms scylla
18. Hmsm a7
19. Hmsm h 52
20. James eagan layne
21. Kantoeng (part of)
22. King harry (probably)
23. Kremsertor
24. Lancaster
25. Lauwerzee
26. Mary
27. Medoc
28. Orchis
29. Par time and tide bell
30. Pegasus
31. Rio sorocaba
32. Rosehill
33. Rosehill
34. Shoal fisher
35. Silver laurel
36. Spyros
37. St andre (possibly)
38. Sunik (probably)
39. Tinker di
40. Tregenna (possibly)
41. Ub 113
42. Unicorn
43. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
44. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
45. W woolvern (possibly)
46. Western coast (possibly)
47. Wilhelmina maria
48. Woodburn

 

Name: WESTERN COAST (POSSIBLY)

Length 73.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1394 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1916 by dublin dockyard co, dublin. owned at time of loss by coast lines ltd, liverpool. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 172nhp, single shaft. machinery by j g kinkaid & co, greenock. passage portsmouth for barry. torpedoed by ub-40. 17 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 8 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10 MILES WSW OF THE EDDYSTONE. (SIBI). H3193/70 15.7.74 WK, 35FT HIGH, LOCATED IN 500427N, 043124W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C WILLIAMS). NCA YET. NOTHING FOUND IN THIS POSN BY HMS HECATE. 4.11.75 FF, POSSIBLY A WK, IN 500425N, 043125W [OGB] USING DECCA. (O'KANE & TOMS, BRIXHAM). NCA. H1280/76/31 31.3.76 FF IN 500427N, 043124W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DTD 29.1.76). NCA. 25.7.78 NOW CHARTED AS WK 59MTRS IN 500427N, 043124W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1267. H1270/75 5.11.79 FF REPD IN 500425N, 043125W [OGB] USING DECCA. (BOWEN WK RECORDS). NCA. HH100/351/21 7.10.03 DIVED 5.10.03 IN 5004.323N, 0431.514W [WGD]. A LARGE WK, AT LEAST 70MTRS LONG. INTACT AND COMPLETELY INVERTED AND SINKING INTO THE SAND & SHINGLE AT 75MTRS. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH. NOTHING TO IDENTIFY THE VESSEL, BUT THE AGE IS PROBABLY WW1. (M ADES). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000153151 19.9.14 EXAM'D 20.7.14 IN 5004.339N, 0431.503W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 63.78 IN GEN DEPTH 69.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 68.2MTRS, WIDTH 15.3MTRS, HT 6.02MTRS. LIES 008/188 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, INVERTED, COLLAPSED CENTRE SECTION. (MMT, HI 1455). BOWS N. AMEND WK 63MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED, LIES BOWS N

Position: 50 4.339 N,4 31.503 W

 

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