This is the information page about the shipwreck Westward ho, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.794 N,4 40.379 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. Abbotsford
2. Adela (possibly)
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Apapa
7. Arno mendi
8. Asmund
9. Benholm
10. British viscount
11. Castilian
12. Clwyd (probably)
13. Cognac
14. Conargo
15. Cressida
16. Dagmar
17. Dundalk
18. Fairisle
19. Farfield
20. Fawn (possibly)
21. Ferocious
22. Fin-ar-bed
23. Guillermo
24. Harold
25. Herbert
26. Hildena
27. Hms campina
28. Hms westphalia (possibly)
29. Kirkmichael
30. La plata (possibly)
31. La rochelle (possibly)
32. Lightstone (probably)
33. Lilly (possibly)
34. Liverpool
35. Maarten cornelis
36. Marquess of bute (possibly)
37. Mary
38. Meath
39. Minerva
40. Missouri
41. Normandy coast
42. Opal (possibly)
43. Oria
44. Osseo
45. Pegasus (possibly)
46. President harbitz
47. Rhyl
48. River humber
49. Saint olaf
50. Sarpfos
51. Seagull
52. Slieve bloom
53. Sonia
54. Theme
55. Town of wexford (possibly)
56. Treveal
57. U 1024 (probably)
58. U 246
59. Uss roanoke
60. Westward ho

 

Name: WESTWARD HO

Length 43.6 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 400 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: 29.11.54 built by c v gj van der werff, scheepsbouw, westerbroek. owned at time of loss by s boudewijn. 8 cylinder oil engine by man, single shaft. laid in ramasy bay prior to loading pig iron at millom on 29.11.54 intended for antwerp. listed as overdue by lloyd's on 6.12.54. severe sw gale had been blowing during the intervening period with gusts to 73 knots at douglas. a lifeboat had been washed up at seascale. (a corkill).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 99 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 20131115

Details measurements/cartography: H4827/75 21.1.77 EXAM'D IN 533248N, 044020E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53.3 IN GEN DEPTH 55-65MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LENGTH 34MTRS. LIES NW/SE. REGULAR SEDIMENTARY SEABED. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). INS AS WK 49MTRS. BR STD. 15.8.97 DIVED AND CONSIDERED TO BE A RELATIVELY MODERN COASTER. POSSIBLY DUTCH OR BELGIAN BY SHAPE OF BRIDGE AND SIZE OF WINDOWS. (J SHAW). HH100/351/13 8.6.98 IDENTIFIED AS THE DUTCH COASTER 'WESTWARD HO'. HULL IS INTACT AND LYING OVER ON ITS PORT SIDE. (J SHAW, LTR DTD 2.6.98). 11.3.14 EXAM'D 15.11.13 IN 5332.794N, 0440.379W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.53 IN GEN DEPTH 59.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 46.1MTRS, WIDTH 6.5MTRS, HT 8.27MTRS. LIES 099/279 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES TO PORT. MIDSHIPS SECTION ONLY JUST ABOVE SEABED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). UPRIGHT, BOWS W. SINGLE HOLD COLLAPSED WITH ?CARGO SPILLING TO STBD.AMEND WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS W, SINGLE HOLD COLLAPSED

Position: 53 32.794 N,4 40.379 W

 

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