This is the information page about the shipwreck Wyndcliffe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 55.481 N,5 10.965 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Andola
4. Andromeda
5. Arab
6. Ardgarry
7. Arvor
8. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Ballarat
13. Bamse (probably)
14. Bay of panama
15. Beatrice (possibly)
16. Bellucia
17. Ben asdale
18. Ben rein
19. Besse (probably)
20. Bjornvik (possibly)
21. Brest
22. Bretonne (probably)
23. Brigamara
24. Cape finisterre (probably)
25. Carmarthen
26. Caroline
27. Caroni river
28. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
29. Carpo (possibly)
30. Centurion (possibly)
31. Cieszyn
32. Citrine
33. City of corinth (possibly)
34. City of ghent
35. Clan apline
36. Clan malcolm
37. Congener
38. Corvus
39. Cromdale
40. Cyrenian
41. Czar
42. Dispatch (possibly)
43. Epsilon
44. Erato
45. Eric calvert (possibly)
46. Eskdale
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Glendale
53. Godolphin
54. Grip (part of)
55. Gunvor
56. Hansy
57. Happy returns (possibly)
58. Hera
59. Hmml 380
60. Hms almond (after part)
61. Hms almond (bow part)
62. Hms anson
63. Hms brandlebas
64. Hms comet
65. Hms gloaming
66. Hms javelin (stern section)
67. Hms kurd
68. Hms lady of the isles
69. Hms primrose
70. Hms rinovia
71. Hms roche bonne
72. Hms torrent
73. Hms warspite
74. Hms warspite (part of)
75. Hmy sappho (possibly)
76. Hnlms brielle
77. Hockwold
78. Ilston
79. Jersey queen (possibly)
80. John
81. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
82. Juno
83. Karen marie
84. Kerris reed
85. Kilmaho
86. Krosfond
87. La suippe
88. Lady cory-wright
89. Lady dalhousie
90. Le vieux tigre
91. Leander
92. Leon martin (part of)
93. Libourne
94. Loe bar wk
95. Lord snowden (probably)
96. Lorle (probably)
97. Lucent (possibly)
98. Lydie
99. Merle
100. Mervyn (possibly)
101. Mina cantiquin
102. Mitera marigo
103. Mohegan
104. Mosel
105. N g petersen
106. Nanna (possibly)
107. Normand
108. Noya (possibly)
109. Nyassa
110. Ocklinge
111. Omer denise
112. Ospra
113. Pearl (possibly)
114. Penelope jane (possibly)
115. Pindos
116. Plantaganet
117. Poljames
118. Poljames
119. Ponthieu
120. Ponus
121. Port chalmers
122. Queen (possibly)
123. Reidar (possibly)
124. Robert
125. Rock island bridge
126. Royal anne galley
127. Sabre of newquay
128. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
129. Schiedam
130. Spital
131. Spyridion vagliano
132. St anthony (possibly)
133. Stanwood
134. Twilight water
135. U 1018
136. U 399
137. U 95
138. Ub 106 (possibly)
139. Ub 112 (possibly)
140. Ub 128 (possibly)
141. Ub 86 (possibly)
142. Ub 97 (possibly)
143. Uc 66
144. Ula
145. Veritas
146. Vigrid (possibly)
147. Violet
148. Volnay
149. War tune
150. Westwood (possibly)
151. Wyndcliffe
152. Yewcroft
153. Zebra

 

Name: WYNDCLIFFE

Length 59.6 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 732 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 27.2.1892 built of iron in 1877 by palmers co, newcastle. 466 tons gross, 732 tons net, 669 tons under deck. owned at time of loss by d morgan, liverpool (lr), by t jack jr, larne, co antrim (bot - wk & casualty returns 1891-1892). compound expansion engine of 98nhp, single shaft. single iron deck, four bulkheads. a1 at lloyds. passage cardiff for dieppe. cargo coal. not heard of after sailing on 27.2.1892. 13 men lost. (receiver of wk).

Year of registration: 2005

Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 146 cm

Known since: 2005, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: HH091/059/01 12.4.05 HH091/059/01 12.4.05 EXAM'D 18.9.04 IN 4955.481N, 0510.965W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 68.4 IN GEN DEPTH 73.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 27MTRS, DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 146/326 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INS WK 68MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 20.7.05 HH100/351/22 20.7.05 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. BELL MARKED; 'WYNDCLIFFE 1878' RECOVERED. (K PICKERING, VIA RECEIVER OF WK, LTR DTD 20.6.05). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED WK

Position: 49 55.481 N,5 10.965 W

 

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