This is the information page about the shipwreck Yesso, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 17.566 N,4 4.278 W (51.292766666667, -4.0713)

 

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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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31. Stan woolaway
32. Strombus (part of)
33. Strombus (part of)
34. Strombus (part of)
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37. Yesso

 

Name: YESSO

Length 88.1 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2104 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1880 by j laing. owned at time of loss by t & j harrision. triple expansion engine of 200 hp. sank following a collision with barque lizzie r wilce while on voyage from newport for baltimore.

Year of registration: 1894

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 283 cm

Known since: 1894, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: SANK ABOUT 7 MILES NNE FROM ILFRACOMBE. (DOD). H3840/86 11.4.88 WK EXAM'D 3.11.87 IN 511733N, 040413W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP[]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.6 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS APPROX. APPARENTLY INTACT AND LYING 125/305 DEG. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 359). INS AS WK 25.5MTRS.

- NM 1357/88. H1311/88/59 15.12.88 IDENTIFIED POSITIVELY AS THE YESSO BY PLATE RECOVERED FROM THE WK. (C LEY, 26.11.88). HH090/478/01 6.7.89 EXAM'D 17.6.89 IN 511732N, 040413W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.5, FOUL AT 25.8.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.7 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. (HMS FAWN, HI 478). AMEND TO SW 25.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000233025 24.7.20 WK LOCATED IN 5117.565N, 0404.277W (WGD). LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.28MTRS, LENGTH 92.67MTRS, WIDTH 27.23MTRS, HT 5.84MTRS, ORIENTATION 283DEGS. NO SCOUR. (H525, HI1506). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 51 17.566 N,4 4.278 W

 

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