This is the information page about the shipwreck Yorouba, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 27.94 N,2 38.08 W (49.465667, -2.634667)

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.

Name: YOROUBA

Length 82.3 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 1910 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,oil,ore

Cause: lost in perelle bay. (channel island wks). wrecked on rocks off lihou in fog. (m g shean).

Year of registration: 1888

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1888, last detected: 1979

Details measurements/cartography: 20.7.72 LOST IN PERELLE BAY. (CHANNEL ISLAND WKS). NCA. POSN 492800N, 024000W FOR FILING ONLY H3635/71 3.9.79 CARGO INCLUDED WOOL, COTTON GOODS, OIL, IRON ORE & GENERAL SUNDRIES. (M G SHEAN, SEVERNSIDE BSAC, 6.8.79). NCA. 17.5.99 FILING POSN AMENDED TO 4928.00N, 0238.00W [EUR]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 27.94 N,2 38.08 W

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