This is the information page about the shipwreck Zealandia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 39.94 N,3 5.58 W (53.665667, -3.093000)

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: ZEALANDIA

Length 114.9 meter, width: 11.4 meter, draught: 5.7, tonnage 2730 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,animals (land & sea) and birds

Cause: built in 1875 by j elder & co of glasgow. owned at time of loss by the fisk trading co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 429 hp, single shaft. machinery by j elder & co. passage new york for liverpool. cargo general and sheep. went ashore on the horse bank. cargo of sheep recovered by lighter. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20220413

Details measurements/cartography: H3803/31 22.6.31 INS B CONL BUOY 'WRECK' IN 534000N, 030550W. NC 1981. 16.11.51 SHOWN AS DW AND GREEN CONL BUOY ON NC 1981. H1797/56 23.11.56 WK HAS PRACTICALLY DISAPPEARED. (RIBBLE NAVIGATION & TH). DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2871/56. H3542/68 18.10.68 EXAM'D 29.7.68. IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE TYPE OF VESSEL FROM THE WRECKAGE DUE TO BAD VISIBILITY IN WATER. THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WRECKAGE ARE THE ENGINES WHICH STAND 21FT HIGH. THE BOILERS, ON THEIR SIDES ARE ABOUT 7FT HIGH. REMAINDER OF THE WRECKAGE BELOW THIS HEIGHT. AT LOW SPRINGS THE ENGINES, A MASS OF SOME 14 X 8FT, PROTRUDES PROUD OF THE SEA BY 14FT. MAY BE A CONSIDERABLE HAZARD TO INSHORE BOATMEN UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. (INDUSTRIAL UNDERWATER ENTERPRISES LTD. 7.10.68). AMEND TO ST, DRIES 10FT. BR STD. 8.10.76 AMEND TO ST, D 3.1MTRS. NC 1981. HH206/450/04 6.6.00 WK LIES IN 5339.957N, 0305.619W [OGB]. POSN BY RADAR RANGE & BNG FROM DGPS POSN. (J ECCLES, LTR DTD 22.5.00). BR STD. HH206/450/04 10.2.01 NOW MARKED BY UNLIT G CONICAL BUOY IN 5340.00N, 0306.34W [OGB]. (TH, FAX DTD 9.2.01).

- NM 1120/01. HH206/450/05 7.10.02 BUOY NOW W CARDINAL LT BUOY, VQ(9) 10 SEC, 270 DEGS ABOUT 575MTRS FROM WK. (TH NM 28/02).

- NM /02. SEP 2006/000385229 12.10.06 EXAM'D IN 5339.934N, 0305.582W [WGD] USING DGPS. TAPED HT GIVES DRIES 4.7MTRS. (TH WK EXAMINATION DTD 14.8.06). AMEND ST DRIES 4.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2008/000031475 14.4.08 EXAM'D 9.2.08 IN 5339.94N, 0305.58W [WGD]. TAPED HT GIVES DRIES 4.8MTRS. (TH WK EXAMINATION DTD 2.4.08). AMEND ST DRIES 4.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2451/08. SEP 2015/000243271 13.11.15 EXAM'D 18.10.15, ST WK SHOWN IN 5339.940N, 0305.580W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH DRIES 5.0MTRS. (TRINITY HOUSE, EMAIL DTD 21.10.15). AMEND ST DRIES 5.0MTRS. SEP 2018/000177710 24.7.18 EXAM'D 9.6.18, ST WK SHOWN IN 5339.94N, 0305.58W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH DRIES 4.9MTRS. (TRINITY HOUSE WK EXAMINATION DTD 9.6.18). AMEND ST DRIES 4.9MTRS. SEP 2022/000098955 6.5.22 EXAM'D 13.4.22, ST WK SHOWN IN 5339.94N, 0305.58W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH DRIES 4.7MTRS. (TRINITY HOUSE WK EXAMINATION DTD 13.4.22). AMEND ST DRIES 4.7MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ENGINES EMERGE

Position: 53 39.94 N,3 5.58 W

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