Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Calcium (probably), op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 53 25.686 N,3 30.033 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: CALCIUM (PROBABLY)
Lengte 55 meter, breedte: 8.6 meter, diepgang: 3.3, tonnage 613 ton
Lading: ballast
Oorzaak: built in 1918 by g brown & co, greenock with one boiler, triple expansion engine of 81nhp, single shaft. owned at time of loss by united alkali co ltd (ici). passage fleetwood for llandulais. mined. taken in tow by sodium, another stone boat, in the hope of making liverpool. sank approx 9m e of where she struck the mine. (sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1940
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 11 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 80 cm
Bekend sinds: 1940, laatst gedetecteerd: 20190106
Details metingen/cartografie: H01044/40 SUNK IN 532500N, 034500W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2823/50 21.6.51 SEARCHED FOR BUT NOT FOUND BY HMS FRANKLIN. (NOIC, LIVERPOOL, MAY '51). H1893/64 12.12.69 WK LOCATED IN 532536N, 033000W. LEAST DEPTH 5FMS. (HMS WOODLARK, SIGNAL DTD 12.11.64). INS AS WK 5FMS.
- NM 1976/69. H1893/64 3.2.70 EXAMINED IN 532641N, 033000W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.2 IN GEN DEPTH 11.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR. LENGTH ABOUT 200-250FT. LYING APPROX 110/290DEGS. SMALLER DETACHED PIECE OF WRECKAGE ABOUT 350FT TO THE NW. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 22(A)/69). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 1.4.74 AMEND TO WK 8.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1978. H1310/80 31.1.80 WK LIES E/W WITH BOWS E. BOW SECTION IS UPSIDE DOWN AND IN ONE PIECE. FROM ABOUT 20MTRS AFT FROM BOW THE WK IS VERY BROKEN UP. NO SCOUR. (P ROBINSON, RHUDDLAN). HH100/351/01 22.11.89 DIVED ON 10.9.89 IN 532544N, 033000W [OGB]. WELL BROKEN UP AMIDSHIPS. BOW SECTION, ABOUT 50-60FT LONG, BROKEN OFF AND UPSIDE DOWN AND STANDS SOME 5MTRS HIGH. STERN APPEARS TO BE MISSING. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A SMALL TANKER. LIES NE/SW. (K HURLEY, 23.10.89). HH100/351/06 29.3.93 THOUGHT TO BE WK OF CALCIUM, COMPARES WELL WITH PHOTOGRAPH IN 'UNKNOWN SHIPWRECKS AROUND BRITIAIN'. TWO STOCKLESS ANCHORS VISIBLE. LIES IN 532541.5N, 033002W [OGB]. POSN FROM GPS. BROKEN IN TWO WITH BOILERS EXPOSED. BOW TO BRIDGE IS COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN AND ABOUT 15DEG FROM THE VERTICAL. BRIDGE SECTION LIES ON PORT SIDE. (C HOLDEN, 27.3.93). HH090/759/01 12.11.97 EXAMINED 27.9.97 IN 532541.2N, 033002.1W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.6 IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.1MTRS. COVERS 50MTRS BY 40MTRS. LIES 080/260DEGS. PARTIALLY BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 759). RETAIN AS WK 8.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH100/351/14 12.3.99 BOW IS INVERTED AND SEPARATED FROM THE STERN. STERN IS ON ITS PORT SIDE WITH A BOILER PROTRUDING FROM STBD. BETWEEN THE BOW AND STERN IS A LARGE AREA OF DEBRIS. (A PARRY, LTR DTD 8.3.99). SEP 2018/000313290 8.9.19 EXAMINED 6.1.19 IN 5325.686N, 0330.033W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. LENGTH 55.9MTRS, WIDTH 14.0MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS. ORIENTATION 080/260 DEGS. PARTIALLY BROKEN UP. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1572). AMEND TO DW 7.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO MAIN PARTS, BOW INVERTED, STERN ON SIDE. BOILER AND OTHER STRUCTURE/PARTS CLEARLY VISIBLE.
Positie: 53 25.686 N,3 30.033 W