Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms anson, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 4.161 N,5 17.805 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: HMS ANSON
Lengte 48.8 meter, breedte: 13.7 meter, diepgang: 6, tonnage 1369 ton
Oorzaak: built in 1781 at plymouth dockyard. 44 guns inc 32pdr carronades. sailed falmouth on 24 dec for blockade off brest. mistook land's end for the lizard in violent w storm, bore up for falmouth but discovered that they had turned into mounts bay. anchored off loe bar. all three anchors parted, swung broadside on to shore, capsized and soon broke up. over 120 lives lost including captain lydiard. (cornish shipwrecks & sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1807
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 0 meter
Bekend sinds: 1807, laatst gedetecteerd: 2004
Details metingen/cartografie: H1932/30 20.3.30 WK ON LOE BAR. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H4696/24 13.4.60 WRECKED ON LOE BAR IN 500400N, 051745W. (ADMIRALTY MEMO). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. H4696/24 24.8.61 EXCLUSIVE SALVAGE RIGHTS SOLD TO MR ROWLAND MORRIS OF PENZANCE FOR TEN POUNDS. SALVAGE ATTEMPTS STARTED. (DAILY TELEGRAPH, 21.8.61). NCA. WRECK IS COVERED BY LOE BAR BUT MAY UNCOVER AFTER A STRONG WESTERLY GALE. CANNON RECOVERED BY NAVAL AIR COMMAND DIVERS IN 1964. NCA. H2193/74 2.4.74 NOT FOUND DURING SURVEY. NO SPECIAL SEARCH. (HMS WOODLARK, 20.12.73). NCA. HH100/351/21 26.5.04 LOCATED & DIVED ON 25.5.04, IN 5004.161N, 0517.805W [WGD] USING GPS. WK COVERS AND UNCOVERS AS SAND BAR SHIFTS, CURRENTLY UNCOVERED AND STANDING 1.25MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. 12-14 CANNONS LIE ON SEABED, TOGETHER WITH BALLAST BLOCKS, CANNON BALLS AND A FEW PIECES OF LEAD REMAIN AMONGST THE WRECKAGE. WK IS WIDELY SCATTERED OVER A 40MTR RADIUS, WITH GUNS FACING PARALLEL TO SHORE. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 26.5.04). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH091/246/01 30.4.09 NOT LOCATED BY M/B IN LISTED POSN. PROBABLY BURIED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1246). RETAIN FOUL. NCA.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE & CANNON, UNCOVERS AS SAND MOVES
Positie: 50 4.161 N,5 17.805 W