Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms caribbean (probably), op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 58 12.843 N,5 43.955 W (58.241, -6.0403166666667)
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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 CARIBBEAN (PROBABLY)
Lengte 128 meter, breedte: 15.2 meter, diepgang: 7.6, tonnage 5820 ton
Oorzaak: 19.11.1914 built in 1809 at govan. ex-dunnotar castle of the union castle line. renamed caribbean by the royal mail steam packey co. owned at time of loss by the admiralty. hired 19.11.1914 as a transport and later as an armed merchant cruiser. converted to accommodation ship during summer 1915 by cammel larid's, birkenhead. during return passage livepool for scapa flown took water fwd on 26.9.15 through open scuttles. later took further water, possibly due to damaged plates. finally sank vertically on 27.9.1915. 15 crew lost.
Jaar registratie: 1969
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 103 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 135 cm
Bekend sinds: 1969, laatst gedetecteerd: 1984
Details metingen/cartografie: H2728/69 WK LOCATED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 56FMS. (HMS FOX, 7 11 69). POSN NOT RECORDED. BR STD. H4551/76 7.12.76 LOCATED IN 581250N, 054350W USING DECCA. A 2 FUNNEL PASSENGER SHIP WITH A HEIGHT OF 52FT. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 27.10.76, SURVEYED IN 1956-57). NCA. H2883/83 8.8.84 EXAM'D 4.10.83 IN 581252N, 054353W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 88MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 103MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 14MTRS, LENGTH 118MTRS. LYING NW/SE. (LAND & MARINE, HI 159). BR STD. 1.2.01 CONSIDER THIS TO BE CARIBBEAN. (K HEATH, TELECON 1.2.01). NCA. 30.7.04 WK IS UPRIGHT, RELATIVELY INTACT BUT DECKS AND MOST OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. THE FOREMAST LIES ACROSS THE WRECK AND TWO ANCHORS ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE IN THE BOWS. A LARGE TRAWL NET HAS BEEN SNAGGED AND ABANDONED CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE, WHERE THE SUBSTANTIAL HELM LIES TOPPLED. (DIVER MAGAZINE, AUG 2004). NCA.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Positie: 58 12.843 N,5 43.955 W