Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Nestos, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 53 24.799 N,3 14.429 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: NESTOS
Lengte 123.4 meter, breedte: 15.8 meter, diepgang: 9.8, tonnage 5764 ton
Lading: chemicals
Oorzaak: ex-arabian prince '19, ex-zenada '33. built in 1919 by w pickersgill & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by n g livanos. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 546nhp, single shaft. ran aground on east hoyle bank 6m s of bar lightship and was wrecked. (dods). owners given as theofano maritime, chios. machinery by richardsons westgarth & co ltd, sunderland. passage new orleans for garston. wreck was later used as a bombing target by raf. (sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1941
Waterdiepte boven wrak: -1 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 160 cm
Bekend sinds: 1941, laatst gedetecteerd: 2006
Details metingen/cartografie: INFORMATION FROM LIVERPOOL WRECK RECORDS: APR '41 BOATS, SHIPS STORES, VARIOUS FITTINGS & 360TONS OF SULPHUR RECOVERED. WORK TEMPORARILY STOPPED OWING TO ENEMY MINING. WHEN A CHANNEL WAS SWEPT TO THE WRECK HER CONDITION HAD DETERIORATED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT FURTHER RECOVERY OF CARGO WAS IMPRACTICABLE. ANCHORS & CABLES, WINCHES ETC WERE REMOVED SEP '41. ARRANGED WITH BRITISH IRON & STEEL CORP TO RECOVER SCRAP FROM THE WRECK. WORK CARRIED OUT BY NORTH WALES DEMOLITION CO AS SUB-CONTRACTORS. JUN '42 WORK STOPPED. USED AS BOMBING TARGET BY RAF. MAR '43 USE AS TARGET DISCONTINUED. HT APPROX 16FT ABOVE LBD. POSN 532449N, 031420W [OGB], OR 348DEGS, 3850YDS FROM HILBRE ISLAND MARK. 11.9.51 11.9.51 SHOWN AS ST. NE 1951. H4270/71 24.8.71 H4270/71 24.8.71 SHOWN IN 532448N, 031420W [OGB] ON MDHB SURVEY [K6155]. 2.4.74 2.4.74 AMEND ST DRIES 5MTRS. NC 1978. 27.3.75 27.3.75 SHOWN AS ST DRIES 5.4MTRS [LAT] ON SURVEY [K3500/10]. NC 1978. 14.10.74 14.10.74 SHOWN ON MD & HC SURVEY [K6693/2]. H1310/86/18 25.6.86 H1310/86/18 25.6.86 FISHERMAN REPORTED SIGHTING WRECKAGE AT LW 22.6.86, NEAR HE 1 BUOY. 4 LARGE BOILERS WERE SEEN. (LIVERPOOL CUSTOMS/RECEIVER OF WRECK, TELECON). PRESUMABLY THIS WK. H2003/86 24.2.87 H2003/86 24.2.87 EXAMINED 23.6.86 IN 532447N, 031421W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH DRIES 5.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH DRIES 1.1MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.7MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS, BREADTH 50MTRS. LYING 160/340DEG AND CONSISTING MAINLY OF BOILERS AND PLATES. (MD & HC, HI 323). NCA. 27.3.06 27.3.06 EUT POSN: 5324.799N, 0314.429W. NE 1953.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY BOILERS & PLATES REMAIN
Positie: 53 24.799 N,3 14.429 W