Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Nestos, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 53 24.799 N,3 14.429 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.
Name: NESTOS
Länge123.4 meter, Breite: 15.8 meter, Tiefgang: 9.8, Tonnage 5764 ton
Last: chemicals
Ursache: 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).
Jahr der Registrierung: 1941
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: -1 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 160 cm
Bekannt seit: 1941, zuletzt detektiert: 2006
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: 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.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: ONLY BOILERS & PLATES REMAIN
Position: 53 24.799 N,3 14.429 W