Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack South australian, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 51 12.808 N,4 36.158 W (51.065266666667, -4.40345)
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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: SOUTH AUSTRALIAN
Länge61.3 meter, Breite: 11 meter, Tiefgang: 6.1, Tonnage 1078 ton
Last: railway: stock and construction materials
Ursache: built in 1868 by w pile & co, sunderland with a wooden hull on iron frames. owned at time of loss by devitt & moore. south australian was the sister-ship of the city of adelaide, one of only two clipper ships that survive today, the other being the cutty sark. for most of her working life the south australian traded between the uk and australia carrying cargo and passengers and was heavily involved in the emigrant trade. in february 1889 she set sail from cardiff, laden with rails and fish plates for railway customers, but foundered in severe weather in the bristol channel.
Jahr der Registrierung: 1992
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 39 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 51 cm
Bekannt seit: 1992, zuletzt detektiert: 2019
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: HH100/351/05 22.4.92 WK, KNOWN AS STANLEY BANK WK, DIVED ON IN 511259.5N, 043618W [OGB]. POSN FROM DECCA. LIES ON A SAND BANK AND CAN BE BURIED AT TIMES. (J T HEWITT, 20.3.92). NCA. HH100/351/14 4.8.99 DIVED IN 5112.825N, 0436.127W [WGD]. CONSISTS OF RAILWAY LINES AND OTHER METAL. MOST PROBABLY OF A SAILING SHIP. DEPTH TO TOP OF WK IS 37MTRS AT LW SPRINGS. (A PLATT, LTR DTD 2.8.99). INS AS WK 35MTRS. BR STD. HH090/798/01 19.10.99 EXAM'D 25.9.99 IN 5112.808N, 0436.152W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 35.6, FOUL 36.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.3 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS EXTENDS 120MTRS TOWARDS 250 DEGS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. INTACT. SWELL OF 1.5MTRS DURING SWEEPING. (NP 1016, HI 798B). AMEND TO SW 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/22 8.9.04 DIVED IN 5112.786N, 0436.150W [WGD]. CONSIDERED TO BE 'SOUTH AUSTRALIAN'. (K DENBY, EMAIL DTD 5.9.04). NCA. HH091/158/01 16.7.08 LOCATED 3.6.07 IN 5112.808N, 0436.158W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.27 IN GEN DEPTH 39.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50.6MTRS, WIDTH 36.0MTRS, HT 4.6MTRS. LIES 051/231 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FURUGO OSAE, HI 1158). INTACT. RETAIN SW 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 1.7.15 WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY CONDUCTED A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY UNDERTAKEN IN JULY 2015 BY DR STEPHANIE ARNOTT AND LAURA ANDREWS. ILLFRACOMBE SAC DIVE BOAT "NEPTUNE" USED. SIDE SCAN SONAR WAS USED TO SURVEY AREA. ILLFRACOMBE AND NORTH DEVON SAC DIVED THE SITE IN THE LATE 1980'S AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED WK AS "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN" IN 2005. 27.8.20 CLIPPER "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN" LOCATED IN 5112.808N, 0436.158W, [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED SCHEDULED MONUMENT STATUS (The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979), DTD 8/11/2019. LIST ENTRY NUMBER 1465225. ADD "HISTORIC" TO STATUS AND REST'D AREA RADIUS 75MTRS.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: Rest'D area 75m radius.
Position: 51 12.808 N,4 36.158 W