| Calcium |
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| Location |
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Place Name : Liverpool Bay |
Lat / Long : 53 ° 26 ' 8 '' North - 3 ° 30' 0'' West |
System used to obtain Long / Lat : DECCA |
| OS Grid Ref - |
Square : 0 |
8 Figure : 0 |
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| Construction |
| Type : Single screw steamship |
Built : 1918 |
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Shipyard : G. Brown, Greenock
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Hull material : steel |
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| Dimensions |
| Size : 613 tonnes |
Length : 60 m |
Beam : 9.3 m |
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| History |
| Sunk : 30/12/1940 |
Cause : mine |
Date Found : |
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| Depth |
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Shallowest |
Deepest |
| Top : |
9 m |
11 m |
Deck :
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0 m |
0 m |
| Bed : |
14 m |
17 m |
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| Postition |
| Orientation : E |
Lying : Inverted |
Condition : Extensive breakup |
Seabed Type : Sand
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Artifacts : Not much but still one porthole |
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| Wreck Owner |
| Owner : Originally owned by ICI (Alkali) Ltd. |
Access : public
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War Grave : Unknown |
Protected : Unknown |
| Restrictions : unknown |
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| When to Dive Best time to dive the wreck, relative to high wate |
| 4 - hours |
0 - minutes |
After - high water |
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| General Information : |
Small Boat Launching : |
New Brighton
Boat charter from Liverpool Marina, time to site 100 mins |
Notes : |
Built 1918 by G.Brown of Greenock, 180'x 28'x 11'. Single boiler, triple-compound engine & owned by ICI(Alkali)Ltd. She struck a mine en-route Fleetwood to Llandulas in ballast. Sister ship Sodium took her in tow but Calcium was stern-down and filling and eventually sank. One casualty of the 9 man crew. Dive details: 15mts to seabed, 9mts to top of wreck. Wreck lies east-west with th e bows to the east and the hull is upside down. The single boiler and engine components can be seen near to a group of high rib-girders near to the stern. Bow section is fairly intact and upside down. A large hole is near to the bows and makes an interesting 'swim-through'.
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References : |
Wrecks of Liverpool Bay by Chris Michael - see Underwater Bookshop |
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From a dive on : June 1995 |
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