| Chagres |
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| Location |
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Place Name : Liverpool Bay |
Lat / Long : 53 ° 35 ' 32 '' North - 3 ° 31' 40'' West |
System used to obtain Long / Lat : GPS |
| OS Grid Ref - |
Square : 0 |
8 Figure : 0 |
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| Construction |
| Type : Steamship |
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Shipyard : Stephen & Sons, Glasgow
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Hull material : |
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| Dimensions |
| Size : 5406 tonnes |
Length : 130 m |
Beam : m |
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| History |
| Sunk : |
Cause : hit a mine |
Date Found : |
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| Depth |
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Shallowest |
Deepest |
| Top : |
21 m |
0 m |
Deck :
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0 m |
0 m |
| Bed : |
36 m |
0 m |
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| Postition |
| Orientation : unknown |
Lying : unknown |
Condition : Some breakup |
Seabed Type : Sand
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Artifacts : |
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| Wreck Owner |
| Owner : - |
Access : -
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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 |
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0 - minutes |
- - high water |
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| General Information : |
Small Boat Launching : |
Rhos-on-Sea |
Notes : |
Chagres. GPS Position 53 34 92N;03 41 40W. The 400 ft long Chagres was a British steamship of 5,406 tons built by Stephen and Sons of Glasgow in 1927. She was on voyage from Victoria , Nigeria to Garston with a cargo of 1,500 tons of bananas when she hit a mine on 9 February 1940. Of the crew of 62, two were lost and seven were reported injured. Visibility is usually good and she is now covered in dead mans fingers typical of other wrecks in the area. She lies upright with one of here masts still upright amidships rising 15m above the sea bed.
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