| Cattewater Wreck |
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Place Name : Cattewater, Plymouth |
Lat / Long : 50 ° 21 ' 41 '' North - 4 ° 7' 37'' West |
System used to obtain Long / Lat : unknown |
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Square : 0 |
8 Figure : 0 |
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| Construction |
| Type : merchantman |
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| History |
| Sunk : around 1530 |
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Date Found : 1973 |
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| Postition |
| Orientation : unknown |
Lying : unknown |
Condition : Unknown |
Seabed Type : Unknown
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| Wreck Owner |
| Owner : - |
Access : unknown
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War Grave : Unknown |
Protected : Unknown |
| Restrictions : An area within 50m radius of position 50° 21' 41.4" N., 04° 07' 37.5" W.. Charts affected: 1901, 1967.
This site is a designated Historic Wreck under the Protection of Wrecks Act, 1973
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The wreck was discovered after a dredger brought up timber and the fragments of two guns in 1973. Survey and excavation work, carried out in 1977 and 1978, suggested that the ship was a merchantman of 200-300 tons burden lost around 1530.
ADU designation: September 5, 1973; 1973 No. 1; 1973/1531; Amendment Order March 25, 1975; 1975/262.
ADU licences: 1976-9 excavation |
References : |
Bax, A., 1976, Cattewater wreck. 1st interim report. IJNA 5.4: 346.
Carpenter, A., Ellis, K. H. & McKee, J. E. G., 1974, Interim report on the wreck discovered in the Cattewater. Maritime Monographs and Reports 13, National Maritime Museum. London.
Mortlock, B. & Redknap, M., 1978, The Cattewater wreck, Plymouth, Devon. Preliminary results of recent work. IJNA 7.3:195-204.
Redknap, M., 1985, The Cattewater wreck: a contribution to 16th century maritime archaeology. In Cederlund, O-C. (ed.), Postmedieval boat and ship archaeology. BAR International Series 256: 39-60. ISBN 0 86054 3277.
Redknap, M. (ed.), 1984, The Cattewater Wreck. BAR British Series 131. ISBN 0-86054-285-8.
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