Clearpool Wreck
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Wreck Category | wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure |
| Status | lifted |
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Clearpool Wreck Location Marine Coordinates (DMM) |
53 43.533 N,0 15.701 W |
| Latitude, Longitude Decimal Degrees |
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| Water Depth | 3 m |
| Water Level Effect | covers and uncovers |
| Vertical Datum | Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide |
| Name | CLEARPOOL |
| Type | merchant vessel |
| Flag | GB |
| Length | 130.3 m |
| Width | 16.8 m |
| Draught | 8.3 |
| Tonnage | 5404 |
| Tonnage Type | gross |
| Cargo | coal |
| Conspic Visual | not visually conspicuous |
| Conspic Radar | not radar conspicuous |
| Date Sunk | Jun 4, 1944 |
| Original Detection Year | 1944 |
| Last Detection Year | 1946 |
| Original Source | other |
| Markers | G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G CLOSE NE |
| Surveying Details | H2351/44 7.7.44 STF IN 534331N, 001536W [OGB], MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G CLOSE NE. (ADMIRALTY). - NM 1333/44. H2351/44 20.5.46 WK AND BUOY REMOVED. (HUMBER CONSERVANCY BOARD NM 22/46). AMENDED TO LIFT. - NM 1727/46. |
| Last Amended Date | Jun 10, 1999 |
Circumstances of loss
VESSEL STRANDED AND LOST ON SKITTER BANK, HUMBER, WHILST IN CHARGE OF TUGS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY POOL SHIPPING CO; SIR R. ROPNER. (SHIPWRECK INDEX OF THE BRITISH ISLES).
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