Wreck Information

This information has been supplied by K mathews who is an experienced boat angler form the South Wales Coast. I hope you all find this info useful.

Near Foreland Point

51 17 37N     3 44 46W

Carare

British Passenger/Cargo SS

6,878 Tons

Length 425' Beam 55' Draught 30'

symbol Wk 16.2 MTRS

General Depth 27 MTRS

Sunk by Magnetic mine 29.5.40

No scour giving impression of large rock outcrop. I haven't fished this one yet.

Mid channel between Nash point and Foreland

51 19 58N     3 37 33W

Slava

Yugoslavian Steamship

4,512 Tons

Length 369'   Width 50'  Draught 26'

symbol Wk 17.7 MTRS

Gen depth 26 MTRS

Mined when outward bound from Cardiff 16.3.40 Apparently on its side near rock outcrop. Fished this one, its easy to find on an echo sounder as its surrounded by a very flat ground so it stands out in comparison. Hit a shoal of tope there and a few congers.

Off Nash Point

51 22 17N   3 34 39W

James McGee

Steam Tanker

9,859 Tons

Sunk 20.6.40 (Mined)

symbol Wk 14 MTRS

Gen depth 18 MTRS

Lies in 2 parts

I have fished this one many times and it produces good conger (several in the 30 - 40lbs category) which is very good for this area. Its surrounded by rock ground so is hard to identify without a magnetometer.

OS Nash Sands

51 23 38N   3 37 32W

Cato

British Steamship

710 Tons

Length 231' Beam 31'  Draught 19'

symbol  Wk 10.8 MTRS

Gen depth 13 MTRS

A small wreck which I have not had chance to find or fish yet.

Woody Bay

51 15 72N   3 53 17W

Unknown

symbol WK 14.9 MTRS

Gen depth 19 MTRS

Found this with the magnetometer. Gives clear echo sounder trace. Unfortunately by the time we anchored (nowhere near close enough to the wreck) the tide was far to strong so only managed a few dogfish. I don't have any more info on this one and would be interested to find out what ship it is.