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Wreck of Seaton Carew Wreck

United Kingdom

Position
About 54.7° N, 1.2° W (within about 10 km)
Sank
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Cause
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Depth
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Protection status

Location generalised to protect a protected site

The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.

Officially designated: protected shipwreck (Section 1).

Legal basis: protected shipwreck (Section 1).

How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 90%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.

The Seaton Carew Wreck is a protected wrecksite lying in the intertidal zone at Seaton Carew. Prior to 1996 the wreck had been completely covered by the sand of the beach, but it was exposed in 1996 and 2002 and has been regularly exposed since 2004. The wreck is of a type of vessel known as a collier brig which would have been ubiquitous in the 18th and 19th centuries and is unusual on the North-East coast for the high degree of preservation. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.

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About this wreck

Seaton Carew Wreck is a recorded shipwreck site. Voydar shows wreck locations alongside live ship traffic, free, from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.

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