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Jack Sound

Body of water in west Wales

Summary

Body of water in west Wales

Field	Value
name	Jack Sound
coordinates
image	Dangerous rocks in Jack Sound - geograph.org.uk - 780364.jpg
pushpin_map	Wales Pembrokeshire
image_bathymetry	Jack Sound Cropped from Admiralty Chart No 1488 St Anns Head to St Brides Bay, Published 1878.jpg
caption_bathymetry	Nautical chart of Jack Sound, 1878
location	Pembrokeshire, Wales

Jack Sound is a stretch of water between the island of Skomer and the Pembrokeshire coast in west Wales. It is popular with divers.

Description

The 800 m wide sound is used by boats to avoid a three-mile detour around the island, but it contains numerous reefs and a tidal race of up to 6 knot (unit)s which consequently has resulted in numerous wrecks.

The sound is part of the Skomer Marine Conservation Zone.

Recorded wrecks

The most popular wreck for divers is the MV Lucy, which sank in good condition in February 1967 after being abandoned by its crew owing to its cargo of calcium carbide. The Netherlands-registered coaster, 52 m, was en route from Uddevalla, Sweden to Barry.

Coflein, the Royal Commission's website records 32 wrecks associated with Jack Sound. One of these was the passenger ship Albion which struck rocks on passage through Jack Sound and was forced to beach further along the coast, where she remains.

References

"Jack Sound". Dive Magazine.
"Visit Pembrokeshire: Scuba Diving".
[http://www.lowcarbonlifestyle.org/diary/april.html Low Carbon Lifestyle Tour] {{webarchive. link. (27 July 2008)
"Countryside Council for Wales: Skomer Island".
(14 February 1967). "Diving MV Lucy". Divernet.com.
"Lucy Wreck". Dive-pembrokeshire.com.
"Divetheworld: MV Lucy".
"Search - Coflein".
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