This is the information page about the shipwreck Agba, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 5.811 N,5 27.117 W (54.846216666667, -5.7131)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Agba
2. Ailsa
3. Alamance (probably)
4. Alcedo
5. Ardglass
6. Argyle (possibly)
7. Baron glamis (probably)
8. Black diamond
9. Bonvilston
10. Boy john r
11. Buffalo (possibly)
12. Byron darnton
13. Carrick
14. Chindwin
15. Craigantlet
16. Dalriada
17. Davaar
18. Dettifoss
19. Dove of oban
20. Empire adventure
21. Empress of japan (possibly)
22. Ethel crawford
23. Haileybury
24. Harvest hope (possibly)
25. Hms adept (possibly)
26. Housatonic (possibly)
27. Karen
28. Lairdscastle (probably)
29. Lakemoor
30. Longwy
31. Lupina
32. M.j.craig (probably)
33. Maria
34. Middleton (probably)
35. Mobeka
36. Norseman
37. Nyanza (possibly)
38. Overton
39. Perelle (possibly)
40. Quesada (possibly)
41. Quesada (possibly)
42. Rowan
43. Sandhurst
44. Setter (possibly)
45. Solway queen (possibly)
46. St conan
47. State of louisiana (bow section)
48. State of louisiana (stern section)
49. U 776
50. Ub 82 (possibly)
51. Ub-85 / ub-82?
52. Vera louise
53. William castle
54. Wilmere (probably)
55. Woods

 

Name: AGBA

Length 50.2 meter, width: 7.8 meter, draught: 2.9, tonnage 498 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-moygannon '38. built in 1921 by dublin shipbuilders ltd, dublin. owned at time of loss by newry & kilkeel ss co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 99 nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by w beardmore & co ltd, coatbridge. passage newry for ayr. foundered after collision. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 98 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H3286/40 H3286/40 [NO DATE] SANK IN 550549N, 052703W OR 1.5 TO 2M S BY W OF B CAN BUOY IN 550857N, 052854W. (PORT OFFICER, NEWRY). - FNM (T)1447/40. 18.3.53 18.3.53 NDW (PA) ON F6629. H3671/72 21.7.72 H3671/72 21.7.72 WK LOCATED IN 550549N, 052703W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 93.2 IN GEN DEPTH 99MTRS. (HMS FOX, HN). H3671/72 12.9.72 H3671/72 12.9.72 EXAM'D 3.7.72. LEAST DEPTH 93.2 IN 99MTRS. IN AREA OF SAND RIDGES. APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 170FT LONG & LYING 040/220 DEGS. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). INS WK LEAST DEPTH 51FMS [93MTRS]. NE 2199. H5982/82 10.11.82 H5982/82 10.11.82 WK SHOWN IN 550554N, 052703W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS A-PLOT 7, [1982]. NCA. SEP 2021/000322449 22.12.21 EXAM’D 16.5.21 IN 5505.811N, 0527.117W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 92.23TRS IN GEN DEPTH 98MTRS. LENGTH 50.14MTRS, WIDTH 5.75MTRS, HT 6.85MTRS. ORIENTATION 030/210 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 192.3MTRS, WIDTH 155.6MTRS, 2.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 045 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1718). INTACT, UPRIGHT. AMEND NDW 92MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, IN AREA OF SAND RIDGES

Position: 55 5.811 N,5 27.117 W

 

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