This is the information page about the shipwreck Ardglass, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 57.373 N,5 35.199 W (54.846216666667, -5.7131)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: ARDGLASS
Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4617 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1918 by russell & co. with triple- expansion engines of 474nhp. owned at time of loss by ardgarry steamship co. passage clyde for the mediterranean. torpedoed, then captured & sunk with bombs by german submarine uc-31. 6 lives lost. (ww1 bms uboat sinkings & dods)
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 148 meter, Height above seabed: 96 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: M17300 5.4.18 WK IN 545800N, 053700W (PA) OR 6M E OF THE MAIDENS. (B.O.T. MASTER). 1.4.18 POSN 545800N, 053700W. SUNK BY U BOAT. (COMMODORE LARNE, TELECON). 23.7.69 INS AS NDW PA. NC 2724. H3671/72 21.7.72 WK BELIEVED TO BE ARDGLASS FOUND IN 545722N, 053506W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 133 IN GEN DEPTH 145MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HN 1/72). H3671/72 20.2.73 POSN BY HIFIX [2 LOP]. NO SCOUR. SEABED SLIGHTLY RIPPLED HARD SAND. LIES 270/090 DEGS. ABOUT 350FT LONG. (HMS FAWN, HI 51/72). INS AS WK 133MTRS.
- NM 658/73. H5982/82 16.11.82 THREE WKS SHOWN IN 545700N, 053509W; 545720N, 053508W AND 545730N, 053506W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS A-PLOT 14, [1982]. NCA. 23.1.04 EUT POSN SUPPLIED BY GEODESY: 5457.370N, 0535.164W. NE 2198. SEP 2017/000034083 27.6.17 EXAM'D 20.01.17; IN 5457.373N, 0535.199W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 134.07MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 148MTRS, LENGTH 117.9MTRS, WIDTH 22.2MTRS, HEIGHT 13.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 096/276 DEGS. (MMT, HI 1508). AMEND NDW 134MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 57.373 N,5 35.199 W