This is the information page about the shipwreck Armagh, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.515 N,3 7.08 W (53.525250, -3.118000)

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.

Name: ARMAGH

Length 161.8 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 12.2, tonnage 12269 ton

Cause: built in 1917. owned at time of loss by the union ss co. vessel grounded on submerged wall. did not sink but the heavy cargo caused her to break & become a total loss. passage liverpool for adelaide.

Year of registration: 1923

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter

Known since: 1923, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H8616/23 19.12.23 H8616/23 19.12.23 ST IN 533130N, 030700W CLOSE N OF B CAN BUOY NO C6, CROSBY CHANNEL. MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G CLOSE S. (MERSEY DKS & HR BD 17.12.23).

- NM 2073/23. H81/24 3.1.24 H81/24 3.1.24 BUOY MOVED APPROX 0.5C EAST. (TH).

- NM 99/24. H1561/25 4.3.25 H1561/25 4.3.25 WK DESTROYED & BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH & MDHB).

- NM 454/25. 19.4.73 19.4.73 SALVAGE ASSOCIATION ACTED AS BOARDS AGENTS FOR CARGO. SALVAGE ASSOCIATION TO SALVE CARGO ON BEHALF OF UNDERWRITERS. WK DESTROYED. DEPTH UNKNOWN. POSN 533130N, 030703W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 25.3.75 25.3.75 NOT SHOWN SURVEY K3500/KF NO 10. 1.9.87 1.9.87 SHOWN AS WKG ON MDHC PLOT M1027/2. INS AS FOUL. NE 1951. 21.10.11 21.10.11 CONTACT LOCATED IN 5331.503N, 0307.148W [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 18.3MTRS. LENGTH 107MTRS, WIDTH 3MTRS, HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. (HMS GLEANER, HI 1345). NFS. POSSIBLY THIS WRECK. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 31.515 N,3 7.08 W

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