This is the information page about the shipwreck Bolivar (fwd part)(probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 16.057 N,5 55.529 W (53.371616666667, -5.6589166666667)

 

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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. Atika
2. Benaiah
3. Bolivar
4. Bolivar (fwd part)(probably)
5. Bydand
6. County of lancaster
7. County of lancaster
8. Dieter
9. Explorer 1
10. Fern (probably)
11. Flying dart
12. Flying hawk
13. Glenorchy (possibly)
14. Hare (probably)
15. Hms deliverer
16. Hms guide me ii
17. Hms vanguard
18. John morrison
19. Leinster
20. Loch fergus
21. Marlay
22. Nellie esplin
23. Polwell (probably)
24. Queen victoria
25. Queen victoria
26. Rose mystique
27. Rose of lough gill
28. Sir charles napier
29. St ibar
30. St michan (possibly)
31. Tayleur
32. Therese emile yvon
33. Vesper (possibly)
34. W m barkley (possibly)

 

Name: BOLIVAR (FWD PART)(PROBABLY)

Length 135.6 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 5320 ton
Load: personnel,general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1940 by a/s akers mek vaerks, oslo, norway. owned at time of loss by fred olsen & co line. 14 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. passage rosario, river plate for oslo, via dublin. ran aground on northern end of kish bank during severe snowstorm. crew and 45 passengers rescued by dun laoghaire lifeboat. later dispersed. bow section remains, remainder flattened. (sii).

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1947, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H2056/47 1.5.47 AGROUND AND BROKEN IN TWO PARTS, LYING 095DEGS, 5.45M FROM MUGLINS BN. APPROX 300FT BETWEEN THE TWO SECTIONS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE VISIBLE AT HW. (IRISH LTS, 10.3.47). CHART AS ST IN 531600N, 055530W.

- NM 1246/47. H2056/47 21.7.47 SECTIONS NOW 700FT APART. MASTS ONLY VISIBLE AT LWS. TO BE MARKED BY G CAN BUOY 069DEGS, 600FT FROM E PART OF WK. (IRISH LTS NM 5/47). AMEND TO DW (MASTS) WITH BUOY.

- NM 1708/47. H2056/47 5.10.48 SUPERSTRUCTURE DISPERSED TO LWS. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (IRISH LTS NM 17/48). AMEND TO DW, DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2251/48. H1310/88/41 17.8.88 LOCATED IN 521625N, 055515W [OSI]. LIES BROKEN IN TWO AND LYING E/W ACROSS KISH BANK IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. BOW SECTION IS SOME 100MTRS SE FROM STERN SECTION. BOILER AND ENGINE STAND CLEAR FROM THE BOTTOM. MID-SECTION COMPLETELY BROKEN UP. SAFE DEPTH FOR NAVIGATION IS 3MTRS. (R GOLDEN, 15.7.88). CHART AS WK 3MTRS IN NEW POSN. BR STD. 11.3.11 LOCATED IN 5316.057N, 0555.529W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.22MTRS IN 5316.0572N, 0555.5289W. LENGTH 81MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. (GSI DUBLIN BAY SURVEY 2011, POST SDC REPROCESSING). PROBABLY BOW PORTION ONLY. INTACT, UPRIGHT WITH BOWS W. HULL ALMOST LEVEL WITH SEABED, APPARENTLY TWO ENGINES SIDE BY SIDE. AMEND WK 3.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW PART ONLY, UPRIGHT, HIGH POINTS MIDSHIPS

Position: 53 16.057 N,5 55.529 W

 

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