This is the information page about the shipwreck City of chicago, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 36.697 N,8 32.79 W (51.768116666667, -8.2951166666667)

 

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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. Akassa
2. Ardent ii
3. Bell rose
4. Caliph
5. Carrigrenan outfall
6. City of chicago
7. Dinah b
8. Earl of lathom
9. East wales
10. El zorro
11. Faulconnler
12. Gafsa (possibly)
13. Hms alyssum (probably)
14. Hms bredah (possibly)
15. Kayside
16. Kilgerran castle
17. Killarney
18. Kinsale western bridge
19. Kinsale western bridge
20. Kinsale western bridge
21. Kinsale western bridge
22. Kinsale western bridge
23. Kinsale western bridge
24. Lilian h
25. Lusitania
26. Pegu
27. Rosses morn
28. Spectator (probably)
29. Star immaculate
30. Westwick

 

Name: CITY OF CHICAGO

Length 131.1 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 10.2, tonnage 3364 ton
Load: personnel

Cause: built 1883 by c connell & co. glasgow, with 3 cylinder compound engine of 900hp, 3 boilers, single shaft. machinery by j & j thomson, glasgow. owned at time of loss by inman & international ss co. passage new york for liverpool. ran aground in fog at ringcurteen, the old head of kinsale. 3 days after grounding vessel listed to seaward and broke up rapidly. 155 crew & 360 passengers rescued. (sii & shipwrecks of the irish coast). [both books show photos of vessel on the rocks]

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1980, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: 24.12.80 LIES UNDER 200FT CLIFFS AT GURTEEN POINT. VERY BROKEN UP OVER AREA 430 X 45FT. (BSAC WRECK REGISTER). NCA, POSN 5136.667N, 0832.750W [OSI]. 14.9.01 WK LIES IN 20MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 120 X 20MTRS. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE IRISH COAST, VOL 1). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 51 36.697 N,8 32.79 W

 

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