This is the information page about the shipwreck Conargo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 4.703 N,5 11.98 W (54.003633333333, -4.95295)

 

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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.

 

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Name: CONARGO

Length 114.3 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 4312 ton

Cause: ex- german vessel, 'altona'. built in 1902 by flensburger schiffsh. ges. with triple expansion engines of 471nhp. owned at time of loss by the commonwealth of australia. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u-96, 12m w by n calf of man. 9 of 10 crew lost. passage from liverpool. (dods & ww1 bms uboat sinkings). but was repd to have remained afloat and again torpedoed whilst under tow off holyhead.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 95 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: H351/20 1.4.18 H351/20 1.4.18 POSN 533800N, 044900W BUT LATER GIVEN AS 533300N, 045000W. (U-BOAT TELS, LIVERPOOL AP). H8203/19 H8203/19 [NO DATE] SUNK 12M W BY N FROM CALF OF MAN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 540200N, 051000W. BA 1824A. 1925 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. NE 1825A. H5331/53 25.8.53 H5331/53 25.8.53 SHOWN AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 45. H2112/75 4.2.75 H2112/75 4.2.75 WK LOCATED IN 540442N, 051154W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 83.6 IN GEN DEPTH 95MTRS. SEABED OF SOFT GREY MUD. SUBSTANTIAL WRECK. LENGTH 220FT, HEIGHT 13.75MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI NO 51/74). INS AS WK 79MTRS. BR STD. H5982/82 4.8.83 H5982/82 4.8.83 BAD WK SHOWN IN 540445N, 051152W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS C-PLOT C13, [1983]. HH100/351/17 8.6.01 HH100/351/17 8.6.01 LOCATED IN 5404.703N, 0511.980W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 78MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 10MTRS. (GARDLINE, VIA A CORKILL). INTACT AND UPRIGHT. HATCHES VISIBLE ON DCS3. AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, HATCHES ON DCS3

Position: 54 4.703 N,5 11.98 W

 

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