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 53 38.071 N,4 49.444 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. Adela (possibly)
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Ariel (possibly)
6. Arno mendi
7. British viscount
8. Carmelite (possibly)
9. Castilian
10. Cognac
11. Conargo
12. Conovium (probably)
13. Cressado
14. Cressida
15. Dagmar
16. Dundalk
17. Fairearn (probably)
18. Fawn (possibly)
19. Fin-ar-bed
20. Florence
21. Grinder
22. Hms campina
23. Hms westphalia (possibly)
24. Kirkmichael
25. La rochelle (possibly)
26. Lilly (possibly)
27. Marquess of bute (possibly)
28. Mary
29. Meath
30. Minerva
31. Oria
32. Osseo
33. Pegasus (possibly)
34. Penvearn
35. Pt1 or pt2
36. Rhyl
37. Saint mirren (possibly)
38. Saint olaf
39. Sarpfos
40. Seagull
41. Slieve bloom
42. Speedwell
43. Theme
44. Town of wexford (possibly)
45. Treveal
46. Trinidad
47. U 1024 (probably)
48. U 246
49. Westward ho

 

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: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 230 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 20220325

Details measurements/cartography: H4827/75 25.1.77 WK LOCATED 11.11.76 IN 533804N, 044922W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.2 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. DCS3 HT 15MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS WITH HIGHEST PART AT W END. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76).

- NM 551/77. H4827/75 25.6.81 LOCATED 13.5.81. STANDS 8FMS HIGH IN 24FMS. HAS 3 HIGH POINTS. (MR ARNOLD, BANGOR). NFA. HH100/151/01 8.9.89 EXAM'D JULY 1988 IN CHARTED POSN. WK HAS BROKEN INTO 3 LARGE SECTIONS. STERN SECTION HAS SINGLE DECK GUN FITTED OF 3 OR 4 INCH CALIBRE. EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS SALVAGE OPS BUT MUCH NON-FERROUS DEBRIS LIES ON SEABED, APPARENTLY CARGO ITEMS. ONE TRAWL AND SOME NYLON FISHING LINES SNAGGED ON WRECKAGE. NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION MADE. (R S BUFTON, 21.8.89). NFA. HH100/351/04 18.4.91 LIES WITH LIST TO PORT. BOW V BROKEN IN 49MTRS AND STERN COMPLETE WITH LEAST DEPTH 31MTRS. 12 PDR GUN ON STERN WITH BARREL POINTING FOR'D. (S A RODGER, LTR DTD 13.3.91). 28.9.93 THOUGHT NOT TO BE SS SKERRIES WHICH HAD PROPELLER DIAMETER RECORDED AS 18FT 1IN. THIS WRECK HAS PROP DIAMETER OF 12FT 9IN (DIVER'S CLAIM), CONFIRMS EXISTENCE OF DECK-GUN. BELIEVED TO BE WESTPHALIA. (ISHERWOOD, TELECON 28.9.93). NCA. 27.2.95 CONFIRMED AS THE WRECK OF THE `CONARGO' AFTER ARTEFACTS FOUND. (S A RODGER 8.2.95). RSDRA2022000201003 12.10.2022 EXAM'D 25/3/2022; IN 5338.071N, 0449.444W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 116.45MTRS, WIDTH 30.92MTRS, HEIGHT 12.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 230/050 DEGS. CONARGO IS STILL UPRIGHT WITH THE SHOALEST POINT AT THE BOW OF THE SHIP, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS VISIBLE TO THE STARBOARD MIDSHIP AND AT THE STERN. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1708, H525-7372). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 38.071 N,4 49.444 W

 

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