This is the information page about the shipwreck Connemara, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 1.01 N,6 3.7 W (54, -5.8093333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: CONNEMARA
Length 82.9 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 833 ton
Load: personnel,general and mixed goods,animals (land & sea) and birds
Cause: built in 1897 by w denny & bros. owned at time of loss by the london & north western railway co. triple expansion engines of 212 nhp for 16 kts. sunk in collision with the ss retriever on passage holyhead to greenore. 86 lives lost. (sii)
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 3 meter
Known since: 1916, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H6795/16 23.11.16 POSN 540045N, 060315W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)
- NM 1314/16. H6679/20 20.9.20 POSN AMENDED 540100N, 060338W, OR 106DEGS, 6.5C FROM HAULBOWLINE RKS LT. MARKED BY G WRECK LT BUOY. (IRISH LTS, 2.11.20). INS WK AND LT BUOY. H161/24 7.1.24 DISPERSAL OPS IN PROGRESS. (LL, 4.1.24). H1189/25 19.2.25 AMENDED POSN TO 102DEGS, 6C 2000FT FROM HAULBOWLINE LT. LT BUOY NOW 108DEGS, 6.5C FROM ABOVE LT. (IRISH LTS). AMEND TO DW (1916) AND BUOY TO UNLIT. H2473/55 3.6.55 WRECK BUOY OFF STATION TEMPORARILY. (CARLINGFORD LOUGH COMMISIONERS). NCA. H4081/62 24.1.63 DELETE BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 2.10.86 SHOWN AS DW IN 540103.5N, 060337W [OSI]. NE 2800. 16.7.03 [WGD] POSN: 5401.068N, 0603.677W. NE 2800. 21.3.14 LOCATED 2013 IN 5401.01N, 0603.70W [WGD]. (INIS HYDRO, HI 1353). AMEND POSN. 12.12.14 NOT VISIBLE IN DIGITAL DATA. (SDC EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA FOR HI 1353). AMEND FOUL. 9.2.14 SOUNDING 2.2MTRS SHOWN AT THIS POSN IN DATASET. (E COOKSON, RT1W). POSSIBLE REMAINS OF WK. AMEND WK 2.2MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 1.01 N,6 3.7 W