This is the information page about the shipwreck Croghan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 7.803 N,6 56.245 W (51.867, -6.7975)

 

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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. Alize
2. Antony
3. Ardmore (possibly)
4. Carlo (probably)
5. Coral strand
6. Crispin (possibly)
7. Croghan
8. Dark island
9. Etal manor
10. Girl arlene
11. Hazael 3
12. Hermione (part of)(possibly)
13. Kaber
14. Karina
15. Kerick
16. Kingfisher
17. Lincolnshire (probably)
18. Lismore (probably)
19. Margaret ann
20. Mediterranean (possibly)
21. Michael
22. Ocean searcher
23. Patrick
24. Rhodesia
25. Royal arthur
26. Seahorse
27. Shadinsay
28. St margaret
29. Wheal geevor

 

Name: CROGHAN

Length 51.5 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 900 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 5.3.73 owned at time of loss by by arklow machinery ltd. oil engine, single shaft. passage waterford for sharpness. stranded off hook hd ltho on 5.3.73, abandoned and hull penetrated by rocks. sold to james doyle of coolballow for salvage. sank on 19.3.73 during salvage operations after being refloated with loss of 1 life. (ll & sii).

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1973, last detected: 1973

Details measurements/cartography: H2379/63 H2379/63 WK IN 520748N, 065612W. (WZ 238/73). NCA YET. 21.3.73 21.3.73 WK LIES 325DEGS, 4.5C FROM HOOK PT LT, OR 520746N, 065610W [OSI]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NAVEAMS 101 & 109/73 ISSUED. H2379/63 29.3.73 H2379/63 29.3.73 DW LIES 325DEGS, 4.75C FROM HOOK PT LT. (WATERFORD HBR COMM NM 20.3.73 & IRISH LTS).

- NM 784/73. 8.4.74 8.4.74 NOW CHARTED IN 520747N, 065613W (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2046. 17.11.00 17.11.00 NOW CHARTED IN 5207.783N, 0656.195W [OSI]. NE 2046. 11.4.13 11.4.13 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (GSI KRY11_01 & 12_02, SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). LIES ON EDGE OF SURVEYED AREA. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 7.803 N,6 56.245 W

 

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