This is the information page about the shipwreck Crown, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 18.008 N,4 18.573 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)
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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: CROWN
Length 39.6 meter, width: 6.8 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 266 ton
Cause: built 1906 by earle's shipbuilding & engineering co ltd, hull. owned at time of loss by crown steam fishing co ltd, grimsby. one boiler, triple-expansion engine of 79 nhp, single shaft. passage fleetwood for north channel fishing grounds. stranded and lost. (sibi, ll & a corkill).
Year of registration: 1969
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter
Known since: 1969
Details measurements/cartography: 24.12.69 24.12.69 WRECKED AT BALLYFAYLE, NR MAUGHOLD HEAD. (IOM EXAMINER, A CORKILL). POSN 541800N, 041830W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 18.008 N,4 18.573 W