This is the information page about the shipwreck Crusader (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 57.229 N,5 55.258 W (54.233466666667, -5.7177166666667)

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.

Name: CRUSADER (POSSIBLY)

Length 64 meter, width: 9.5 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 926 ton

Cause: built in 1929 by camper & nicholsons, southampton. owned at time of loss by k macomber, paris. two 6 cylinder oil engines, twin shaft. a large, steam yacht. was bombed in portsmouth in 3.1941. was raised, part repaired and was under tow for greencastle for a refit, when she sank during a ne gale. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H1270/77 8.12.77 LOCATED 1974 AND DIVED. NOT PREVIOUSLY FOUND BY FISHERMEN BECAUSE OF THE STONEY SEABED. LIES IN 43MTRS GEN DEPTH. DECAYED & BROKEN UP 500-1000 TON VESSEL. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH. BELIEVED PRE-1900 BECAUSE OF STYLE OF PORT HOLES. (A SHARKEY, DROGHEDA SAC, 20.11.77). H1270/77 1.7.81 REPORTED TO STAND 30FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS IN 535709N, 055500W. POSN BY DECCA. SILVER CUTLERY RECOVERED WITH NAME 'CRUSADER' ON IT. (A SHARKEY, CLOGHERHEAD, TELECON 1.7.81). INS AS USC 25MTRS.

- NM 1752/81. H5982/82 29.7.83 WK SHOWN IN 535710N 055506W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS C-PLOT C11 [1983]. H2057/82 16.4.84 EXAM'D 30.11.83 IN 535714N, 055511W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LIES IN TWO PARTS. N PART: LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.2 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 3.6MTRS, LENGTH 24MTRS, BEAM 9MTRS. S. PART: LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 6MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEG. DURING THE INVESTIGATION A LEAST DEPTH BY HYDROSEARCH OF 24.3MTRS WAS OBTAINED ON TWO OCCASIONS. BOTH WERE SOMEWHAT BROKEN CONTACTS AND POSSIBLY WERE CAUSED BY A LARGE SHOAL OF FISH ABOVE THE WK. CHART AS WK 24.3MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 128). AMEND TO WK 24MTRS. BR STD. HH208/400/05 19.4.02 STEEL WK LOCATED IN 5357.230N, 0555.120W [WGD]. (HMS BRIDPORT, REPORT DTD 26.2.02). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 27.3.12 LOCATED 9.2011 IN 5357.2318N, 0555.2580E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.92MTRS. LENGTH 113MTRS, WIDTH 12-17MTRS. LIES 037/220 DEGS. LIES FLAT, MAIN STRUCTURE PRESERVED. DEBRIS AND PART OF STRUCTURE PRESENT ON STBD SIDE. (INIS HYDRO, HI 1351). NCA. 27.3.12 LOCATED 9.2011 IN 5357.229N, 0555.258W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.01MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. (INIS HYDRO, HI 1351, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. UPRIGHT, BOWS NE. SINGLE HOLD VESSEL WITH HOLD COLLAPSED. NO SCOUR. AMEND WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 11.4.14 LISTED AS CRUSADER, BARQUE, SUNK 1892 IN IRISH WK LIST.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, ?IN TWO PARTS, BOWS NE, CENTRE COLLAPSED

Position: 53 57.229 N,5 55.258 W

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