This is the information page about the shipwreck Cymrian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 4.122 N,5 55.16 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)
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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: CYMRIAN
Length 65.8 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1014 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: ex-kingwood. built in 1905 by vuijk a capelle a/d, ysel, netherlands. owned at time of loss by golden cross line ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 133 nhp, single shaft. machinery by g t grey, south shileds. passage newport, mon, for dublin. torpedoed by uc-75. 10 men lost. survivors recovered by russian ss odessa. (sii).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 94 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 13 MILES SE BY S FROM TUSKAR RK. (BMVS). POSN ACCEPTED AS PA 520400N, 055530W.(AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). INS ON CHARTS. (DATE NOT KNOWN). 24.11.72 AMEND TO USCPA 40FMS. NE 1410. H3140/69 16.5.77 LOCATED 23.3.77 IN 520406.8N, 055505.7W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 88 IN GEN DEPTH 96MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HEIGHT 20MTRS ON SMOOTH SEA BED. LYING 010/190DEG. LENGTH 70MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 44/75). AMEND TO WK 76MTRS. BR STD. H4467/81 11.4.83 LOCATED 14.7.82, NOT EXAM'D. E/S DEPTH OF 85.6MTRS OBTAINED ON SOUNDING LINE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 70). NCA. [WGD] POSN: 5204.139N, 0555.095W. SEP2018/000274610 13.11.18 EXAM'D 6.5.18 IN 5204.1225N, 0555.1598W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 87.13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 94MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HEIGHT 7.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225DEGS. WRECK IS VISIBLE AND INTACT. (RV KEARY, INFOMAR, H102). RETAIN NDW 76MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 4.122 N,5 55.16 W