This is the information page about the shipwreck Cyrene, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 0.084 N,5 3.948 W (52.73695, -5.3741666666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: Cyrene

Length 92 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 4448 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: positional analysis: ub64 (not uc31 was responsible for this sinking, as described) position forthis attack is not recorded accurately in its ktb, but it is clear it was in caernarfon bay. only three persons survived the sinking and only a vague position was given to interrogatorsbut is clear the ship sank in caernarfon bay.archival analysis: the account of the sinking (tna adm 137/2964) gives a time which matches with an attack in this area by ub64 (ktb). the damage (hit in engine room starboard side) and course of ship (given in ktb as 170deg, as per the wreck) both match spindler's attribution to uc31 cannot be correct as the timings differ by several hours. the attack reported by uc31 was on the steamship clam, which survived (tna adm 137/1516). spindler attributed this to ub64. when substituted for each other, the timings and positions clearly match correctly. uc31 attacked clam and ub64 sunk cyrene

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 91 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20190508

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 10 MILES W HALF S FROM CARNARVON BAY LT VESSEL. INS AS WK IN 530500N, 050500W. H7800/68 1.1.69 AMEND POSN TO 530150N, 050430W. (AUTHORITY UNKNOWN). - FNM 6/69. 5.11.73 AMEND TO USCPA 50MTRS. NC 1970. H1935/80 19.5.82 EXAM'D 6.5.81 IN 530004N, 050353W [OGB] USING HFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78 IN GEN DEPTH 91MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 13MTRS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT, LYING 150/330 DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). BR STD. HH100/351/03 23.5.91 LOCATED. LARGE WK. POSN CONFIRMED. (V P HAIGH, 30.10.90). 9.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 8/5/2019; MBES DATA APPEARS TO BE AN UPRIGHT STEAMER OF APPROX LENGTH 93MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. CENTRAL BRIDGE WITH HOLDS FORE AND AFT. THIS WK IS DIMENSIONALLY, ARCHIVALLY AND POSITIONALLY CONSISTENT WITH "CYRENE". (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT

Position: 53 0.084 N,5 3.948 W

 

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