This is the information page about the shipwreck Derrycunihy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 20.789 N,0 18.892 W (49.49575, -0.2880167)

 

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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. Agios spyridon (possibly)
2. Alice
3. Alpheraz
4. Alynbank
5. Amsterdam
6. Barsac
7. Barsac
8. Chant 6
9. Chant 6
10. Courbet
11. Creto (probably)
12. Derrycunihy
13. Dinard (possibly)
14. Dundee
15. Elswick park
16. Empire bittern
17. Empire rosebery
18. Felix
19. Fest noz
20. Flowergate (possibly)
21. Fort norfolk
22. General metzinger
23. Georgios
24. Greif
25. Hm b.y.m.s. 2030
26. Hm mgb 17
27. Hmms 8
28. Hms anthony hope (part of)
29. Hms anthony hope (part of)
30. Hms cato
31. Hms derwent
32. Hms durban (possibly)
33. Hms fratton
34. Hms glen avon
35. Hms lawford (probably)
36. Hms lord austin (possibly)
37. Hms magic
38. Hms p26 (aft section)
39. Hms p26 (fore section)
40. Hms princess olga
41. Hms pylades
42. Ingman (possibly)
43. Innerton (possibly)
44. Kong oscar 2
45. Lcg 1062
46. Lcg 1062 (possibly)
47. Le rhapsody
48. Lionel
49. Lynghaug (possibly)
50. M 39 (possibly)
51. Machu
52. Modlin
53. Njejos (possibly)
54. Noella
55. Northgate
56. Parkhaven
57. Parklaan (possibly)
58. Perceval
59. Phoenix 'a 46'
60. Prairial
61. Ragna (possibly)
62. Reve des iles
63. Salta
64. Saltersgate
65. Samlong (or charles w eliot)
66. Scarface
67. Sirehei (possibly)
68. Svenner
69. Syrie
70. Vinlake (possibly)
71. Winha
72. Zeeland

 

Name: DERRYCUNIHY

Length 129.5 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 7093 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built 1944 by burntisland sb co. owned at time of loss by mccowen & gross. struck a mine & sank off the coast of normandy. about 13 gunners & about 150 troops lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H03041/44 1.8.44 LOCATED IN 492049N, 001854W BY HDML 1001. FIXED BY SHOOTING UP FROM OTHER STATIONS. (NOIC ARROMANCHES, 615/41, 21.7.44). REFERRED TO M/T SHIP. CHART AS DW PA IN 492100N, 001900W.

- NM 1532/44. H6390/47 3.10.47 POSN AMENDED SLIGHTLY. (FRENCH NM 34 3179 47). H7561/49 6.1.50 WK 2.7MTRS [1FM 3FT] IN 492045N, 001848W. (FRENCH NM 49 12 46).

- NM 2656/49. H2415/54 13.4.55 SHOWN AS ST IN 492050N, 001845W ON FRENCH 890. LC 1821. 23.7.85 SHOWN AS ST, DRIES 2.9MTRS, IN 492046N, 001845W ON FRENCH 6927 [1985 EDN]. BR STD. 14.3.88 LARGE BRITISH CARGO VESSEL 'DERRYCUNIHY' IN 492049.8N, 001844.2W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. DRIES 2.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. WK LIES UPRIGHT. BOW & SECTION OF MAST CLEARLY VISIBLE AT LW. ORIENTATION NW/SE. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14590187). SHOWN AS ST DRIES 2.9MTRS IN 492050N, 001845W [EUR] ON NC 2613. 16.5.07 LIES IN 4920.829N, 0018.736W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 4.1.13 [WGD] POSN: 4920.774N, 0018.817W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 2237/19

Position: 49 20.789 N,0 18.892 W

 

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