Wreck: Downshire (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Downshire (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.943 N,5 51.299 W (53.371616666667, -5.6589166666667)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: DOWNSHIRE (POSSIBLY)
Length 43.4 meter, width: 7.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 368 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1905 by mackie & thompson, glasgow. owned at time of loss byu east downshire ss co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 75 nhp, single shaft. passage whitehaven for dublin. captured & sunk ub-64 by gunfire. (sii).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2015
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 8 MILES ESE FROM ROCKABILL. (WW1SL). H5141/53 14.8.53 INS NDWPA. (POSN NOT NOTED). H4466/81 16.11.83 WK LOCATED IN 533655N, 055114W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56MTRS. (HMS FOX, HN 3.11.83). BR STD. H4466/81 1.3.84 EXAM'D 1.11.83 IN 533656N, 055114W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1MTR, LENGTH 15MTRS, BEAM 3MTRS. CONSISTS OF ONE MAIN SECTION WITH 2 OTHER SECTIONS WITHIN 50MTRS. MAIN SECTION ORIENTATED E/W. (HMS FOX, HI 95). COULD BE A MUCH LARGER WK ALMOST TOTALLY BURIED. NFA. [WGD] POSN: 5336.939N, 0551.299W. 10.4.14 LIES IN 5336.960N, 0551.300W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.23 IN GEN DEPTH 57.9MTRS. LENGTH 43.3MTRS, WIDTH 8.0MTRS. (IRISH WK LIST). RETAIN WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 25.11.15 SHOWN AS WK 55.948MTRS IN 5336.943N, 0551.299W [WGD]. (CHARISE MCKEON, GSI, CV10-01, CELTIC VOYAGER). AMEND NDW 55MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN 3 PARTS, COULD BE LARGER VESSEL ALMOST BURIED
Position: 53 36.943 N,5 51.299 W
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