This is the information page about the shipwreck Downshire (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 0.11 N,5 1.65 W (53.94795, -4.7442)

 

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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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2. Amber rose
3. Ariel (possibly)
4. Audentia
5. Aurora
6. Barrister (possibly)
7. Be ready (probably)
8. Calista (probably)
9. Carmelite (possibly)
10. Citrine
11. Clan macmaster
12. Conargo
13. Conovium (probably)
14. Crois bhride
15. Dalewood (probably)
16. Darro
17. Don boscoe
18. Downshire (possibly)
19. Downshire (probably)
20. Fenella ann
21. Fulmar
22. Ginger
23. Glenford
24. Jane brown
25. Lagun
26. Largo (possibly)
27. Lily
28. Maja
29. Marianne toft (possibly)
30. Mayfield
31. Mfv polaris
32. Moonlight
33. Moonlight (possibly)
34. Nadejda (possibly)
35. Noel du marin
36. Oona hall
37. Our lassie
38. Peshawur
39. Ringwall
40. Sarpfos
41. Silver quest 2
42. Speedwell
43. Thornfield
44. Thracian
45. Tumi joy 2
46. Tuskar
47. U 1024 (probably)
48. Waltham (probably)

 

Name: DOWNSHIRE (PROBABLY)

Length 47.8 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.8, tonnage 337 ton
Load: cement

Cause: built in 1898 by ailsa shipbuilding co, troon. owned at time of loss by east downshire ss co ltd, co down. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 65nhp, single shaft. passage dundrum for manchester. captured by u-30 and sunk by bombs. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 123 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 9.5.45 H0109/45 POSN 540030N, 050118W. (WEST APPS LIST WAGO 524, SIGNAL 9.5.45). 15.3.45 15.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 540030N, 050118W. LENGTH 100-80FT, HEIGHT 24FT. LYING 105/285DEGS. GAVE OFF LIGHT OIL. (AUBD 319/299, ESCORT GROUP 30). H2112/75 21.1.76 H2112/75 21.1.76 WRECK LOCATED IN 540007.0N, 050136.6W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.2MTRS. HT BY E/S 6MTRS. (HMS FOX, HI 43/75). BR STD.H2112/75 6.12.76 INS BY NM.

- NM 2622/76. H2057/82 17.1.84 H2057/82 17.1.84 EXAM'D 29.9.83 IN 540006N, 050135W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57.7 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 5.4MTRS. LYING 123/303DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK WITH HULL APPARENTLY COMPLETE, THOUGH LITTLE SIGNS OF SUPERSTRUCTURE. NO SCOUR. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED BY FOX IN 1975 WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN IN ERROR, POSSIBLY FISH ECHO. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 128). BR STD. 15.3.01 15.3.01 EUT POSN: 5400.110N, 0501650W. NE 2093. 12.6.02 12.6.02 POSN BY GPS: 5400.115N, 0501.655W [WGD]. (A CORKILL). NCA. 28.2.07 28.2.07 DIVED 16.7.06 IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS AN SS, UPRIGHT AND FAIRLY INTACT BUT ALL OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS GONE. NO EVIDENCE OF CARGO IN THE TWO HOLDS BETWEEN BOW AND BRIDGE. CONSIDERED TO BE DOWNSHIRE DUE TO POSITION, DIMENSIONS, LACK OF CARGO AND THE ABSENCE OF ANY OTHER CANDIDATES. (A CORKILL, EMAIL DTD 27.2.07). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, HULL INTACT, NO SUPERSTRUCTURE

Position: 54 0.11 N,5 1.65 W

 

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