This is the information page about the shipwreck Dromore, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 19.19 N,2 31.58 W (49.465666666667, -2.6346666666667)
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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: DROMORE
Length 43.3 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 268 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: captured & sunk by gunfire from uc-70 6m s from st. martin's point, guernsey. passage st malo for swansea. (ll ww1, ww1sl & m page).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 52 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1983
Details measurements/cartography: 18.4.75 POINT OF ATTACK - 6 MILES S OF ST MARTIN'S POINT, GUERNSEY. (WW1SL & MR ROWDEN, DTI TELECON 18.4.75). NCA. APPROX POSN 491915N, 023130W FOR FILING ONLY. H1310/83 18.4.83 MASTER OF 'DROMORE' REPORTED POINT OF ATTACK WAS 7 MILES S OF W COAST OF GUERNSEY. (D KRECKELER, 11.4.83). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 19.19 N,2 31.58 W