This is the information page about the shipwreck Dromore castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 29.536 N,0 52.258 E (53.372983333333, 1.0462166666667)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Ambrose fleming
3. Andarina
4. Antiope
5. Argo
6. Baron ailsa
7. Blue ballard
8. Bogatyr
9. Burgos
10. Capitaine edmond laborie
11. Carrier
12. Catford
13. Cecil (possibly)
14. Chatwood (possibly)
15. Chelsea (possibly)
16. Clavis
17. Corland
18. Cormarsh
19. Czestochowa
20. Dalemoor
21. Deodata
22. Dromore castle
23. Edith (possibly)
24. Egret
25. Empire newcomen
26. Euterpe (probably)
27. Fane
28. Fermain (possibly)
29. Fireglow
30. Fittonia (possibly)
31. Flashlight (probably)
32. Freidig (possibly)
33. Giorgio ohlsen
34. Harden
35. Heimland
36. Hms cap d'antifer
37. Hms cape spartel (probably)
38. Hms cobra
39. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
40. Hms linsdell
41. Hms loch alsh
42. Hms pintail
43. Hms queenworth
44. Hms speedy (probably)
45. Hms st donats
46. Hms warland (possibly)
47. Inge marguerite (possibly)
48. Jersey (probably)
49. Keynes
50. Konstantinos hadjipateras
51. La combattante (stern section)
52. Larchwood (possibly)
53. Laurium (possibly)
54. Lightship no 83
55. Lindy sue
56. London
57. Marie dawn
58. Matanuska (probably)
59. Mirabel
60. Nieuwland
61. Nimrod (probably)
62. Norfolk (possibly)
63. Ogono
64. Onesta
65. Pacific
66. Petroswift
67. Pilsudski
68. Polzella (possibly)
69. Rado (possibly)
70. Rebono (probably)
71. Robert w pomeroy
72. Royal scott
73. Royston
74. Schieland
75. Schieland (possibly)
76. Scotia (possibly)
77. Scotia (possibly)
78. Sea gem
79. Sea pearl
80. Shepherd lad
81. Sioux (probably)
82. Siri maria
83. Trignac (possibly)
84. Vechstroom
85. Vereingte (possibly)
86. Victoria
87. Virginian
88. Welsh prince
89. William balls (probably)
90. Zor

 

Name: DROMORE CASTLE

Length 122 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 8.7, tonnage 5242 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1919 b7 harland & wolff ltd, greenock. owned at time of loss by the union castle mail ss co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 517 hp, single shaft. passage london for leigth. in ballast. mined.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H04278/41 19.2.42 SUNK IN 532908N, 005200E. (TH, 16.12.41). INS AS DW WITH G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2) G 10S, CLOSE W.

- NM 401/42. H04278/41 5.12.42 AMEND POSN TO 532958N, 005225E.

- NM 2672/42. H04278/41 14.2.49 FOLLOWING DISPERSAL SWEPT CLEAR AT 24, FOUL AT 28FT IN GEN DEPTH 66FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43FT. POSN 532927N, 005204E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, JAN 1949). AMEND TO WK 4FMS, WITH G CON, GPFL(3) G 10S, CLOSE NE.

- NM 274/49. H04278/41 1.9.49 FURTHER DISPERSAL. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 61FT. POSN 532927N, 005204E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, SEPT 1949). AMEND TO WK 7.5FMS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1767/49. 23.6.75 AMEND TO SW 14MTRS [LAT]. NC 107. HH242/570/01 17.8.90 LOCATED IN 358850E, 5929356N [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. HAS NO ELEVATION. GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, MAR/APL 1990, M1577). AMEND POSN ONLY. BR STD. HH100/351/05 7.7.92 CONFIRMED BY LOCAL DIVERS AS WK OF DROMORE CASTLE. (LINDA O'CARROLL, 27.6.92). HH090/579/01 10.2.93 NOT FOUND. (SEATEAM, HI 579). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. HH090/593/01 4.1.94 NOT FOUND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). NCA. SEP 2020/000235095 7.10.20 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2019). NFS. (UKHO-BDC & TRITON KNOLL OFFSHORE WIND LTD SURVEY 23.7.18-22.10.19). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 29.536 N,0 52.258 E

 

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