This is the information page about the shipwreck Dundalk, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 47.213 N,4 40.545 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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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Name: DUNDALK

Length 71.9 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 794 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 123. (der krieg zur see). built in 1899 by a & j inglis. owned at time of loss by the dundalk & newry steam packet co. triple expansion engines of 283 nhp for 12 knots. 21 of the crew were killed. (dods). sunk 5m nnw of the skerries. passage liverpool to dundalk. (ll ww1)

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 71 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20220415

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 9.5.45 CONTACT, LENGTH 220FT, BEAM 24FT, HEIGHT 24FT IN 534700N, 044200W. (W. APPS LIST, 9.5.45). 25.8.55 INS ON WK CHARTS. 8.2.79 SHOWN AS WK PA 50MTRS. NCS 1411,1826. HH090/705/01 3.10.96 EXAM'D 29.4.96 IN 534712.6N, 044036.6W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.5 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 077/257DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES UPRIGHT AND IS BROKEN. MAIN PART LIES 077/257DEGS, SMALLER PART LIES 123/303DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 705). BR STD. HH100/351/14 6.7.99 WK IS UPRIGHT AND ABOUT 8MTRS HIGH. THE HULL IS BROKEN IN TWO EXPOSING BOILER. ARTEFACTS RECOVERED IDENTIFY THE WK AS THE 'DUNDALK', 794 GT, BUILT 1899. (J SHAW, LTR DTD 30.6.99). NCA. RSDRA2022000220871 7.10.22 EXAM’D 15.04.22 IN 5347.213N, 0440.545W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 49.26MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. LENGTH 75.6MTRS, WIDTH 12.7MTRS, HT 6.99MTRS. ORIENTATION 071/251 DEGS. UPRIGHT & INTACT, IN 2 PIECES. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1707 H525_7379). AMEND NDW 49.26 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS

Position: 53 47.213 N,4 40.545 W

 

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