This is the information page about the shipwreck Dunmail, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.164 N,3 14.396 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: DUNMAIL
Length 73.8 meter, width: 11.2 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 1337 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built of iron in 1873 by whitehaven shipbuilding co ltd. owned at time of loss by fisher & sprott. passage liverpool for melbourne. grounded on queens channel bar on the ebb tide during a gale while under tow. became a wreck. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1873
Water depth above wreck: 7 meter
Known since: 1873, last detected: 1975
Details measurements/cartography: H3906/59 25.1.60 H3906/59 25.1.60 WK 2FMS IN 533209N, 031420W. (K2184/55D, MDHB SURVEY). NC 1978. H1184/67 26.2.73 H1184/67 26.2.73 INS G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G CLOSE NNE. INS WK 2FMS ON 1981(MISSED SCALE). -NM 538/73. 20.8.73 20.8.73 ANCHORS, CABLES, SAILS ETC RECOVERED BY MDHB. DESTRUCTION BY BLASTING COMMENCED 22.8.1873 & COMPLETED 24.8.1874. DEPTH 12FT BELOW LBD. POSN 533209N, 031419W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 25.3.75 25.3.75 SHOWN AS WK 3.2 MTRS LAT ON K3500/KF NO 10. NC 1951.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 32.164 N,3 14.396 W