Wreck: Earl of lathom (Sailing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Earl of lathom, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.52 N,8 34.44 W (51.768116666667, -8.2951166666667)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: EARL OF LATHOM
Length 28.8 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 132 ton
Load: solid fuel,general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1885 of wood by ferguson & baird, connah's quay, chester. owned at time of loss by william hancock & co. passage connah's quay/mostyn for limerick. captured by submarine, abandoned and sunk by gunfire. (ww1sl & sii).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 87 meter
Known since: 1915
Details measurements/cartography: 22.1.71 SUNK 8 MILES S BY W OF OLD HEAD OF KINSALE. (WW1SL). POSN 512830N, 083424W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 28.52 N,8 34.44 W
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