This is the information page about the shipwreck East wales, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 35.01 N,8 15.67 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.

 

1. Ardent ii
2. Caliph
3. Carrabin (possibly)
4. Carrabin (possibly)
5. Carrigrenan outfall
6. Chiapas (probably)
7. City of chicago
8. East wales
9. El zorro
10. Gafsa (possibly)
11. Ghislaine renee
12. Hms bredah (possibly)
13. Hms morocoala
14. Irish plane
15. Joseph mitchell
16. Killarney
17. Kinsale western bridge
18. Kinsale western bridge
19. Kinsale western bridge
20. Kinsale western bridge
21. Kinsale western bridge
22. Kinsale western bridge
23. Lilian h
24. Lusitania
25. Santo (sento or sente)
26. Star immaculate
27. Tallygross (possibly)
28. U 58 (probably)
29. U58 (possibly)
30. Uc 42
31. Westwick

 

Name: EAST WALES

Length 122 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4321 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built 1915 by w & c dobson ltd. newcastle upon tyne, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 455hp, 3boilers, single shaft. machinery by ne marine eng. co. ltd., newcastle. owned at time of loss by east wales ss co. ltd. passage from newport. captured by german submarine u-57 and sunk by gunfire. crew abandoned ship but 3 killed. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 80 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] SUNK 8M S BY W 1/2 W FROM DAUNT ROCK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). GIVES POSN 513500N, 081600W. 13.3.78 INS AS WK USC PA 45MTRS. NC 2049. HH100/351/20 8.8.03 LOCATED IN 5135.01N, 0815.67W [WGD]. (M DENNEHY, FAX DTD 4.2.03). USC RE-ASSESSED. INS AS WK USC 55MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 35.01 N,8 15.67 W

 

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