This is the information page about the shipwreck Eilean glas, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 42.26 N,6 14.56 W (53.87015, -6.1762)

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.

Name: EILEAN GLAS

Length 47.5 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 374 ton
Load: salt

Cause: ran aground one mile s of drogheda. later salvaged, but beached almost in same position when found to be too badly damaged for repair. vessel abandoned. passage kilroot for drogheda.

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter

Known since: 1980

Details measurements/cartography: H5001/72 20.6.80 ABANDONED AS TOTAL WK. LYING ON SIDE AND SALVAGE ATTEMPTS FINISHED. IN VICINITY OF ORIGINAL STRANDING. (LL 24.5.80). INS AS STPA IN 534215N, 061430W. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5342.260N, 0614.560W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 42.26 N,6 14.56 W

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