This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire of peace, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 54.33 N,6 19.115 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: EMPIRE OF PEACE

Length 58.1 meter, width: 11.8 meter, draught: 8.7, tonnage 1549 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,metal: concentrate and products,general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1859 by gass, new brunswick. owned at time of loss by merchants' trading co. stranded in se force 10. (sii). passage liverpool for new orleans. cargo metal hoops and other cotton trade goods. foundered on reefs and finally sank in the bay. (p o'neil).

Year of registration: 1999

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter

Known since: 1999, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: HH286/470/03 6.7.99 ISO DANGER MARK TO BE ERECTED ON WK OF 'EMPRESS OF PEACE' IN 5354.32N, 0619.06W [OSI]. LIGHTED PERCH WITH TOPMARK, FL(2) 10 SEC, 4 MILES. HT OF STRUCTURE 8MTRS, 1.3MTRS ABOVE MHWS. (COMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LIGHTS, FAX DTD 31.5.99). NCA. HH286/470/03 19.7.99 VESSEL WAS A BARQUE. SANK ABOUT 110 YEARS AGO. CONFIRMED AS BEING A DRYING WRECK. LIGHT NOT YET PLACED. (P O'NEILL, LTR DTD 5.7.99). INS AS ST. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5354.330N, 0619.115W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 54.33 N,6 19.115 W

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