This is the information page about the shipwreck Empress, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 9.653 N,6 24.893 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)

 

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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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7. Earl
8. Empress
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11. Hildefjord
12. Hms kethailes
13. Idaho
14. Isolda
15. Iverna ii
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22. Rask (possibly)
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26. Thoralf (possibly)
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31. Viferedo
32. Ydun

 

Name: EMPRESS

Length 70.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1315 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1889 by grangemouth dockyard co. owned at time of loss by w curwen, liverpool. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 136 nhp, single shaft. passage seville for ayr. was wrecked on black rock, carnsore, wexford. (sii).

Year of registration: 1897

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1897

Details measurements/cartography: MAY 1897 WRECK OF SS EMPRESS WITH MAINMAST ABOVE WATER, LIES SUNK 2M W OF CARNSORE POINT IN 520940N, 062450W APPROX. (COMMISSION OF IRISH LIGHTS, NOTICE DTD MAY 1897). INS WRECK (OLD SYMBOL).

- NM 321/1897. 1923 AMENDED TO DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 2049. H3160/80 12.8.80 H3160/80 12.8.80 NOT KNOWN OF AS A DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (HBR MASTER, KILMORE QUAY). NCA. 4.5.78 4.5.78 SHOWN AS DW IN 520938N, 062450W. NC 1178.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 9.653 N,6 24.893 W

 

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