Wreck: Ennistown (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Ennistown (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 31.532 N,5 44.598 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)
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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: ENNISTOWN (POSSIBLY)
Length 59.4 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 689 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: ex-eimstad. built in 1908 by r thompson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by town line (harrison sons & co). one boiler, triple expansion engine of 72hp, single shaft. passage dublin for cardiff. in ballast. captured and scuttled by uc-65 10 miles se from s arklow ltv. (ww1sl & sii).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: H1950/76 11.11.80 H1950/76 11.11.80 WK EXAM'D 24.4.80 IN 523132N, 054431W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58.5 IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. NO SCOUR. APPROX LENGTH 60MTRS, LYING N/S. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). INS AS WK 57MTRS. BR STD. 11.6.07 SEP 2007/000043225 11.6.07 WK LOCATED IN 5231.532N, 0544.598W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 15MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 199-2005). LIES 020/200 DEGS WITH BOWS PROBABLY BOWS SSW. NO SCOUR. NO DEBRIS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 3029/07.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, PROBABLY BOWS SSW
Position: 52 31.532 N,5 44.598 W
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