This is the information page about the shipwreck Eskmere, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 12.649 N,5 11.981 W (53.230533333333, -4.9533166666667)

 

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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. Adela (possibly)
2. Alcazar
3. Alhambra
4. Anteros
5. Baldersby (probably)
6. Balthazar
7. Cressida
8. Cresswell (probably)
9. Cyrene
10. Earl of elgin
11. Fairearn (probably)
12. Fostimore
13. Holyhead
14. Kenmare
15. Lowther range (probably)
16. M.s.c. irwell
17. Mexico city
18. Oliver cromwell
19. Palmella (possibly)
20. Penvearn
21. Perseus
22. Tarbetness
23. Tarbetness
24. The marquis
25. Trieste
26. Trinidad
27. U 87
28. U 87 (part of) (possibly)
29. Vivar

 

Name: Eskmere

Length 87.5 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2293 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: positional analysis: the wreck lies 9nm south of the position given by the 2nd mate, one of the few survivors (tna adm 137/1362). the position given in uc75's ktb is vague, but the position on its patrol track chart plots 10.6nm north ofthe wreck.archival analysis: the wreck appears to be pointing in the general direction eskmere was steering when sunk. it sank in three minutes after being torpedoed in the region of nos 3 8< 4 holds. the torpedo is reported to have blown out both sides of the ship, which then sank atonce (tna adm 137/1362).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 117 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20190516

Details measurements/cartography: 19.4.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT. LENGTH 220FT, HEIGHT 36FT, DIRECTION 090DEG/270DEG. (AUBD 319/337 EG 31) H1935/80 19.5.82 EXAM'D 4.11.1981 IN 531238N, 051155W, USING HIFIX 6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 109.6 IN GEN DEPTH 117MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS. MEDIUM SIZED WK, INTACT, LYING 070/250 DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). BR STD. 14.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 16/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS WRECK, CARGO SHIP WITH BOW AND STERN BROKEN DOWN, WK APPROX 66MTRS IN LENGTH AND 12.2MTRS IN WIDTH. WRECK OF "ESKMERE VERY SIMILAR IN WIDTH, BUT DIFFICULT TO MEASURE LENGTH, DUE TO WK BEING MUCH DEGRADED. (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE OBJNAM TO "ESKMERE" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 12.649 N,5 11.981 W

 

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