This is the information page about the shipwreck Fairearn (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 26.214 N,5 6.349 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. Arno mendi
5. Baldersby (probably)
6. British viscount
7. Conargo
8. Cressado
9. Cressida
10. Eskmere
11. Fairearn (probably)
12. Farfield
13. Fin-ar-bed
14. Glenford
15. Hms manners (stern section)
16. Holyhead
17. Kenmare
18. Lowther range (probably)
19. Maja
20. Nadejda (possibly)
21. Normandy coast
22. Oliver cromwell
23. Penvearn
24. Sarpfos
25. Slieve bloom
26. The marquis
27. Trieste
28. Trinidad
29. U 1024 (probably)
30. U 246
31. Uss roanoke
32. Vivar

 

Name: FAIREARN (PROBABLY)

Length 53.5 meter, width: 8.6 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 592 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1915 by ardrossan drydock & sb co ltd. owned at time of loss by j inglis & co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 99nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by lidgerwood ltd, glasgow. passage garston for cork. captured by uc-65 and sunk by explosive charges. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 16 MILES WNW FROM S STACK, HOLYHEAD. (WW1SL). H1935/80 20.3.84 H1935/80 20.3.84 EXAM'D 7.12.83 IN 532612N, 050617W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61 IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10.5MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LYING 105/285 DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). BR STD. H1935/80 28.10.86 H1935/80 28.10.86 WK OR WRECKAGE LOCATED 532614N, 050613W [EUR] USING SYLEDIS. (CABLE SHIP IRIS, TLX DTD 27.9.86). 31.3.88 31.3.88 WK LOCATED IN 532635N, 050617W [OGB] BY CABLE SHIP MONARCH. (BRIT TELECOM, SOUTHAMPTON, TELECON). PRESUMABLY THIS WK. NFA. H1935/80 27.4.88 H1935/80 27.4.88 POSN NOW GIVEN AS 532618N, 050613W [?OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LENGTH OF WK 25 TO 35MTRS, HEIGHT 10MTRS. (R K DIXON, CABLE SHIP MONARCH, 25.3.88). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 26.214 N,5 6.349 W

 

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