This is the information page about the shipwreck Fin-ar-bed, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.93 N,4 48.596 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Arno mendi
6. Asmund
7. British viscount
8. Castilian
9. Cognac
10. Conargo
11. Cressado
12. Cressida
13. Dagmar
14. Dundalk
15. Fairearn (probably)
16. Fairisle
17. Fawn (possibly)
18. Ferocious
19. Fin-ar-bed
20. Harold
21. Hms campina
22. Hms westphalia (possibly)
23. Kirkmichael
24. La rochelle (possibly)
25. Lilly (possibly)
26. Maarten cornelis
27. Marquess of bute (possibly)
28. Mary
29. Meath
30. Minerva
31. Missouri
32. Oria
33. Osseo
34. Pegasus (possibly)
35. Penvearn
36. Rhyl
37. Saint mirren (possibly)
38. Saint olaf
39. Sarpfos
40. Seagull
41. Slieve bloom
42. Sonia
43. Theme
44. Town of wexford (possibly)
45. Treveal
46. Trinidad
47. U 1024 (probably)
48. U 246
49. Uss roanoke
50. Westward ho

 

Name: FIN-AR-BED

Length 15.9 meter, width: 5.5 meter, draught: 2.3, tonnage 32 ton

Cause: built in france in 1957. owned at time of loss by a g philips, haverfordwest. oil engine of 298bhp. single shaft. took water after hitting submerged object. later sank. crew of three recovered.

Year of registration: 2001

Water depth above wreck: 91 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 2001, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: HH208/400/05 3.12.01 HH208/400/05 3.12.01 SANK IN 5334.09N, 0448.35W [WGD]. (MRSC HOLYHEAD, TLX DTD 26.11.01). INS AS WK 90MTRS.

- NM 345/02. 21.3.14 21.3.14 EXAM'D 6.11.13 IN 5333.930N, 0448.596W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 87.22 IN GEN DEPTH 91.5MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 85.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 13.8MTRS, WIDTH 4.1MTRS, HT 6.2MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. UPRIGHT, INTACT WITH APPARENT HOLE IN PORT SIDE MIDSHIPS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). ?BOWS NE. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AMEND WK 85MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, ?BOWS NE, INTACT

Position: 53 33.93 N,4 48.596 W

 

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