This is the information page about the shipwreck Florence, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 8.317 N,7 29.533 W (55.4174, -7.2523666666667)

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.

Name: FLORENCE

Length 37.1 meter, width: 6.5 meter, draught: 2.6, tonnage 220 ton
Load: stone

Cause: vessel, built 1881 by craggs, r & sons, middlesborough. owned at time of loss by e.t. elias, liverpool. touched rocks when leaving berth at port-na-long. subsequently sprang leak & was towed into lough swilly where she sank off buncrana pier. (sii).

Year of registration: 1924

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter

Known since: 1924, last detected: 1965

Details measurements/cartography: H130/24 4.1.24 H130/24 4.1.24 SANK 317DEGS, 5C FROM BUNCRANA LT. (IRISH LTS). INS AS DW PA (1923) WITH G CAN BUOY. H130/24 H130/24 AMEND POSN TO 550816N, 070930W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN).

- NM ACTION. H3015/24 2.5.24 H3015/24 2.5.24 AMEND TO WK 6FMS. DELETE BUOY. (IRISH LTS 30/4). H1450/66 24.5.66 H1450/66 24.5.66 EXAM'D IN 550819N, 072929W [OSI] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 35FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36FT IN GEN DEPTH 42FT. DEPTH OF SCOUR 47FT. SEABED OF MUD. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 28.7.65). AMEND TO SW 5FMS 5FT. BR STD. 16.5.73 16.5.73 AMEND TO SW 10.6MTRS. NC 2697. 23.4.05 23.4.05 EUT POSN: 5508.317N, 0729.533W. NE 2697.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 8.317 N,7 29.533 W

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