This is the information page about the shipwreck Folia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 52.861 N,7 41.349 W (51.867, -7.5675)

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: FOLIA

Length 131.1 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 6705 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-principello, ex-princpe di piemonte. built in 1907 by sir j laing & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cunard ss co ltd. five boilers, triple expansion engine of 807nhp, single shaft. passage new york for avonmouth. torpedoed u-53. 7 lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 264 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 4M ESE OF RAM HEAD YOUGHAL. 13.3.78 INS AS USCPA 18MTRS IN 515530N, 073624W. NC 2049. H1289/78/379 14.12.78 LARGE WK KNOWN LOCALLY AS FOLIO LOCATED IN 125FT OF WATER 4 MILES SOUTH OF RAM HEAD. PLATE WITH NAME LLOYD SABOUDO RECOVERED FROM WK IN 1978. BADLY BROKEN UP. (G TURNER 5.12.78). AMEND TO NDWPA IN 515230N, 072400W. BR STD. 15.8.85 IN POSN 515230N, 073954W ACCORDING TO KELVIN HUGHES NAVIGATOR. IN 120FT. MUCH SALVAGED FOR ITS BRASS CARGO. (TELECON). NCA. HH100/351/15 20.1.00 LIES IN 5152.88N, 0740.63W [WGD]. POSN BY GPS. GEN DEPTH 34MTRS AT LW SPRINGS. (T CAREY, FAX DTD 18.1.00). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 17.7.12 WK IN 5152.866N, 0741.346W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.8MTRS. LENGTH 113.2MTRS, WIDTH 16.5MTRS. (IRISH WKS LIST). AMEND WK 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 8.2.13 WAS HEAVILY SALVAGED BY RISDON BEASLEY IN 1977 FOR BRASS IN CARGO, THUS LITTLE REMAINS THAT IS RECOGNISABLE AS A SHIP. BOW IS THE HIGH POINT. HT 5.2MTRS. (WARSHIPS, UBOATS & LINERS - INSS 2012). SEP 2021/000096635 6.4.21 EXAM'D BY BDC; IN 5152.861N, 0741.349W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS, LENGTH 133.2MTRS, WIDTH 24.6MTRS, HT 6.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 264/084 DEGS. NFS. (2018 GSI SURVEY, KRY 018-02). AMEND DW 27.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BADLY BROKEN UP. NFS.

Position: 51 52.861 N,7 41.349 W

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