This is the information page about the shipwreck Foylemore (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 1.448 N,4 38.801 W (49.791683333333, -4.3761)

 

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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. Afric
2. Alexander kennedy
3. Almond branch (possibly)
4. Atlantis (possibly)
5. Beatrice (possibly)
6. Benito
7. Bosphorous (possibly)
8. Brialan
9. Carolus
10. Charlwood
11. Dionne marie
12. Duguesclin
13. Eastfield
14. Elisabeth (possibly)
15. Eskdale
16. Foylemore (possibly)
17. Ganymede
18. Hera
19. Hmcs trentonian
20. Hms almond (after part)
21. Hms almond (bow part)
22. Hms comet
23. Hms lady of the isles
24. Hms narwhal
25. Jolie mouette
26. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
27. Kantoeng (part of)
28. King harry (probably)
29. Kremsertor
30. Kwester
31. Lancaster
32. Lauwerzee
33. Lucent (possibly)
34. Mary
35. Mountby
36. Mourne (probably)
37. Orchis
38. Pegasus
39. Rigmor (possibly)
40. Rio sorocaba
41. Rosehill
42. Shoal fisher
43. Silver laurel
44. St andre (possibly)
45. Sunik (probably)
46. Tregenna (possibly)
47. Ub 113
48. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
49. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
50. Western coast (possibly)
51. Wilhelmina maria
52. Woodburn

 

Name: FOYLEMORE (POSSIBLY)

Length 109.7 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3831 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1911 by j l thompson & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by johnston line ltd. triple expansion engine of 301nhp, single shaft. passage calais for manchester. torpedoed by ub-55. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 72 meter, Height above seabed: 6 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 22M E 0.5 S FROM LIZARD. (WW1SL). H2537/28 H2537/28 SUNK 500230N, 043630W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3110/72 27.11.73 H3110/72 27.11.73 & H4741/72 29.11.73 WK LOCATED IN 500124.1N, 043843.5W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 66.0MTRS IN 72.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. GOOD FIRM E/S & SONAR CONTACT IN FLAT BOTTOMED AREA. (HMS HECATE, 1973). CHART AS WK 66MTRS [36FMS] & DELETE USC PA 30FMS ABOUT 1M S.

- NM 2433/73 H3193/70 15.7.74 H3193/70 15.7.74 WK IN 500124.1N, 043843.5W [OGB] USING DECCA, STATED TO BE 30FT HIGH. (C WILLIAMS). CONSIDER HEIGHT INCORRET. NCA. H1280/76/31 25.3.76 H1280/76/31 25.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500132N, 043844W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76). NCA. HH100/351/21 17.5.04 HH100/351/21 17.5.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH TO THE TOP OF THE ONE LARGE BOILER WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POINT. BROKEN, COLLAPSING OUTWARDS AND SINKING INTO THE SEABED. LIES STERN N WITH SINGLE PROP AND PROPSHAFT. OF THE MIDSHIPS SECTION ONLY A FEW PLATES REMAINS, PLUS A CARGO OF LARGE RUBBER RINGS, ABOUT THE SIZE OF TYRES. SOME OLD TRAWL NETTING IS SNAGGED MIDSHIPS. SKELETON OF A DONKEY SEEN BY K COOMBES. (M ADES, EMAIL DTD 17.5.04). NCA. HH091/059/01 4.4.05 HH091/059/01 4.4.05 EXAM'D 12.8.04 IN 5001.448N, 0438.801W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.3 IN GEN DEPTH 71.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 006/186 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. COLLAPSED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 66MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 2.8.07 2.8.07 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A WW1 SS. CARGO OF RAILWAY TYRES. (G POUND, TELECON). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES STERN N, COLLAPSING

Position: 50 1.448 N,4 38.801 W

 

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