This is the information page about the shipwreck Glanmire, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 55.217 N,2 8.256 W (55.683333333333, -18.4)

 

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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.

 

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2. Aikaterini
3. Alida gorthon
4. Ampleforth
5. Ardgour ii
6. Asta (probably)
7. Astra ii
8. Auriac (probably)
9. Ballochbuie (possibly)
10. Baron st jernblad
11. Baron stjernblad
12. Bear
13. Borgland
14. Boyne castle (possibly)
15. Calabria
16. Calafatis
17. Captain
18. Centaruo i
19. Conch
20. Dalblair
21. Dione ii
22. Diplomat
23. Efploia
24. Empire moose
25. Fanefjeld
26. Fellside
27. Gaslight (parts of)(possibly)
28. Gasray (part of)(possibly)
29. Glanmire
30. Gyda
31. Halland (probably)
32. Havilde
33. Hms pathfinder
34. Hms strathrannock
35. King robert
36. Loch lomond
37. Mandros
38. Martin goldschmidt
39. Nerissa
40. Odense
41. Olympier
42. Onoba
43. President
44. River garry
45. Rushpool
46. Sabbia
47. Scotia
48. Sea hunter
49. Sesostris
50. Shadwan
51. Shakespeare
52. Sitala
53. Thornlea
54. Tortuguero
55. U 1103
56. U 1194
57. U 2354
58. U 3514
59. U 532
60. U 714
61. Ulva (possibly)
62. Venus
63. Victor ross
64. Vinemoor
65. Vingaland

 

Name: GLANMIRE

Length 73.8 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1141 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built of iron in 1888 by w b thompson & co, dundee. owned at time of loss by james rankine & sons. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage amsterdam for leith and grangemouth. general cargo. ran ashore 1/4 mile se of st abb's lt ho in thick fog. became a total loss.

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 219 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 20200410

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/81/24 22.9.81 LOCATED IN 555515N, 020810W. WELL BROKEN UP. HIGHEST POINT BEING THE BOILERS WHICH STAND SOME 6MTRS ABOVE THE SEABED. GEN DEPTH AT 2HRS AFTER LWS ON 31.8.81 WAS 30MTRS. (W MURNEY). INS AS WK 22MTRS. BR STD.. 12.1.99 LIES 300MTRS OUT FROM ST ABB'S LTHO ON A FLAT SEABED AT 28MTRS. (DIVER MAGAZINE JAN'99). HH090/915/01 16.1.02 EXAM'D 24.6.01 IN 5555.228N, 0208.242W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.2 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LIES 039/219 DEGS. BROKEN UP WK. NOT SWEPT DUE TO LARGE NUMBER OF FISHING BUOYS. (GARDLINE, HI 915). AMEND TO WK 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2021/000090526 1.4.21 EXAM'D 10.4.20 IN 5555.217N, 0208.256W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.96MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 96MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS, HT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 219/039 DEGS. WK UPRIGHT WITH BOW SECTION BURIED. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, BOILERS HIGH POINT, FISHING BUOYS

Position: 55 55.217 N,2 8.256 W

 

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