This is the information page about the shipwreck Haileybury, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 55.172 N,5 16.005 W (54.907266666667, -5.1794333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: HAILEYBURY
Length 98.8 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2888 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1902 by w pickersgill & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by william thomas & sons, swansea. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 282 nhp, single shaft. machinery by g clark ltd, sunderland. passage the clyde for nantes. sunk by u-91, possibly by scuttling charges. 2 lives lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 71 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20170122
Details measurements/cartography: M9975 1918 SANK HALF WAY BETWEEN CORSEWALL PT AND BLACK HEAD. (CHIEF OFFICER). M06940 25.2.18 SANK 7M WNW [MAG] FROM PORTPATRICK. (COMMODORE, LARNE). [NO DATE] SANK 15M SE BY E 3/4 E FROM THE MAIDENS. (SOURCE UNKNOWN, 1918). H0109/45 ?.7.45 WK IN 545500N, 051530W. LENGTH 90FT, HEIGHT 24FT. (W APPRS CARD INDEX). H3671/72 12.9.72 EXAM'D 13.7.72 IN 545510N, 051557W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.4 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. DCS3 HT AGREES. LENGTH APPARENTLY 340FT. LIES 080/260 DEGS. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). INS AS WK 18FMS. BR STD. 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK 32MTRS. NC 2199. H5982/82 16.11.82 WK SHOWN IN 545457N, 051532W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS A-PLOT 16, [1982]. H1311/88/62 9.1.89 DIVED ON 19.6.88 & 23.7.88. IDENTIFIED AS THE HAILEYBURY FROM MAKER'S PLATE WHICH GIVES SHIP'S NO. HULL SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT AND COAL SIGHTED. (G JONES). SEP 2017/000034083 27.6.17 EXAM'D 22.01.17; IN 5455.172N, 0516.005W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS, LENGTH 115.1MTRS, WIDTH 29.7MTRS, HEIGHT 10.32MTRS, ORIENTATION 071/251 DEGS. (MMT, HI1508). AMEND NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL GENERALLY INTACT, UPRIGHT
Position: 54 55.172 N,5 16.005 W