This is the information page about the shipwreck Hibernia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 7.458 N,5 36.18 W (53.371616666667, -5.6589166666667)
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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: HIBERNIA (POSSIBLY)
Length 30.6 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 149 ton
Cause: built in 1891 by mackie & thompson, glasgow. owned at time of loss by mather & co ltd, (anchor line). registered in grimsby. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 45 nhp, single shaft. machinery by muir & houston, glasgow. foundered in nnw force 4. (sii).
Year of registration: 1902
Water depth above wreck: 103 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm
Known since: 1902, last detected: 2015
Details measurements/cartography: H1935/80 7.2.83 SMALL SCATTERED WK EXAM'D 19.3.82 IN 530727N, 053606W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 98 IN GEN DEPTH 103MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LYING WNW/ESE. WELL SETTLED INTO THE SANDY SEABED. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). BR STD. SEP 2010/000142275 9.8.11 LOCATED IN 5307.459N, 0536.169W [WGD]. (GSI SURVEY CV10_01, DRAFT REPORT DTD 5.2010). INTACT, COLLAPSED & DECAYED. MINOR SCOUR. AMEND POSN. BR STD. 10.4.14 LEAST M/B DEPTH 99.57 IN GEN DEPTH 102.9MTRS. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. (IRISH WK LIST). AMEND WK 99MTRS. SEP 2015/000263012 4.3.16 WK 99.19MTRS IN 5307.458N, 0536.180W [WGD]. (GSI IRELAND WK RECORDS, CV10_01). AMEND TO NDW 99MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED
Position: 53 7.458 N,5 36.18 W