This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms assurance, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 13 N,6 56.25 W (55.30775, -7.0756333333333)

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: HMS ASSURANCE

Length 47.9 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 675 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: vessel, built 1940 by cochrane & sons, selby with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine, 1 boiler, single shaft. grounded on bluick rock, loch foyle & became a total loss. (sii, shipwrecks of the irish coast & shipwrecks of the ulster coast).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1977

Details measurements/cartography: H03792/43 9.12.43 H03792/43 9.12.43 WK ON BLUISH RK IN 551300N, 065612W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H8373/47 22.1.48 H8373/47 22.1.48 ST IN 551300N, 065612W. (HO LONDONDERRY).

- NM 152/48. H4107/73 15.8.73 H4107/73 15.8.73 INS ON 2811 & 2798. (MISSED SCALE).

- NM 1908/73. 14.1.77 14.1.77 REPORTED TO DRY TO 5FT AT LW. (N ANTRIM SALVAGE CO LTD). NCA. 30.6.05 30.6.05 EUT POSN: 5513.000N, 0656.250W. NC 2511.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 13 N,6 56.25 W

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