This is the information page about the shipwreck Idaho, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 5.137 N,6 35.283 W (51.867, -6.7975)
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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: IDAHO
Length 105.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 3357 ton
Cause: struck rocks near coningbeg lightship and foundered while on passage new york for liverpool via queenstown.
Year of registration: 1988
Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1988
Details measurements/cartography: H1310/88/9 2.3.88 LOCATED 12.8.87 IN 520507N, 063514W. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY SOUP PLATE BEARING OWNERS' TRADING CREST AND NAME. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 34 IN GEN DEPTHS 38-42MTRS. LIES ON EVEN KEEL, ORIENTATED SE/NW WITH BOWS SE. ABOUT 90% OF WK HAS COLLAPSED IN ON ITSELF, ONLY THE BOWS STAND SOMEWHAT INTACT AND STAND 15-20FT ABOVE SEABED. (DIVERS REPORT). INS AS WK 34MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ON AN EVEN KEEL, WELL COLLAPSED
Position: 52 5.137 N,6 35.283 W