This is the information page about the shipwreck Illyrian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 26.197 N,9 28.73 W (51.655183333333, -9.7486833333333)
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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: ILLYRIAN
Length 118.9 meter, width: 11.4 meter, draught: 8.9, tonnage 2967 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: ran ashore in fog. wrecked at faill ui chathail, under old cape clear ltho. on passage liverpool to boston. vessel, built 1867, was owned at time of loss by f. leyland & co. (dods & shipwrecks of the irish coast)
Year of registration: 1990
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter
Known since: 1990, last detected: 1994
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/02 2.3.90 LOCATED IN 512718N, 094912W, APPROX. LIES IN 30MTRS. (E BOURKE). POSN TAKEN FROM ROUGH SKETCH. FOR FILING ONLY. 11.2.02 ABOVE INFORMATION BELEIVED IN ERROR, AS POSN PLOTS OFF MIZEN HEAD. DODS & E BOURKE'S BOOK, SHIPWRECKS OF THE IRISH COAST PUBLISHED 1994 STATES VESSEL RAN AGROUND ON CLEAR ISLAND. E BOURKE GIVES POSN AS 5126.167N, 0928.700W. POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 26.197 N,9 28.73 W