This is the information page about the shipwreck Ilston, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.212 N,5 9.829 W (49.953533, -5.163817)

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: ILSTON

Length 91.4 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2426 ton
Load: machinery and mechanical parts,railway: stock and construction materials

Cause: sunk by german submarine 4m se of the lizard whilst en route from swansea to france. (ll ww1). vessel, built 1915 by dunlop bremner and owned at the time of loss by swansea steamers, was torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine 4m se of the lizard. 6 lives lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 SUNK 4M SE OF THE LIZARD. (ADMIRALTY). NCA, POSN APPROX. 26.11.69 WK LOCATED IN APPROX POSN 4M SE OF THE LIZARD BY SUB AQUA DIVERS. LIES INTACT, ORIENTATION BOWS SW & STERN NE, AT DEPTH OF 165FT. CARGO OF RAILWAY EQUIPMENT STILL IN HOLDS & ENGINES STILL INTACT. (R DAVIS & R LARN, 30.10.69). 2.9.70 NDW IN 495712N, 050939W USING HSA. LIES N/S. BOUGHT BY R DAVIS. (R DAVIS, 26.8.70). R/S. 2.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC 30MTRS. NE 154. 25.9.74 LOCATED DURING SALVAGE SURVEYS 1974. (E GILES). NCA. 15.1.82 BOW REPORTED SEPARATE FROM MAIN WK AND BROKEN UP. MIDSHIPS REASONABLY INTACT, BUT AFT OF SUPERSTRUCTURE FLATTENED. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 4). NCA. H5249/76 11.2.82 HAS BEEN OWNED BY S OATES OF PLYMOUTH SINCE 1978 AND SALVAGE OPS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT. (W E BUTLAND, 24.1.82). NCA. 17.4.01 LIES LISTING TO ONE SIDE. HULL INTACT, SUPERSTRUCTURE FLAT OTHER THAN THE BRIDGE. SEABED SAND. GEN DEPTH 52MTRS AT HW NEAPS. (J ROSEVEARE, TELCON 17.4.01). NCA. 19.7.07 NOT LOCATED. (D BRYDON, LTR DTD 17.7.07). NCA. SEP 2014/000153151 22.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 4957.212N, 0509.829W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.39 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 7.65MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT, BOW & AFTER SECTION COLLAPSED. (MMT, HI 1455). DEBRIS CLOSE ALONG NW SIDE, HULL APPARENTLY COLLAPSING. AMEND WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSING, BOWS NE

Position: 49 57.212 N,5 9.829 W

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