This is the information page about the shipwreck Innisfallen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 24.066 N,5 34.657 W (53.625166666667, -5.4926666666667)

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: Innisfallen

Length 82.9 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1405 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1896 by wigham richardson & co ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the city of cork ss packet co ltd. four boilers, four cylinder, triple expansion engine of 486 nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for cork. torpedoed by ub-64 with loss of 10 lives. (sii).positional analysis: ub64 position (ktb) plots 9.6nm se of this wreck. the master's report of the sinking (tna adm 137/1516) gives a position which plots 2.9nm ne of the wreck.archival analysis: the master stated the ship was hit port side in the stokehold and sank in four minutes. the u-boat then surfaced and approached the survivors but was driven off by hms kestrel (tna adm 137/1516). ub64 ktb states the ship was hit in the after part. the ktbrefers to having to crash dive on the approach of a destroyer

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 22 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20190525

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 SUNK 16MILES E 0.75 N OF KISH LTV. (DOD). H1935/80 8.2.83 WK EXAM'D 19.3.82 IN 532404N, 053437W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 9MTRS. INTACT WK, LYING NNE/SSW. ABOUT 45MTRS LONG. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). INS AS WK 61MTRS. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5324.066N, 0534.657W. BA 44. 15.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 25/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS STEAMSHIP BROKEN IN HALF AMIDSHIPS. PROBABLY UPRIGHT WITH THE FWD SECTION PARTIALLY BURIED ALONG STBD SIDE. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 12-13MTRS WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH VESSEL "INNISFALLEN". PHOTOS SHOW TO BE SMALL FERRY/LINER WITH CENTRAL SUPERSTRUCTURE, THE M/B SCAN COULD BE INTERPRETED AS BEING SIMILAR. (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "INNISFALLEN" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 24.066 N,5 34.657 W

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