This is the information page about the shipwreck Inverdargle (bow section) (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 16.934 N,3 46.758 W (51.292766666667, -4.0713)

 

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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.

 

1. Beninin (possibly)
2. Cabenda
3. Carare
4. Cato (possibly)
5. Delfin
6. Fort medine
7. G a savage (possibly)
8. Gleneuse
9. Hms princess
10. Inverdargle (bow section) (probably)
11. Inverdargle (stern section) (probably)
12. James mcgee
13. Kendy
14. Madjoe
15. Malleny (or malleney)
16. Malleny (or malleney)
17. Morning star (possibly).
18. Plantes welvard (possibly)
19. Portugalete (probably).
20. Riptide
21. Riverton (stern portion) (possibly)
22. Samtampa
23. Scarweather ltv
24. Sirdar
25. Slava
26. Stalheim
27. Stanholme
28. Steepholm
29. Steepholm
30. Strombus (part of)
31. Strombus (part of)
32. Strombus (part of)
33. Strombus (part of)(probably)
34. Yesso

 

Name: INVERDARGLE (BOW SECTION) (PROBABLY)

Length 153.3 meter, width: 20.4 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 9456 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases

Cause: built in 1983 by deutsch werft, hamburg. owned at time of loss by inver tankers ltd. 8 cylinder oil engine of 997 hp. single shaft. machinery aft by maschinenfbrk, augsburg-nurnburg a g, augsburg. passage trinidad for avonmouth. ?mined (ww2sl) or ?torpedoed by u 33. (axis submarine successes, 1939-45).

Year of registration: 1949

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1949, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H0120/40 24.10.49 WK LOCATED IN 511655N, 034647W ON 10.9.49. SWEPT CLEAR AT 63FT [MLWS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65FT IN GEN DEPTH 99FT. NO SCOUR. POSSIBLY PART OF INVERGALE (HMS SEAGULL, 2.10.49). INS AS WK 10FMS 3FT.

- NM 2040/49. H5293/71 24.1.72 AMEND TO WK 18.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 1165. H3942/88 22.1.90 EXAM'D 4.8.89 IN 511654N, 034640.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.9, FOUL AT 19.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.6 IN GEN DEPTHS 23.5 TO 26MTRS. LIES ON A ROCKY SEABED BETWEEN TWO RIDGES AND IS ORIENTATED 080/260 DEG. APPEARS TO BE THE BOW SECTION OF THE INVERDARGLE. (LAND & MARINE ENG LTD, HI 464). BR STD. 27.1.12 LOCATED 2.12.10 IN 5116.934N, 0346.758W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.17 IN GEN DEPTH 32.15MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 26.8MTRS, WIDTH 20.0MTRS, HT 7.98MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. STROMG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1327). AMEND WK 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES BETWEEN TWO ROCK RIDGES

Position: 51 16.934 N,3 46.758 W

 

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