This is the information page about the shipwreck Inverdargle (stern section) (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 16.564 N,3 47.325 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. Pen-y-mor (possibly)
19. Plantes welvard (possibly)
20. Portugalete (probably).
21. Riptide
22. Riverton (stern portion) (possibly)
23. Samtampa
24. Scarweather ltv
25. Sirdar
26. Slava
27. Stalheim
28. Stanholme
29. Steepholm
30. Steepholm
31. Strombus (part of)
32. Strombus (part of)
33. Strombus (part of)
34. Strombus (part of)(probably)
35. Yesso

 

Name: INVERDARGLE (STERN 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: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 335 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: SEE INVERDAGLE (BOW SECTION). H0120/40 9.2.40 POSN 350 DEG, 1.5M FROM FORELAND LT. (CINC WAPPS; TH). INS AS DWPA IN POSN 350 DEG, 1.5M FROM FORELAND LT. - FNM 247/40. H0120/40 3.6.40 INS ON CHARTS.

- NM 1364/40. H0120/40 24.10.49 POSN 511631N, 034720W. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 47, FOUL AT 48FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54 IN GEN DEPTH 90FT. PRONOUNCED OVERFALL OVER WK EXCEPT AT SLACK WATER. (HMS SEAGULL, SIGNAL DTD 21.9.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 5FT.

- NM 2040/49. H5293/71 24.1.72 AMEND TO WK 14.3MTRS. NC 1165. 12.9.75 REPORTED THAT WRECK GIVES OFF SLIGHT OIL SLICK. (LYMINGTON BSAC). 20.9.76 DIVED ON 18/19.9.76. LIES EXACTLY UPSIDE DOWN ORIENTATED E/W. STANDS 12MTRS ABOVE SEABED. STILL LEAKS OIL WHICH FORMS A SLICK ON THE SURFACE. (C BURTON, TELECON 20.9.76). NCA. 2.8.84 REPD TO BE REGULARLY FISHED OVER. THE SMELL OF LEAKING FUEL STILL VERY MUCH APPARENT. H3942/88 22.1.90 EXAM'D 4.8.89 IN 511631N, 034715W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.0, FOUL AT 17.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.7 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11MTRS, LENGTH 140MTRS, BREADTH 25MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEG. THIS IS MAIN SECTION OF WK WITH BOW LYING ABOUT 1300MTRS TO THE NE. (LAND & MARINE ENG LTD, HI 464). BR STD. HH100/351/05 16.4.92 DIVED ON IN 511646N, 034720.5W [OGB] USING DECCA]. (J HEWITT, 20.3.92). NCA. SEP 2020/000233025 23.7.20 WK LOCATED IN 5116.563N, 0347.325W (WGD). LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.79MTRS, LENGTH 112.32MTRS, WIDTH 29.53MTRS, HT 10.87MTRS, ORIENTATION 335DEGS. NO SCOUR. (H525, HI1506). AMEND DW 18.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED

Position: 51 16.564 N,3 47.325 W

 

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