This is the information page about the shipwreck Ionic star, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.714 N,3 7.48 W (53.545233, -3.124667)

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: IONIC STAR

Length 121.3 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 5602 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: stranded and broke its back. voyage from santos to liverpool.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: H392/40 26.2.40 H392/40 26.2.40 POSN 533240N, 030721W, OR 288DEGS, 1.7M FROM VICTORIA BEACH MARK. (MERSEY HR BOARD). NCA. H392/40 9.8.46 H392/40 9.8.46 ST IN 533240N, 030721W. (MDHB). BR STD. H3347/58 16.3.59 H3347/58 16.3.59 SHOWN IN 533242N, 030724W ON MERSEY HR BOARD SURVEY K1720. NC 1951. 16.4.73 16.4.73 OCT/NOV 1939 BULK OF CARGO RECOVERED & LANDED. DESTRUCTION OF VESSEL STARTED BY MS & WB. LATER HANDED OVER TO CONTRACT OR ON REPAYMENT FOR WEIGHT OF METAL LANDED. JULY 1941: OFFER ACCEPTED OF SHIP SALVAGE LTD TO REMOVE 200TONS AT 4/- PER TON. FEB 1942: USED AS A TARGET FOR GUN PRACTICE. MAY 1942: GUN PRACTICE HAS BEEN STOPPED BUT WILL RECOMMENCE SHORTLY. 18.1.44: 181 TONS REMOVED BY SHIP SALVAGE LTD. 21.3.44: MARINE COMMITTEE ORDER NO FURTHER EXPENDITURE ON THIS WK. HT ABOVE LBD UNKNOWN. POSN: 533243N, 030725W. 24.3.75 24.3.75 SHOWN ON SURVEY K3500/KF NO.10. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STEEL HULL

Position: 53 32.714 N,3 7.48 W

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