This is the information page about the shipwreck Ira (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 11.084 N,1 31.127 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Acer
4. Admiral gardner
5. Advent
6. Africa
7. Agen
8. Algeria
9. Amplegarth
10. Andaman
11. Angelus (possibly)
12. Archon
13. Ashley
14. Atlantic (possibly)
15. Avon
16. Brandenburg
17. Bravore
18. Ca 4
19. Camisard
20. Cap de la hague
21. Carmen
22. Cathay (part of)
23. Cedrington court
24. Colbert
25. Colbert (possibly)
26. Constanzia
27. Corhaven
28. Correct
29. Costas michalos (fwd part)
30. D'artagnan
31. Dalryan
32. Dartmore
33. Diana
34. Dinard
35. Dixie
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Dolcoath (part)
38. Dunbar castle
39. E goodwin ltv
40. Efford
41. Eidsiva (probably)
42. Eleonora
43. Emile deschamps
44. Emma
45. Emma (possibly)
46. Empire lough (probably)
47. Empress of fort william (probably)
48. Empress of midland (possibly)
49. En avant
50. Falcon (probably)
51. Fearless
52. Filleigh
53. Flachsee
54. Flandres
55. Francesco ciampa
56. Fred everard
57. Frons olivae (probably)
58. G 85 (possibly)
59. G-42 (possibly)
60. Gad 23
61. Genimar
62. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
63. Halcyon
64. Harcalo
65. Henry b plant
66. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
67. Hmhs anglia
68. Hms alert ?
69. Hms aragonite (part of)
70. Hms aries (possibly)
71. Hms artic trapper
72. Hms brazen
73. Hms carilon
74. Hms carlton
75. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
76. Hms city of dundee
77. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
78. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
79. Hms fauvette
80. Hms flirt
81. Hms glen boyne
82. Hms guardsman
83. Hms kingston galena
84. Hms lord grey
85. Hms lydian
86. Hms marcella
87. Hms myrtle
88. Hms napia
89. Hms niger (possibly)
90. Hms northumberland (probably)
91. Hms othello ii
92. Hms peridot
93. Hms pyrope
94. Hms restoration (possibly)
95. Hms rodino
96. Hms stirling castle (probably)
97. Hms tamarisk
98. Hms torbay ii (probably)
99. Hms tourmaline
100. Hms tranquil
101. Hms war sepoy
102. Hms weigelia
103. Hms wessex
104. Hmsm b2
105. Hundvaag
106. Ilaro
107. Ira (possibly)
108. Jacob luckenbach
109. James harrod
110. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
111. Kabinda
112. Kadru
113. Karmt
114. Katharina kolkmann
115. Kielce
116. Kirsten skou
117. Koenigshaven
118. L'armandeche
119. La fleche
120. Lady stella
121. Latona
122. Laurl coin
123. Lbv (m)396
124. Le pelerin de la mer
125. Leicester
126. Leo
127. Lisbeth m
128. Loanda
129. Lord hamilton (possibly)
130. Luray victory
131. Lusitania
132. Mahratta
133. Mahratta ii
134. Maloja 1
135. Malta (probably)
136. Mariner moon
137. Menapier
138. Merel (part of)(possibly)
139. Mersey
140. Monarch
141. Munificent
142. Murillo
143. Nancy moran
144. Newlands
145. Niendorf (possibly)
146. Niki
147. Norman
148. North eastern victory
149. Notre dame des trois epis
150. Ocean hound
151. Opal
152. Ousel (probably)
153. Pallieter
154. Paros isle
155. Phoenix
156. Polgrange
157. Ponzano
158. Preussen
159. Pulborough
160. Quentovic
161. Rio parana
162. Rydal force
163. Rynanna
164. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
165. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
166. Sabac
167. Saidieh
168. Saint michael veillez sur nous
169. Saint ronan (possibly)
170. Saint ronan (possibly)
171. Sambut
172. Santagata
173. Santagata (?part of)
174. Selma (possibly)
175. Smarapaan
176. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
177. Strathclyde
178. Surrey
179. Tbd 317
180. Teeswood
181. Texaco caribbean (after section)
182. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
183. The queen
184. Tina primo
185. Tongue sand tower (remains)
186. Toornvliet (probably)
187. Toward
188. Traquair (probably)
189. U 11 (possibly)
190. U 16 (possibly)
191. U 48
192. U 8
193. Ub 108 (possibly)
194. Ub 109
195. Ub 38
196. Ub 55 (probably)
197. Ub 56 (possibly)
198. Ub 78
199. Ub-33 (probably)
200. Uc 26
201. Uc 46
202. Uc 46 (possibly)
203. Uc 77 (possibly)
204. Uc 78 or uc 79
205. Unity
206. Virginie
207. W a scholten
208. Westerley star
209. Wheatman (possibly)
210. Will and maggie (probably)
211. Woodtown (possibly)
212. Xanthence

 

Name: IRA (POSSIBLY)

Length 134.7 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 7176 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-harry percy. built in 1943. greek flag. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage newport news for antwerp. ran aground and broke in two. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 343 cm

Known since: 1947, last detected: 20210925

Details measurements/cartography: H5854/47 7.2.51 TWO MASTS ALWAYS VISIBLE. (HMS FRANKLIN, SURVEY [E8185], DTD 1947). CHART AS ST. NC 1828. H927/59 3.10.60 TWO MASTS SHOWING AT ALL STATES OF TIDE. (ECES, DTD 1959). ADD LEGEND: (2MASTS). LC 1828. H2421/62 24.8.62 NO LONGER DRIES. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18 IN GEN DEPTH 56FT. SCOUR DEPTH 77FT. FIXED BY HSA. (HMS ECHO, DTD 22.3.62). AMENDED TO DW. LC 1828. H3890/68 19.3.68 A GOOD SONAR CONTACT LYING IN A HUGE SCOUR SURROUNDED BY VERY UNEVEN SEABED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28 IN GEN DEPTH 35FT. SCOUR DEPTH 71FT. FIXED BY HSA. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 29/67). AMEND TO WK 5FMS. BR STD. 4.3.68 NOW CHARTED AS WK 4FMS 4FT. NE 1828. H4667/70 31.12.70 NOT FOUND DURING EXTENSIVE SEARCH USING SMB. (HMS BULLDOG, 21.9.70). 15.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8.5MTRS. NC 1828. H2100/74 30.1.74 LOCATED IN 511057N, 013118E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4.6 IN GEN DEPTH 5.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 11.6MTRS. SEABED UNEVEN. NO SURFACE DISTURBANCE VISIBLE AT HW. LIES IN DEEP SCOUR. CONSIDERABLE CHANGE IN SEABED SINCE LAST SURVEY. (HMS ENTERPRISE). AMEND WK 4.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NE 1828. H1283/76/118 9.9.76 SANK IN 511057N, 013117E. (R A LEE). H1938/78 19.3.81 NO SIGN OF WK OR SCOUR FOUND DURING ROUTINE SOUNDING. LACK OF TIME PRECLUDED FULL SEARCH. GEN DEPTH IN AREA APPROX 5MTRS LESS THAN CHARTED. WK PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN COVERED. RECOMMEND DELETE FROM CHARTS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). DELETE. BR STD. HH090/511/01 12.2.91 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (NP 1016, HI 511). AMENDED TO DEAD. HH090/738/01 22.7.97 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. LIES IN AN AREA OF 2MTR HIGH ASSYMETRICAL SANDWAVES. CONSIDERED TO BE ENTIRELY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 738). NCA. HH091/294/01 / SEP 2010/000060716 26.3.10 EXAM'D 13.8.09 IN 5111.064N, 0131.130E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.12 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 103MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 155/335 DEGS WITH BOWS SSE. LARGE WK, BROKEN IN TWO OR THREE SECTIONS. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). ASSUMED TO BE IRA. UPRIGHT, BROKEN FWD OF MIDSHIPS. INS AS WK 7.1MTRS. BR STD. 26.2.13 LOCATED 17.12.12 IN 5111.065N, 0131.133E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.57 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SCOUR 0.3MTR DEEP. LENGTH 101.7MTRS, WIDTH 69MTRS, HT 8.93MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. CHECK LINES ONLY. NFS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1399). NCA. SEP 2015/000083470 18.5.16 EXAM'D 7.9.15 IN 5111.066N, 0131.139E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 103.7MTRS, WIDTH 23.2MTRS, HT 13.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 152/332. SCOUR 73.4MTRS, 8MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 62.6. SITTING UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY BROKEN/BURIED. (EGS HI 1484). AMEND DW 11.6MTRS. RSDRA2022000003820 21.03.22 EXAM'D 25.09.2021; IN 5111.084N, 0131.127E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.09MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 106.13MTRS, WIDTH 7.36MTRS, HEIGHT 2.07MTRS, ORIENTATION 343/163 DEGS. LARGELY COVERED BY SAND, LEAST DEPTH AT BOW, SCOUT TO NW & SE. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1743, H525-WI-13719). AMEND DW 12MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGELY COVERED BY SAND, LEAST DEPTH AT BOW, SCOUT TO NW & SE

Position: 51 11.084 N,1 31.127 E

 

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