Wreck: Irene (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Irene, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 49.097 N,2 53.736 W (58.818283, -2.895600)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: IRENE
Length 98.5 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2636 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: vessel, built 1947, ran aground 0.5m s of grim ness head, s ronaldsay after running out of fuel in gale. owned at time of loss by san paraskevi shipping co. she was subsequently sold for scrap. 8 members of longhope lifeboat lost their lives going to vessel's assistence.
Year of registration: 1969
Water depth above wreck: -1 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1969, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H3145/69 27.3.69 ST IN 584911N, 025325W. (LLOYDS, MARCH 1969). INS AS ST.
- NM 732/69. 25.9.74 SLOWLY BEING BROKEN UP WHERE SHE LIES. LIES PARALLEL TO THE COAST, BOWS NE. (SEA BREEZES, SEP 1974). 2.12.75 HULL, SUPERSTRUCTURE & FUNNEL STILL MAINLY INTACT. SOME SIDE PLATING IS MISSING FROM THE PORT SIDE. TOP OF FUNNEL IS 18.5MTRS ABOVE MHWS. REAR CARGO HATCHES & DERRICKS ARE GONE. FRONT DERRICKS STILL INTACT. SHIP IS SITTING UPRIGHT ON THE ROCKY FORESHORE, BOWS NE. SOME WRECKAGE IS SCATTERED ON THE ROCKS ON THE PORT SIDE. (ORDNANCE SURVEY AIR PHOTOGRAPH DTD 16.5.1973 SORTIE 73/137 PRINT NO.133). 10.9.80 AMENDED TO STF (FUNNEL 18 MTRS) IN 584908.4N, 025348.9W. NC 2581. H1270/76 5.3.76 POSN 584908.4N, 025348.9W ON PHOTOPLOT PG1428-LP1. PLOTS ON LAND ON 2581, AS DISCREPANCY IN COASTLINE.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS NE
Position: 58 49.097 N,2 53.736 W
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