This is the information page about the shipwreck Irene chalmers, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 44.196 N,3 7.681 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: IRENE CHALMERS
Length 9.1 meter
Cause: took water and sank. crew of three recovered. vessel on delivery run from preston to the isle of man.
Year of registration: 1995
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter
Known since: 1995
Details measurements/cartography: HH206/440/05 5.10.95 HH206/440/05 5.10.95 SANK IN 534411N, 030736W PA. (MRSC LIVERPOOL, TLX DTD 3.10.95). INS AS DWPA.
- NM 3505/95. HH206/440/05 18.10.95 HH206/440/05 18.10.95 NOT LOCATED BY THV PATRICIA IN QUOTED POSN. LATER LYTHAM LIFEBOAT CONFIRMED THAT QUOTED POSN WAS WHERE SURVIVORS WERE RESCUED, NOT SINKING POSN. VESSEL DRIFTED INSHORE FROM THAT POSN. (OCC, TH, TLX DTD 11.10.95). AS DRYING LINE IS ONLY 1.5 MILES SE, RETAIN AS CHARTED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 44.196 N,3 7.681 W