Wreck: Isolda (Light ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Isolda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 3.42 N,6 33.25 W (51.867, -6.7975)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: ISOLDA

Length 60.4 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 734 ton

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN VICINITY OF BARRELS LTV. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). 30.10.67 30.10.67 STATED TO LIE APPROX 3.5M SSW OF CARNSORE PT, IN ABOUT 20FMS, NEAR THE BARRELS RK LTV. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 13.3.78 13.3.78 INS AS WK USC PA 35MTRS IN 520730N, 062300W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2049. HH100/351/04 17.4.91 HH100/351/04 17.4.91 LOCATED AND IDENTIFIED BY IRISH LIGHTS MOTIF, IN 520324N, 063312W [OSI] USING DECCA. LIES E/W IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS ON AN EVEN KEEL WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FORWARD. STANDS ABOUT 5MTRS HIGH AT STERN. WRECKAGE IS 60MTRS LONG X 10MTRS WIDE. (I TUNSTEAD, 3.3.91). AMEND TO WK USC 45MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & GENERALLY INTACT, BOWS DAMAGED

Position: 52 3.42 N,6 33.25 W

 

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