This is the information page about the shipwreck Kerry head (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 29.893 N,10 1.471 W (51.498216666667, -10.024516666667)

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: KERRY HEAD (POSSIBLY)

Length 59 meter, width: 9.5 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 825 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-eurus. built in 1913 by j fullerton & co. owned at time of loss by w t herriot. triple-expansion engine of 96rhp, single shaft. passage limerick for england. bombed & sunk by aircraft 5m due s of blackball head, eire. no survivors. (ww1sl & dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 5M DUE S OF BLACKBALL HD, BANTRY BAY. (DODS). POSN 513014N, 100204W FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. 10.5.07 POSSIBLE WK LOCATED IN 5129.893N, 1001.471W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. LENGTH 52MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 2MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 160/340 DEGS. THREE MAIN CONTACTS WITH LARGEST TO THE SOUTH. DEBRIS TO THE NE. SCOUR CLOSE TO E SIDE. PROBABLY FULLY COLLAPSED. INS AS WK 65MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: 3 MAIN CONTACTS, LARGEST TO SE, SCOUR CLOSE E

Position: 51 29.893 N,10 1.471 W

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