This is the information page about the shipwreck Kilbroney (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16.853 N,5 31.64 W (54.233466666667, -5.7177166666667)
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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: KILBRONEY (PROBABLY)
Length 41.1 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 2.8, tonnage 286 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1900 by irvines shipbuilding & engineering co ltd, irvine, ayr. owned at time of loss by clanrye ss co ltd, newry. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. machinery aft by w v v legerwood, glasgow. passage ardrossan for newry. foundered and lost in sse force 8. (sibi). developed a list on maiden voyage, refused to answer helm, capsized and sank. crew rowed ashore. (r keeling).
Year of registration: 2007
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter
Known since: 2007, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: 7.8.07 7.8.07 WK DIVED 4.2006 IN 5416.853N, 0531.666W [WGD] USING GPS. ESTIMATED LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 3MTRS. STANDS 1MTR HIGH BY E/S. WELL BROKEN UP WITH ENGINE AND BOILERS VISIBLE. STERN STILL RECOGNISABLE. STEEL PROP. CONSIDERED TO BE KILBRONEY. (R KEELING). INS AS WK 23MTRS. BR STD. 24.9.13 24.9.13 NOT LOCATED 2013 USING M/B. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1377). PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS WRECKAGE. 29.10.13 29.10.13 LOCATED IN 5416.8539N, 0531.6402W [GD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.76MTRS. (BDC REPROCESSING OF DIGITAL DATA FOR HI 1377). IN TWO MAIN PARTS, AMEND WK 19.7MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, STERN RECOGNISABLE
Position: 54 16.853 N,5 31.64 W