This is the information page about the shipwreck Kirkmichael, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 19.765 N,4 37.269 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Abbotsford
2. Adela (possibly)
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Apapa
7. Arno mendi
8. Asmund
9. Benholm
10. Braganza
11. Breeze
12. British viscount
13. Caernarvon bay (probably)
14. Captain mclintock
15. Castilian
16. Cognac
17. Conargo
18. Dagmar
19. Dakota
20. Fairisle
21. Farfield
22. Fawn (possibly)
23. Ferocious
24. Fin-ar-bed
25. Grampian castle
26. Guillermo
27. Harold
28. Herbert
29. Hildena
30. Hms campina
31. Hms westphalia (possibly)
32. Hmsm h5
33. Kimya
34. Kimya (part of)
35. Kirkmichael
36. La plata (possibly)
37. La rochelle (possibly)
38. Lightstone (probably)
39. Lilly (possibly)
40. Liverpool
41. Maarten cornelis
42. Marquess of bute (possibly)
43. Mary
44. Meath
45. Minerva
46. Missouri
47. Morning spray
48. Normandy coast
49. Oria
50. Osseo
51. Pegasus (possibly)
52. President harbitz
53. Rhyl
54. River humber
55. Saint olaf
56. Sapphire
57. Seagull
58. Segontium (sirgontium)
59. Slieve bloom
60. Sonia
61. Theme
62. Town of wexford (possibly)
63. Uss roanoke
64. Westward ho

 

Name: KIRKMICHAEL

Length 61.6 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 933 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: steel barque, built 1882 by w doxford & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by a j steel & son, liverpool. on passage liverpool to melbourne, aus. driven against outer wall of holyhead breakwater when seeking shelter in a gale. 7 of 18 crew lost. (sibi & shipwrecks of n wales [photo])

Year of registration: 1894

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1894, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: H1282/76/50 1.9.76 H1282/76/50 1.9.76 WKGE, TIMBER, REPD IN 531940N, 043730W. (A. NEWTON). NCA. HH100/351/01 5.5.89 HH100/351/01 5.5.89 SV 'KIRKMICHAEL' IS ONE OF TWO WKS LYING IN 531945N, 043712W [OGB], APPROX 300MTRS FROM B'WATER LTHO, ON SEAWARD SIDE. WKGE OF BOTH LIE FLAT ON SEABED AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH ONE FROM THE OTHER. [SEE WK NO. 7453]. (K. HURLEY, DTD 10.4.89). NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY. RSDRA2023000081526 9.5.23 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2022) (SHORELINE SURVEYS). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE LIES FLAT ON SEABED

Position: 53 19.765 N,4 37.269 W

 

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