This is the information page about the shipwreck Langsdale (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 9.42 N,6 24.893 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)
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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: LANGSDALE (POSSIBLY)
Length 69 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.6, tonnage 1302 ton
Load: grain
Cause: built in 1874 by potter, liverpool. owned at time of loss by j d newton, liverpool. passage liverpool for san francisco. struck tercheen rk, broke back and sank. captain, wife, master and bosun drowned in gig, three other crew in same boat washed ashore. 23 other crew landed safely at carne. (wexford people, 1879 & sii).
Year of registration: 1879
Water depth above wreck: 2 meter
Known since: 1879, last detected: 1982
Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS THE COMBE ROCKS. (SII). NCA YET. H1310/82/35 2.11.82 H1310/82/35 2.11.82 LARGE AMOUNT WRECKAGE DISCOVERED WHILE DIVING AROUND BASE OF TERCHEEN ROCK. (E M O'BYRNS, 26.10.82). POSN 520924N, 062451W FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS
Position: 52 9.42 N,6 24.893 W