This is the information page about the shipwreck Leinster, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 18.867 N,5 47.571 W (53.371616666667, -5.6589166666667)

 

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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. Atika
2. Benaiah
3. Bolivar
4. Bolivar (fwd part)(probably)
5. Bydand
6. County of lancaster
7. County of lancaster
8. Cresswell (probably)
9. Dieter
10. Downshire (possibly)
11. Explorer 1
12. Fern (probably)
13. Flying dart
14. Flying hawk
15. Glenorchy (possibly)
16. Hare (probably)
17. Hibernia (possibly)
18. Hms deliverer
19. Hms guide me ii
20. Hms vanguard
21. Innisfallen
22. John morrison
23. Leinster
24. Marlay
25. Nellie esplin
26. Normandiet
27. Peaceful star
28. Polwell (probably)
29. Queen victoria
30. Queen victoria
31. Rose mystique
32. Rose of lough gill
33. Salaminia (probably)
34. Sir charles napier
35. St ibar
36. St michan (possibly)
37. Tayleur
38. Therese emile yvon
39. U-1051
40. Vesper (possibly)
41. W m barkley (possibly)

 

Name: LEINSTER

Length 109.7 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 2646 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1897 by laird bros, borkenhead. owned at time of loss by city of dublin steam packet co. two boilers, twin four cylinder triple expansion engines for 529 nhp, twin shaft. passage dublin for holyhead. torpedoed by ub-123. 13 crew and 488 passengers lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 7MILES ESE OF KISH LTV (WW1SL). BOARD OF TRADE HAVE INTERESTS IN THE HULL. INS ON CHARTS IN 531900N, 054300W. AMENDED TO NDW ON 1468. H5141/53 14.8.53 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1411. H1935/80 23.11.81 WK, LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 18-28MTRS, LOCATED IN SANDWAVE AREA IN 531850N, 054731W [OGB]. (HMS BEAGLE, SIGNAL 19.11.81). AMEND TO WK 16.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3014/81. H1935/80 7.2.83 EXAM'D 19.11.81 IN 531850N, 054731W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [RANGE/RANGE]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.2 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 70MTRS. LIES N/S IN AREA OF SANDWAVES HAVING SIMILAR HEIGHT. MODERATE SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRNS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). H1935/80 20.6.83 EXAM'D 18.5.83 IN 531850N, 054729W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [RANGE/RANGE]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.3 IN GEN DEPTHS 25 TO 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 5.5MTRS, LENGTH 116MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. LYING N/S IN SANDWAVE AREA, GIVING NO SHADOW FROM EITHER BEAM. APPARENTLY BROKEN IN TWO AFT OF AMIDSHIPS, WITH DAMAGE TO STERN SECTION. GIVES POOR DEFINITION FOR WK OF THIS SIZE. (HMS BULLDOG, 12.6.83). NCA. H1310/88/9 2.3.88 CONFIRMED AS WK OF LEINSTER - PLATE WITH OWNERS TRADING NAME AND PORTHOLE SCUTTLES WITH NAME OF SHIP'S BUILDER HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. BOW AND STERN HAVE COLLAPSED OR BROKEN AWAY, BUT ABOUT 175FT OF THE WK REMAINS INTACT, THOUGH SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED. (DIVERS REPORT). 2.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5318.858N, 0547.570W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 112MTRS, WIDTH 15.5MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 000/180 DEGS WITH BOWS PROBABLY S. BROKEN MIDSHIS WITH FWD PART AND STERN COLLAPSED. NO APPARENT SIGNIFICANT PROJECTIONS NOTED ON M/B IMAGES. AMEND WK 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2009/000115415 25.8.09 LOCATED IN 5318.867N, 0547.571E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH AT BOW (5318.8811N, 0547.5650W) 22.87MTRS, ON MAIN PART OF WK (5318.8526N, 0547.5766W) 23.18MTRS. LENGTH APPROX 75MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS WITH BOWS N. (SDC EXAMINATION OF GSI SURVEY CV08_03 DTD 2008). STERN PROBABLY BURIED IN SANDWAVE. BOWS N. AMEND WK 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 5140/09. SEP 2014/000061894 25.3.14 LEAST DEPTH 27.60MTRS. (IRISH WK RECORDS). NCA. 10.4.14 LEAST DEPTH 23.01 IN GEN DEPTH 27.2MTRS. (IRISH WK RECORDS, REVISED LIST). AMEND WK 23MTRS. SEP 2015/000263012 7.3.16 WK 22.547MTRS IN 5318.867N, 0547.571W [WGD]. (GSI IRELAND WK RECORDS, CV08_03). AMEND TO DW 22.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN MIDSHIPS, S PART & N END COLLAPSED, BOWS N

Position: 53 18.867 N,5 47.571 W

 

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