This is the information page about the shipwreck Lennox, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 6.834 N,6 36.807 W (51.867, -6.7975)

 

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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.

 

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Name: LENNOX

Length 86.9 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3677 ton
Load: coal

Cause: wrecked on the seaward side of south saltee island in a storm and while on passage barry to port said.

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 331 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H1287/77/291 11.8.77 LIES E/W WITH BOW W IN ABOUT 30 TO 60FT. HIGHEST PART IN AREA OF ENGINE ROOM WHERE IT STANDS 12 TO 14 FT HIGH. LARGE PARTS OF BOW AND DECKING REMAIN INTACT. BOTH ANCHORS, WITH CABLE EXTENDING TO SEAWARD, REMAIN. HAS BEEN SALVAGED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. PRESENTS NO HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. (B POWELL, 2.8.77). H1311/88 15.2.89 LIES IN 520648N, 063645W, APPROX (POSN TAKEN FROM TRACING OF CHART), IN ABOUT 10MTRS OF WATER. NO HAZARD AND AN EXCELLENT DIVE. (K MARTIN, 23.1.89). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. SEP 2018/000274610 8.11.18 EXAM'D 30.4.18 IN 5206.8327N, 0636.8073W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.28MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7.5MTRS, LENGTH 93MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HEIGHT 1.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 331/151 DEGS. WRECK LARGELY INTACT WITH A LARGE DEBRIS FIELD. (RV KEARY, INFOMAR, H102 NOTE). INS DW 4.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2021/000096635 7.4.21 EXAM'D BY BDC; IN 5206.834N, 0636.807W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.75MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS, LENGTH 95.7MTRS, WIDTH 28.6MTRS, HT 3.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 151/331 DEGS. NFS. (2018 GSI SURVEY, KRY 018-02). AMEND DW 3.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: NFS

Position: 52 6.834 N,6 36.807 W

 

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