This is the information page about the shipwreck Liverpool, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 0.362 N,4 33.403 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abydos
2. Afton
3. Amber rose
4. Argo (possibly)
5. Aurora
6. Bessie
7. Briar
8. Cardea
9. Cevic
10. Citrine
11. Clan macmaster
12. Clwyd (probably)
13. Conovium (probably)
14. Crois bhride
15. Crown
16. Darro
17. Don boscoe
18. Dundalk
19. Eileen
20. Ellen sheant
21. Empress eugenie
22. Fenella ann
23. Florence
24. G-azjy
25. Ginger
26. Glendun
27. Grinder
28. Hms racehorse
29. Jane brown
30. Lady louisa
31. Lily
32. Liverpool
33. Madge wildfire
34. Mary heeley
35. Mayfield
36. Melfort
37. Merisia
38. Mfv polaris
39. Mhari l
40. Moonlight
41. Noel du marin
42. Oona hall
43. Opal (possibly)
44. Our brighter dawn
45. Our lassie
46. Our queen
47. Pt1 or pt2
48. Robert dee
49. Saint mirren (possibly)
50. Skerries
51. Sy sol
52. Thracian
53. Tumi joy 2
54. Viking
55. Waltham (probably)
56. William hanbury

 

Name: LIVERPOOL

Length 62.8 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 686 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,clay products,construction materials,stone

Cause: 20.12.16 built in 1892 by messers john jones & sons of liverpool for the sligo steam navigation co. fitted out to high standard for saloon and deck passengers. carriage of cattle was very important, so careful consideration given to cattle fittings. triple expansion engines also by jones and sons of 1000 ihp. trial speed 13 knots. lit throughout by electricity. passage liverpool for sligo with general cargo.hit a mine and foundered 11m se by s of the chicken lt. 3 crew lost. lifeboat marked 'ss liverpool, of sligo' and wreckage washed up at port st mary on 20.12.16. (a corkill). after hitting mine was towed by the ss 'ruby'. initially the tow was to douglas but the weather prevented the stern first tow. course then set for belfast but about 0530 a bigger list developed, the tow was cut and the vessel disappeared. (a corkill).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 3.7.40 H095/39 C IN C WESTERN APPROACHES REPD NSC IN 540012N, 043318W [OGB] ON 3.7.40.*H095/39 WESTERN APPROACHES LIST WAGO APPENDIX A REPD POSN 540012N, 043318W [OGB] ON 15.1.41. HH090/706/01 18.9.96 HH090/706/01 18.9.96 EXAM'D 19.5.96 IN 540021.7N, 043324.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 31.5, FOUL 32.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.6 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.1MTRS. LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. LIES 065/245DEGS. POORLY DEFINED BROKEN WK WITH NO APPARENT SUPERSTRUCTURE. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. SNAGGED FISHING NETS ARE PRESENT. (GARDLINE, HI 706).

- NM 3685/96. HH100/351/12 17.12.96 HH100/351/12 17.12.96 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK SPLAYED APART AND WELL BROKEN UP. LARGE STEAM ENGINE PROJECTS WELL BEYOND THE REST OF THE WRECK. PORTHOLE BY J ROBY RECOVERED. FIRM MADE SUCH ITEMS BETWEEN 1880 AND 1910 APPROX, MOSTLY FOR PASSENGER STEAMERS. ITEM NUMBERED 22. NO DISTINGUISHABLE HOLD, MANY BRASS FITTINGS AND THE PORTHOLE SUGGEST WK TO BE LIVERPOOL. (A CORKILL). HH100/351/12 16.5.97 HH100/351/12 16.5.97 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF LIVERPOOL. BELL RECOVERED. QUITE A FEW MILES FROM HER OFFICIAL POSN OF LOSS WHERE SHE HIT THE MINE. BUT WAS LATER TOWED TOWARDS DOUGLAS BY STEAMER BEFORE SINKING. OTHER ITEMS RECOVERED WERE TELEPRAPH, STEERING COLUMN, COMPASS, TWO STANDS, ONE FOR COMPASS, AND PORTHOLES. LARGE AMOUNTS OF CARGO PRESENT INCLUDING POTTERY, GLASS, DRESSED STONE AND BRICKS. (A CORKILL). HH100/351/12 29.7.97 HH100/351/12 29.7.97 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. ALL SURVEY DETAILS CORRECT BUT THERE ARE NO NETS. SHOALEST DEPTH IS OVER ENGINE/BOILER. ALSO THERE IS A 12MTR LENGTH OF STERN STILL STANDING UPRIGHT AND PROVIDING THE SAME LEAST DEPTH. SIDES OF WK HAVE COLLAPSED OUTWARDS ONTO THE SEABED WHICH IS COMPOSED OF COARSE SAND AND SHELL. (K HURLEY). NCA. HH208/400/05 17.4.01 HH208/400/05 17.4.01 DIVED IN 5400.350N, 0433.400W [WGD]. A SS WITH STERN SECTION COLLAPSED. MIDSHIPS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED EXCEPT FOR ENGINE/BOILER STANDING PROUD. BOW COMPLETELY COLLAPSED AND DISAPPEARING INTO THE SEABED. BRICKS, BEER BOTTLES AND PLAIN EARTHWARE BOTTLES FOUND FORWARD OF THE BOILER. LARGE NET DRAPED OVER GUNWHALE ON STBD SIDE. (E JONES, LTR DTD 9.4.01). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN INTACT, BOW & MIDSHIPS COLLAPSED

Position: 54 0.362 N,4 33.403 W

 

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