This is the information page about the shipwreck Loch-na-gar (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 51.35 N,1 15.712 W (54.855833, -1.261867)

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.

Name: LOCH-NA-GAR (PROBABLY)

Length 49.1 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 467 ton
Load: ore

Cause: built of iron in 1861 by pile, spence & co, west hartlepool as an iron barque for lenox, nephew & co. in 1899/1900 was converted to dumb barge of 467 gross tons. owned at time of loss by the east coast tug co. passage king's lynn for newcastle-upon-tyne. foundered in easterly force 9. crew of 6 lost. (r young).

Year of registration: 1998

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1998, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/796/01 12.1.99 EXAM'D 16.7.98 IN 545121.0N, 011542.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.4 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.2MTRS. COVERS 25MTRS BY 20MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. SERIES OF SONAR CONTACTS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY INDICATES METALLIC DEBRIS OR BADLY BROKEN WK. NOT SWEPT DUE TO FISHING BUOYS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). INS AS WK 24MTRS. BR STD. 28.2.06 THIS IS STATED BY KEITH LAWRENCE TO BE A BARGE. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 28.2.07). NCA. 29.3.07 THIS IS A STEEL BARGE. GENERALLY STANDS ONLY ABOUT 1MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED, APART FROM A SINGLE CYLINDER, STEAM, DONKEY ENGINE WHICH STANDS ABOUT 3MTRS CLEAR. ENGINE HAS A LARGE STRAND OF TRAWL NET FLOATING ABOUT 10MTRS ABOVE WK. MAY HAVE SANK IN THE 1920S OF 30S. (K LAWRENCE, VIA R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 26.3.07). NCA. H- 13.4.07 CONSIDER THIS TO BE LOCH-NA-GAR. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 13.4.07). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL BURIED, DONKEY ENGINE IS HIGH PT, NETTED

Position: 54 51.35 N,1 15.712 W

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