Wreck: Loch shiel (Sailing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Loch shiel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 41.476 N,5 7.131 W (51.691267, -5.118850)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: LOCH SHIEL
Length 68.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 1277 ton
Load: foodstuffs: liquid
Cause: vessel, built in 1877 by d & w henderson, glasgow. owned at time of loss by j lilburn, glasgow. on passage from glasgow for adelaide and melbourne. ran ashore in a force 8 while seeking shelter. much of cargo of beer and whisky raised at time of wrecking, 3 locals died, 1 of alcohol poisioning & 2 trying to retrieve cargo. (sibi, diver magazine dec'99, pembroke shipwrecks & shipwrecks around wales).
Year of registration: 1982
Water depth above wreck: 4 meter
Known since: 1982, last detected: 1999
Details measurements/cartography: 7.4.82 7.4.82 REPORTED TO BE BROKEN UP, BUT SOME PLANKS STILL ON RIBS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL III). HH100/351/10 9.11.95 HH100/351/10 9.11.95 WK IS TOTALLY BROKEN UP ON THE SW EDGE OF THORN ISLAND. SHE DISAPPEARS INTO THE SAND AT 9MTRS. THE REST IS COVERED WITH KELP. LOTS OF BROKEN BOTTLES AND HOUSE BRICKS TO BE FOUND. (R M JONES). CHART AS F IN 514127N, 050704W. BR STD. 29.11.99 29.11.99 EIGHT INTACT BOTTLES OF BEER RECOVERED BY SWANSEA ADVENTUROUS DIVERS CLUB. RIBS OF VESSEL CLEARLY VISIBLE. (DIVER MAGAZINE DEC'99). 12.10.05 12.10.05 EUT POSN: 5141.476N, 0507.131W. NE 3273.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, RIBS REMAIN, REST KELP COVERED
Position: 51 41.476 N,5 7.131 W
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