This is the information page about the shipwreck Lochmonar (fwd part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.881 N,3 8.447 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: LOCHMONAR (FWD PART)
Length 147.8 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 9403 ton
Cause: stranded either on revetment. (liverpool wk records), or on taylors bank (in h7972/27).
Year of registration: 1927
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1927, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H7972/27 H7972/27 POSN 533145N, 030830W. AFTER END SALVED & TOWED TO DOCK. NO ACTION. H7972/27 H7972/27 MOTOR BOAT DISPERSED. 24.4.73 24.4.73 POSN 533152N, 030822W. EFFORTS MADE TO REFLOAT PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL & VESSEL BROKE HER BACK. CARGO FLOATED OUT. SALVAGE ASSOCIATION ACTED AS BOARDS AGENTS FOR CARGO. VESSEL WAS FINALLY CUT THROUGH BY MARINE SURVEYOR & AFTER PORTION TOWED INTO GLADSTONE DOCK. DEPTH UNKNOWN. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 25.3.75 25.3.75 NOT SHOWN K3500/KF NO 10. 1.9.87 1.9.87 SHOWN AS WKG IN 533152N, 030822W ON MDHC PLOT M1027/2. INS AS FOUL. BR STD.IN ON NE 1951.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 31.881 N,3 8.447 W