This is the information page about the shipwreck Lough fisher, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 54.02 N,7 19.55 W (51.867, -7.5675)
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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: LOUGH FISHER
Length 51.2 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 418 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: built in 1887 by mc ilwaine, lewis & co. owned at time of loss by lough fisher steamship co. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 61 nhp, single shaft. passage cork for garston. presumed sunk by gunfire from u-101. all hands lost. (ww1sl, dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 65 meter
Known since: 1918
Details measurements/cartography: H351/20 H351/20 SUNK 12 MILES SSE FROM HELVICK HEAD. (WW1SL, LLWW1). INS AS NDW IN 515400N, 071930W. BR STD. 28.6.23 28.6.23 AMEND TO NDWPA. NE 2049. 13.3.78 13.3.78 AMEND TO AS WK USCPA 50MTRS. NC 2049.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 54.02 N,7 19.55 W