This is the information page about the shipwreck Luimneach, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 50 N,9 12 W (48.133333333333, -9)

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: LUIMNEACH

Length 67.1 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1074 ton
Load: minerals

Cause: vessel, built 1915 by j.t. eltringham & co., with triple expansion engines of 174nhp. owned at time of loss by limerick ss co. passage huelva to drogheda. shelled & sunk by german submarine u-46 200m wnw of ushant. 9 of 18 crew lost. (dods)

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 3000 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: 10.1.41 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 475000N, 091200W. (LL WW2) NCA. FOR FILING ONLY. 13.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. PLOTS IN OVER 3000 MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). NFA. SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 200M WNW OF USHANT. (DODS). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 50 N,9 12 W

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