This is the information page about the shipwreck Lurigethan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 46 N,16 0 W (53.766666666667, -16)

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: LURIGETHAN

Length 110 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 3564 ton

Cause: built in 1916 by rotterdam dry dock. owned at time of loss by mountain ss co. triple expansion engine. bombed & set on fire by german aircraft whilst in convoy. burning wreck drifted for two days before sinking. 16 men lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 2900 meter

Known since: 1941

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 534600N, 160000W. 12.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 2900MTRS. (WW2SL). SUNK APPROX 250 MILES W OF ARAN ISLAND, GALWAY BAY. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 46 N,16 0 W

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