This is the information page about the shipwreck Lylie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.749 N,2 59.498 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: LYLIE
Length 54.9 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 660 ton
Cause: built in 1881 by h mcintyre & co, paisley. owned at time of loss by g bargate & co. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. sunk nearly mid-river about ene from top of rock ferry slip after collision with ps tynewald.
Year of registration: 1883
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter
Known since: 1883, last detected: 1975
Details measurements/cartography: 22.12.1883 OWNERS TRIED TO RAISE HER BUT ABANDONED THE ATTEMPTS ON 22.12.1883. DESTROYED BY BLASTING BY MDHB BETWEEN 3.1 & 11.3.1884. DEPTH 30FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN AS WK 5FMS ON 3477 & 3490. H5282/71 24.2.75 AMEND WK 8.6MTRS [LAT]. (MD & HB 1974). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 22.749 N,2 59.498 W