This is the information page about the shipwreck Manchester commerce (possibly, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 41.417 N,8 13.65 W (55.668583333333, -7.9938666666667)
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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: MANCHESTER COMMERCE (POSSIBLY
Length 131.4 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 5363 ton
Cause: vessel, built 1899, struck a mine whilst en-route manchester to quebec. owned at time of loss by manchester liners.
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 93 meter
Known since: 1914, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 20M N 1/4 E FROM TORY ISLAND, N. IRELAND. (WW1SL). H4473/81 13.7.87 H4473/81 13.7.87 WK LOCATED IN 554125N, 081336W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 89 IN GEN DEPTH 93MTRS. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (HMS HYDRA, HI 100). INS AS WK 88MTRS. BR STD. 19.2.09 19.2.09 MANCHESTER COMMERCE PROBABLY RECORD [3547]. (M MCVEIGH, EMAIL DTD 13.2.09).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE ALSO [3547]
Position: 55 41.417 N,8 13.65 W