This is the information page about the shipwreck Manchester merchant (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 5.716 N,10 1.984 W (52.095266666667, -10.033066666667)

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: MANCHESTER MERCHANT (PROBABLY)

Length 137.8 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5657 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: built in 1900 by palmers' co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned a time of loss by manchester liners. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 642 nhp, single shaft. passage new orleans for manchester. part cargo of 13000 bales of cotton ignited spontaneously. master headed for dingle bay and anchored while the crew fought the fire. the fire intensified reaching the rest of the cargo, which included 100 barrels turpentine, soap, pitch pine & maize. captain couch scuttled his ship in some 40ft depth, leaving the decks awash. salvage attempts failed due to gales. declared as ctl by feb 1904. (sii).

Year of registration: 1903

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 52 cm

Known since: 1903, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: 20.1.1903 WK OF LARGE SS LIES SUNK, WITH DECK AWASH IN DEPTH 7FMS, IN APPROACH TO CASTLEMAINE HBR. FROM WK ROSSBEHY POINT BEARS S 65DEG E, 3M; BUNANEER COTTAGE N 24DEG E. WK BUOY LAID 1C W OF WK. (COMM. OF IRISH LIGHTS, 20.1.1903). [VARIATION: 22DEGS W]. INS OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL IN 520526N, 100315W.

- NM 100/03. 19.11.29 AMEND TO DW. BR STD. H1310/88/41 18.8.88 AREA 1000MTRS RADIUS AROUND CHARTED POSN SEARCHED USING MAGNETOMETER. NO CONTACT MADE. (R GOLDEN, 15.7.88). NCA. SEP 2009/000039818 1.6.09 LOCATED 23.5.09 IN 5205.716N, 1001.984W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.7 IN GEN DEPTH 11.3MTRS (PREDICTED TIDES). SCOUR 1.2MTRS DEEP ALONG LENGTH. LENGTH 157MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. LIES 052/232 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. LARGELY INTACT. (RV CELTIC VOYAGER, MARINE SERVICE IRELAND, EMAIL DTD 26.5.09). AMEND DW TO WK 6.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3375/09. SEP 2011/000179946 5.10.11 LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.29MTRS. (SDC REPROCESSING OF DIGITAL DATA).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, BOWS NE, SCOUR ALONG LENGTH

Position: 52 5.716 N,10 1.984 W

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