This is the information page about the shipwreck Marlay, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.28 N,5 58.62 W (53.26825, -5.9294833333333)

 

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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.

 

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9. Downshire (possibly)
10. Fern (probably)
11. Flying dart
12. Flying hawk
13. Glenorchy (possibly)
14. Hare (probably)
15. Hms deliverer
16. Hms guide me ii
17. Hms vanguard
18. John morrison
19. Leinster
20. Loch fergus
21. Marlay
22. Nellie esplin
23. Polwell (probably)
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25. Queen victoria
26. Rose mystique
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30. St michan (possibly)
31. Tayleur
32. Therese emile yvon
33. Vesper (possibly)

 

Name: MARLAY

Length 61 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 798 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1890 by workman clark & co ltd, belfast. owned at time of loss by tedcastle, mccormick & co, dublin. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 170nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for dublin. hatch covers breached by heavy seas. capsized and sank. 14 lives lost. (dods & sii).

Year of registration: 1902

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1902, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: 27.1.86 HAS BEEN LOCATED IN 532322N, 055828W [OSI]. LIES ON HER SIDE AND IS THREE QUARTERS BURIED IN SAND. LIES WITH BOW TOWARDS COASTLINE IN 27MTRS GEN DEPTH. (R. GOLDEN, TELECON 27.1.86). H1310/86/6 18.2.86 LYING ON STBD SIDE WITH COAL CARGO SPREAD AROUND. LEAST DEPTH VARIES FROM 22-28MTRS. THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE SCOUR. (R. GOLDEN, 30.1.86). INS AS WK 22MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/21 22.1.04 DIVED 11.10.03 IN 5323.305N, 0558.682W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH BY E/S, 3MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. ESTIMATED DIMENSIONS: LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 6-7MTRS. LIES ON ITS SIDE WITH THE BOWS IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF HOWTH HEAD. HULL IS MOSTLY INTACT ALTHOUGH THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. (A THOMPSON). RETAIN AS WK 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2009/000115415 25.8.09 LOCATED IN 5323.3025N, 0558.6331W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.39MTRS. LENGTH 60-65MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 8.5MTRS OF WHICH 4.5MTRS IS ABOVE SEABED. LIES 060/200 DEGS. (SDC EXAMINATION OF GSI SURVEY CV08_03 DTD 2008). SCOUR APPROX 4MTRS DEEP RUNS N/S. AMEND WK 18.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 5140/09. 8.2.13 LENGTH 53MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS. LIES NE/SW. (WARSHIPS, UBOATS & LINERS - INSS 2012). NCA. 10.4.14 LIES IN 5323.280N,0558.620W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 18.39 IN GEN DEPTH 24.67MTRS. (IRISH WK LIST). AMEND POSN. SEP 2015/000263012 7.3.16 WK 17.971MTRS IN 5323.280N, 0558.620W [WGD]. (GSI IRELAND WK RECORDS, CV08_03). AMEND TO DW 17.9MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, HULL INTACT, BOWS SW, SCOUR RUNS N/S

Position: 53 23.28 N,5 58.62 W

 

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