This is the information page about the shipwreck Meath, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 20.499 N,4 36.339 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Abbotsford
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Apapa
6. Arno mendi
7. Asmund
8. Bengollyun
9. Benholm
10. Braganza
11. Breeze
12. British viscount
13. Caernarvon bay (probably)
14. Captain mclintock
15. Castilian
16. Cognac
17. Conargo
18. Dagmar
19. Dakota
20. Fairisle
21. Farfield
22. Fawn (possibly)
23. Ferocious
24. Fin-ar-bed
25. Grampian castle
26. Guillermo
27. Harold
28. Herbert
29. Hildena
30. Hms campina
31. Hms westphalia (possibly)
32. Hmsm h5
33. Hyacinth
34. Kimya
35. Kimya (part of)
36. Kirkmichael
37. La plata (possibly)
38. La rochelle (possibly)
39. Lightstone (probably)
40. Lilly (possibly)
41. Liverpool
42. Maarten cornelis
43. Marquess of bute (possibly)
44. Mary
45. Meath
46. Minerva
47. Missouri
48. Morning spray
49. Normandy coast
50. Oria
51. Osseo
52. Pamela
53. Pegasus (possibly)
54. President harbitz
55. Rhyl
56. River humber
57. Saint olaf
58. Sapphire
59. Seagull
60. Segontium (sirgontium)
61. Slieve bloom
62. Sonia
63. Theme
64. Town of wexford (possibly)
65. Uss roanoke
66. Westward ho

 

Name: MEATH

Length 97.8 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1598 ton
Load: animals (land & sea) and birds

Cause: two boilers, triple-expansion engine, single shaft. passage dublin for birkenhead. detonated a german laid mine. crew recovered. (llww2 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H0075/40 25.9.40 WK 3.25FMS, 039.5DEG, 7.5C, FROM HOLYHEAD OUTER BREAKWATER LT. G WK BUOY LAID 270DEGS, 120YDS FROM WK.

- NM 2323/40 & FNM 2324/40. 2.10.41 BUOY NOW 270DEGS, 100YDS FROM WK. - FNM 2487/41. H1581/57 24.6.57 SWEPT CLEAR AT 30, FOUL AT 31FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32FT. (HMS COOK, SEPT 1956).

- NM 1436/57. H0775/40 19.2.63 BUOY NO LONGER CHARTED.

- NM 344/63. H834/58 13.5.71 TO BE MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, ABOUT 1C SW, IN 532026N, 043625W.

- NM 875/71. 5.10.71 BLOWN UP AND NOT WORTH DIVING ON. (RAF SUB-AQUA CLUB). H1581/57 3.1.73 SHOWN IN 532028.8N, 043616.8W, OR 037DEG, 8.08C FROM BREAKWATER LT, ON HMS SCOTT'S 1956 SURVEY [K1587]. H1285/75 5.8.75 WK INTACT AND STANDING SOME 12-15FT APPROX. SLOWLY SINKING INTO THE SEABED. EVIDENCE OF SOME SALVAGE HAVING BEEN CARRIED OUT. REPD TO BE IN 532026N, 043620W [OGB]. (A NEWTON, 9.7.75). H1309/77/412 8.12.77 STANDS SOME 30FT HIGH AND IS BROKEN IN THREE PLACES. (M SMITH, 2.12.77). H4587/76 22.1.80 BUOY NOW R CAN, GPFL(2)R.10S, IN 532026N, 043625W. (SEALINK NM 1/80). ALREADY INCLUDED ON IALA NES. 1.4.81 REPD TO BE OWNED BY N STAFFS SAC AND THAT IT WILL BE SURVEYED DURING SUMMER 1981, WITH A VIEW TO SALVAGING IT. (MR HOLBROOK, TELECON 1.4.81). H4587/76 28.9.82 BUOY LIGHT TEMPORARILY EXTINGUISED. (HOLYHEAD HARBOUR NM 8/82). NCA. H4587/76 14.1.85 LT TEMP EXTINGUISHED. WILL BE ACTIVATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT NOTICE. (HOLYHEAD NM 11/84). NCA. H1270/78 24.7.85 BUOY TEMP OFF STATION. TO BE REPLACED ASAP. (SEALINK HARBOURS NM 5/85). NCA. H2921/85 27.10.88 BUOY TEMP OFF STATION FOR REPAIRS. (SEALINK HARBOURS NM 2/88). NCA. 23.4.99 NAME GIVEN AS LADY MEATH. SALVAGED SO FAIRLY BROKEN UP. SOME PARTS STAND 8MTRS PROUD OF SHINGLE AND SAND. BOW INTACT, ANCHOR ON CHAIN. BRIDGE OFF WK LIES TO PORT WITH 2 ENCRUSTED GANTRIES STERN STANDS 5MTRS HIGH. (DIVER MAGAZINE APRIL 1999). 10.3.14 EXAM'D 6.11.13 IN 5320.499N, 0436.339W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.35 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. NO SCOUR. LEAST DEPTH CONFIRMED BY W/C. LENGTH 108.6MTRS, WIDTH 30.1MTRS, HT 4.65MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY (SIC). WELL BROKEN UP WITH EVIDENCE OF BOILERS AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). STRNG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. TWO BOILERS EVIDENT, ONE LYING ON ITS END. AMEND WK 11.3MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, TWO BOILERS, ONE ON ITS END

Position: 53 20.499 N,4 36.339 W

 

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