This is the information page about the shipwreck Merisia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 14.675 N,4 21.906 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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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19. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
20. Lady louisa
21. Lembas (probably)
22. Liverpool
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25. Melfort
26. Merisia
27. Our brighter dawn
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31. Polarlight
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34. Robert dee
35. Sustain
36. Sy sol
37. Teasel
38. Tetsuko
39. The quiet man
40. Viking
41. William hanbury

 

Name: MERISIA

Length 39.6 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 291 ton

Cause: ex-ms-14 '19. built in 1912 by cochrane & sons, selby. owned at time of loss by alberic steam fishing co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 90 nhp, single shaft. passage fleetwood for fishing grounds. ran ashore on rocks in dhoon bay, at n end of bulgham bay during a violent gale. crew of 12 all drowned. five bodies recovered. (sibi & a corkill).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS IN DHOON BAY, AT N END BULGHAM BAY, 1 MILE N OF LAXEY HEAD. (SIBI & A CORKILL). POSN 541440, 042150W FOR FILING ONLY H1310/86/16 25.6.86 H1310/86/16 25.6.86 STRANDED REMAINS OF WK LIE IN 541440N, 042150W. (RAMSEY SAC, 29.5.86). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. 13.6.11 13.6.11 ONLY RIBS, PLATES, A LARGE BOILER AND WINDING GEAR REMAIN. BELL RECOVERED 2010. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JULY 2011 EDN).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 14.675 N,4 21.906 W

 

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