This is the information page about the shipwreck Millisle (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 25.678 N,4 29.401 W (51.707666666667, -4.38545)

 

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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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Name: MILLISLE (POSSIBLY)

Length 51.8 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 617 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1911 by r williamson & sons. owned at time of loss by j kelly. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 110 hp, single shaft. passage cardiff for cork. cargo 650 tons coal. sunk by german aircraft. 10 men lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1982

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 2M E OF HELWICK LT BUOY. (WW2SL). 6.10.73 6.10.73 INS AS USCPA 8FMS. NE 1179. 12.3.73 12.3.73 INS AS UCSPA 15MTRS. NC 1076. H3804/72 20.3.78 H3804/72 20.3.78 NOT FOUND DURING MAIN AREA DCS3 SEARCH. (HMS FAWN HI 41/77). DELETED. BR STD.. H4467/81 28.10.82 H4467/81 28.10.82 EXAM'D 10.7.82 IN 512539N, 042920W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.7 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS. VERTICAL HEIGHT BY HYDROSEARCH 7.7MTRS. LIES ON PORT SIDE ON SIDE OF SANDWAVE, WHICH HAS A LEAST DEPTH 26.1MTRS. BOWS E. ABSOLUTE ACCURACY OF POSN WAS REDUCED DUE TO LANE EXPANSION IN THIS AREA. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 70). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS E, ON PORT SIDE, LIES ON THE SIDE OF A SANDWAVE

Position: 51 25.678 N,4 29.401 W

 

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