This is the information page about the shipwreck Minerva, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 27.6 N,4 31.571 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.

 

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8. Asmund
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10. Benholm
11. Braganza
12. British viscount
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41. Liverpool
42. Loweswater
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45. Mary
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48. Minerva
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56. President harbitz
57. Rhyl
58. River humber
59. Saint olaf
60. Seagull
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62. Theme
63. Town of wexford (possibly)
64. Treveal
65. Uss roanoke
66. Wern (possibly)
67. Westward ho

 

Name: MINERVA

Length 61.8 meter, width: 7.7 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 425 ton

Cause: built in 1854 by t vernon & sons, liverpool. owned at time of loss by the city of cork steam packet co. 2 cylinder beam engine of 400 nhp for 12 knots. machinery by bury & co. passage cork for liverpool. struck rocks off the skerries in fog.

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H4472/81 21.10.82 H4472/81 21.10.82 WK LOCATED IN 532735N, 043130W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32MTRS. (HMS FOX, HN FOR HI 3A). BR STD. H4472/81 8.3.83 H4472/81 8.3.83 EXAM'D 15.9.82 IN 532735N, 043130W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 52MTRS. UPRIGHT, LYING 020/200DEGS WITH HIGHEST POINT AT SW END. (HMS FOX, HI 3A). NFA. HH100/351/06 28.1.93 HH100/351/06 28.1.93 DIVED ON. WK OF A PADDLE STEAMER, POSSIBLY THE ROBERT BRUCE. UPRIGHT AND INTACT WITH BOW NNE. NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. (K HURLEY, 13.1.93). 21.4.95 21.4.95 CONFIRMED AS 'MINERVA', IDENTIFIED BY BELL. LIES WITH BOWS N. HIGH POINT IS CENTRE SECTION AND CONSISTS OF CRANKS AND BOILERS. (K HURLEY, TELECON). HH090/705/01 3.10.96 HH090/705/01 3.10.96 EXAM'D 21.7.96 IN 532735.9N, 043133.6W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.9, FOUL 33.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.4 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.4MTRS. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1008, HI 705). AMEND SW 33MTRS. BR STD. 10.3.14 10.3.14 EXAM'D 6.11.14 IN 5327.600N, 0431.571W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.60 IN GEN DEPTH 41.5MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 32.90MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 58.5MTRS, WIDTH 10.4MTRS, HT 7.97MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). MINOR SCOUR AT BOW. STERN COVERED. AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS N, STERN COVERED, MINOR SCOUR AT BOW

Position: 53 27.6 N,4 31.571 W

 

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