This is the information page about the shipwreck Moonlight, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 7.259 N,4 50.068 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.

 

1. Abydos
2. Afton
3. Amber rose
4. Ariel (possibly)
5. Audentia
6. Aurora
7. Barrister (possibly)
8. Bessie
9. Blue star
10. Calista (probably)
11. Carmelite (possibly)
12. Citrine
13. Clan macmaster
14. Conovium (probably)
15. Crois bhride
16. Darro
17. Don boscoe
18. Downshire (possibly)
19. Downshire (probably)
20. Eileen
21. Ellen sheant
22. Fenella ann
23. Florence
24. Fulmar
25. G-azjy
26. Ginger
27. Grinder
28. Hms racehorse
29. Jane brown
30. Largo (possibly)
31. Lily
32. Liverpool
33. Madge wildfire
34. Marianne toft (possibly)
35. Mayfield
36. Melfort
37. Mfv polaris
38. Moonlight
39. Moonlight (possibly)
40. Noel du marin
41. Oona hall
42. Our brighter dawn
43. Our lassie
44. Our queen
45. Passages
46. Pt1 or pt2
47. Ringwall
48. Romeo
49. Saint mirren (possibly)
50. Speedwell
51. Thracian
52. Tumi joy 2
53. Tuskar
54. Waltham (probably)
55. William hanbury

 

Name: MOONLIGHT

Length 35.9 meter, width: 7.7 meter, draught: 2.5, tonnage 200 ton
Load: salt

Cause: ex-paull gate '66. built 1916 by j r hepworth & co, hull. owned at time of loss by light shipping co ltd. 4 stroke, 6 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. machinery aft by lister blackstone marine ltd, dursley. passage runcorn for carrickfergus. capsized and foundered following a shift of cargo in heavy weather. two men recovered, two lost. (ll & sibi).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter

Known since: 1970

Details measurements/cartography: 17.9.70 17.9.70 SANK MILES NW OF CHICKEN ROCKS, BRADDA HEAD, I OF MAN. (LL 12.9.70). POSN 540725N, 045000W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 7.259 N,4 50.068 W

 

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