This is the information page about the shipwreck Morven, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.27 N,9 53.347 W (52.5545, -9.8891166666667)

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.

Name: MORVEN

Length 85.4 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 2150 ton
Load: grain

Cause: steel barque built 1893 by r duncan & co. ltd, port glasgow. vessel, on passage tacoma, usa for limerick, was drifting with little sail awaiting a pilot, when tide and high winds drove her into a bay between horse head & kilbaha. crew of 26 saved. owned at time of loss by w lewis, morven sailing ship co. (shipwreck index of ireland) photo of stranding. (shipwrecks of the irish coast vol.1)

Year of registration: 1991

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/04 11.1.91 LOCATED IN 523315N, 095319W, POSN TAKEN FROM MARKED-UP CHART CUTTING. LIES N/S WITH BOW ALMOST IN THE GULLEY WHICH RUNS INTO HORSE ISLAND AND STERN DUE S. BOW IN 10MTRS, STERN IN 18MTRS OF WATER. BADLY BROKEN UP AND FLATTENED. (M F GIBSON). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP AND FLATTENED, BOWS N

Position: 52 33.27 N,9 53.347 W

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