This is the information page about the shipwreck Mountain laurel (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 18.768 N,6 53.713 W (55.30775, -7.0756333333333)

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: MOUNTAIN LAUREL (POSSIBLY)

Length 53.2 meter, width: 9.2 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 705 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built of iron in 1865 by r williamson & son ltd, harrington. owned at time of loss by acties mountain laurel. passage barrow-in-furness for seydisjgord. captured by submarine, abandoned and sunk by gunfire. (sii).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 1.7.18 1.7.18 SUNK IN PA 552000N, 065400W. (AP REPORT). 18.8.53 18.8.53 INS AS NDWPA. NC F6629. H2265/73 13.6.73 H2265/73 13.6.73 INS AS USCPA 40MTRS. NC 2811. 27.4.07 27.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5518.768N, 0653.713W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. LENGTH 143MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 2.6MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 145/215 DEGS. APPARENTLY SPREAD OUT. COULD BE THIS ITEM WITH CARGO SCATTERED. AMEND WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 56.95MTRS. (GSI). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LINEAR CONTACT, CURVED TO S AT S END, ?SPREAD OUT CARGO

Position: 55 18.768 N,6 53.713 W

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