This is the information page about the shipwreck Munster, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 35.997 N,3 26.811 W (53.599950, -3.446850)

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: MUNSTER

Length 107.6 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 4305 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1938 by harland & wolff, blefast. owned at time of loss by coast lines ltd. oil engines of 1347bhp, twin shaft. passage belfast for liverpool. mined. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: NOT LOCATED IN APPROX REPD POSN 533700N, 032330W. WK, PRESUMED MUNSTER, LOCATED BY HMS SEAGULL JULY 1946 IN 533600N, 032624W, OR 122 DEG, 6.23M TO QUEEN'S FORT. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21 IN GEN DEPTH 63FT. 1948 - SWEPT CLEAR AT 46FT. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). H0207/40 19.2.40 H0207/40 19.2.40 POSN 533700N, 032400W, APPROX. (NOIC LIVERPOOL). - PFNM 442/40. H0207/40 1.2.40 H0207/40 1.2.40 AMEND POSN TO 533505N, 032625W. (NOIC LIVERPOOL). - PFNM 532/40. H0291/40 20.6.40 H0291/40 20.6.40 INS DW PA.

- NM 1540/40. H4515/46 17.8.46 H4515/46 17.8.46 AMEND TO WK 3FMS. (HMS SEAGULL).

- NM 2840/46. H0207/46 22.10.46 H0207/46 22.10.46 INS G CAN LT BUOY, GP FL(2) G, CLOSE W OF WK. (TH NM 117/46).

- NM 3555/46. H6706/48 24.11.48 H6706/48 24.11.48 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT. DELETE LT BUOY. (HMS SEAGULL).

- NM 2626/48. H1893/64 11.3.68 H1893/64 11.3.68 EXAM'D IN 533558N, 032628W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55 IN GEN DEPTH 64FT. SCOUR DEPTH 70FT. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 6/67). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 1FT. NCA. 1.4.74 1.4.74 AMEND TO SW 13.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 1978. H3838/86 20.5.88 H3838/86 20.5.88 EXAM'D 27.10.87 IN 533559N, 032644W [OGB] USING HIFIX.6 [3 LOP] LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.6 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. WELL-DISPERSED, PARTLY BURIED AND HAS NO DEFINITE SHAPE. NO SONAR HEIGHTS WERE OBTAINED. MAGNETOMETER GAVE LARGE DEFLECTION. INS AS WK 16.6MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357).

- NM 1791/88. H1311/88/50 24.10.88 H1311/88/50 24.10.88 HULL OWNED BY SUBMAR SALVAGE. FOUND TO HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY BROKEN UP AND DISPERSED TO SEABED. (G ROSE, 14.10.88). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DISPERSED TO SEABED

Position: 53 35.997 N,3 26.811 W

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