This is the information page about the shipwreck Myrtle branch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 37.303 N,7 13.451 W (55.4174, -7.2523666666667)

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: MYRTLE BRANCH

Length 116.1 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 3741 ton
Load: ore,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: ex-isel holme. built in 1899 by j l thompson & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by nautilus ss co ltd. two boilers, triple-expansion engine of 336nhp, single shaft. passage coronel and newport news for liverpool. torpedoed by ub-73. 15 lives lost. (sibi & dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: BROKE IN TWO AND SANK 9M NE BY N FROM INNISTRAHULL. (DOD & WW1SL). H3740/69 16.10.74 H3740/69 16.10.74 SINKING POSN 553500N, 071000W APPROX. (RISDON BEAZLEY). H3740/69 17.12.76 H3740/69 17.12.76 WK IN 553718N, 071324W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. (HMS HECLA, SIGNAL DTD 25.11.76).

- NM 153/77. H4847/75 2.2.77 H4847/75 2.2.77 EXAM'D 21.11.76 IN 553720N, 071323W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.8MTRS. SEABED SAND OR SHINGLE. LIES N/S ON EDGE OF ROUGHER HARDER PATCH IN SMOOTH BOTTOM. (HMS HECLA, HI 1/76). AMEND TO WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 508/77. 7.4.86 7.4.86 IDENTIFIED AS MYRTLE BRANCH BY BELL AND CARGO. (SEASALVE MARINE, TELECON). H2791/86 23.5.86 H2791/86 23.5.86 LOCATED IN 553724N, 071315W. HIGHEST POINT BOILERS - STANDING 8.5MTRS HIGH. WK IN POOR CONDITION. MOST PLATING OFF, DECK HOUSES AND DECKS COLLAPSED. MUCH DEBRIS SCATTERED AROUND SITE. NO CARGO FOUND EXCEPT TRACES OF TIN. (DSV BRITISH PROVIDENCE, HN 8.4.86). NCA. 25.4.07 25.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5537.303N, 0713.451W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. LENGTH 112MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 7.3MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 045/225 DEGS. HULL COLLAPSED TO SEABED. HIGH POINT (PRESUMED BOILERS) MIDSHIPS. SCOUR AT NE END. AMEND WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 50.05MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 50MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL COLLAPSED TO SEABED, BOILERS ARE HIGHEST POINT

Position: 55 37.303 N,7 13.451 W

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