This is the information page about the shipwreck Ocean monarch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.347 N,3 35.586 W (53.422450, -3.593100)

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: OCEAN MONARCH

Length 54.6 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 1301 ton
Load: clay products,personnel,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built of wood in 1843 by donald mckay, usa. owned at time of loss by white diamond line (e train & co). passage liverpool for boston. general cargo & passengers. sank at anchor following a fire, reported to have been started by one of the passengers. an emigrant ship. 178 lives lost. (dod & sibi).

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1988, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 1.6.88 WK OF OCEAN MONARCH LOCATED IN 532524N, 033522W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS ABOUT 3MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (K HURLEY, TELECON). INS AS WK PA 10MTRS.

- NM 1868/88. 7.6.88 LOOKED FOR BY TH LAUNCH ST TUDWALL USING E/S ONLY. NOT FOUND. (TH HARWICH, TELECON). HH100/351/01 5.5.89 DIVED QUITE OFTEN. STANDS UP TO 3MTRS HIGH AND LIES APPROX N/S. VERY LITTLE OF WOODEN HULL REMAINS. CARGO LIES WITHIN HULL BUT IS HELD FAST BY CONCRETION. (K HURLEY, 10.4.89). HH100/351/06 29.3.93 LOCATED IN 532521.5N, 033523.5W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63FT [HWS]. WOODEN SV WITH EVIDENCE OF COPPER SHEATHING. PIECES OF MELTED COPPER INDICATE FIRE DAMAGE. MANY STACKS OF BROKEN PLATES ARE VISIBLE. WAS WORKED BY A SALVAGE COMPANY IN 1987. (C HOLDEN, 27.3.93). NCA. HH090/704/01 17.12.96 EXAM'D 8.6.96 IN 532521.0N, 033534.8W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.6 IN GEN DEPTH 13.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.0MTR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 704). BR STD. HH090/704/01 19.12.96 ERROR IN TIDAL REDUCTION OF HI 704. RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. AMENDED TO WK 10MTRS. BR STD. HH090/704/01 9.4.97 LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.4MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 704). BR STD. SEP 2019/000161816 9.4.19 EXAM'D 6.2.2019 IN 5325.3469N, 0335.5863W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS, LENGTH 41.19MTRS, WIDTH 13.1MTRS, HT 1.79MTRS. ORIENTATION 000/180. WRECK IS DEGRADED (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI1572).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LITTLE OF WOODEN HULL REMAINS, CARGO CONCRETED

Position: 53 25.347 N,3 35.586 W

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