This is the information page about the shipwreck Pilar de larrinaga (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 8.928 N,6 2.703 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: PILAR DE LARRINAGA (POSSIBLY)

Length 112.8 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4136 ton

Cause: built in 1902 by russell & co, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by miguel de larrinaga ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 431 nhp, single shaft. machinery by d rowan & co, glasgow. passage galveston for manchester. torpedoed and sunk by uc-65 with loss of 20 lives. remainder of crew recovered and landed at milford. (sii).t.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 86 meter, Height above seabed: 69 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H1340/69 16.5.77 NOT FOUND DURING AREA & INTENSIVE SEARCH IN 521000N, 060700W. (HMS FAWN, HI 55/76). H3140/69 13.5.77 LOCATED 30.10.76 IN 520854.5N, 060240.6W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 82 IN GEN DEPTH 90MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HEIGHT 8.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 080/260DEG. OVERALL LENGTH INCL DEBRIS 80MTRS. WK VERY BROKEN UP. (HMS FAWN, HI 55/76). INS AS WK 81MTRS. BR STD. 23.3.77 INVESTIGATED AGAIN 23.3.77. LEAST E/S DEPTH 81MTRS. DCS3 HEIGHT 11.5MTRS ON SMOOTH SEABED. SCOUR 2MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, LYING 045/225DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HI 44/75). SEP 2021/000080985 23.3.21 EXAM'D BY BDC 2.2.21 IN 5208.928N, 0602.703W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 82.08MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 86.5MTRS. LENGTH 55.76TRS, WIDTH 17.69MTRS, HT 6.42MTRS, ORIENTATION 069/249 DEGS. NFS. (UKHO, H525.2 FEATURE REPORT - INFOMAR KRY17_02 SURVEY 2017). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 8.928 N,6 2.703 W

 

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