This is the information page about the shipwreck Poleire, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.986 N,6 21.121 W (49.966433, -6.352017)

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: POLEIRE

Length 86.6 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1599 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: ex-marius nielsen. owned at time of loss by f.o.s shipping co ltd. passage founes for gdynia. ran aground on little kettle rock in dense fog, her radar being unserviceable. (ll).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H3193/70 11.5.70 STRANDED IN 495756N, 062106W. (TH, L560/16/5, 30.4.70). BR STD. 20.6.70 LIES E/W, BOW E, IN GEN DEPTH 30-60FT. UPPER PARTS OF WK COME VERY CLOSE TO SURFACE. ONE MAST SHOWING ABOVE WATER. LOCAL SALVAGE COMPANY HAS REMOVED PROPELLER, SPARE PROP., AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. OPERATIONS ARE STILL UNDER WAY. VESSEL WAS GREEK REGISTERED IN FAMAGUSTA. (ST ATHAN SUB AQUA CLUB, JUNE 1970). NCA. H1247/69 & H3193/70 24.6.70 CORRECT POSN OF WK IS 495757N, 062104W. ONLY FOREMAST NOW REMAINS ABOVE WATER, WITH PART OF BRIDGE STRUCTURE JUST AWASH. STERN IS TO THE W IN SOME 50FT OF WATER AND IS NOW VERY BROKEN. WK LIES WITH PORT SIDE HARD AGAINST A SMALL UNDERWATER ROCKFACE. LARGE HOLE IN STARBOARD SIDE, OPPOSITE NO. 3 HOLD, GIVES EASY ACCESS INSIDE WK. CARGO HAS SPEWED OUT AND A THIN GREY LAYER OF ZINC ORE COVERS ENTIRE SEABED. AREA LIES WELL TO E OF THE MAIN VIEW OF NEW GRIMSBY HARBOUR CHANNEL, BUT IS STILL A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. (CPO R LARN, 20.6.70). AMEND TO DW (MAST) IN REVISED POSN. NC 34. [PHOTOGRAPH OF WK - CORNISH SHIPWRECKS, VOL.3, THE ISLES OF SCILLY, P.213]. HH230/400/02 21.9.93 MAST NO LONGER SHOWS. AREA CAREFULLY EXAM'D AT LW SPRINGS. NO SURFACE DISTURBANCE NOTICED. (CAPT J W F BRIGGS, 1.9.93). DELETE LEGEND (MAST). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 57.986 N,6 21.121 W

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