This is the information page about the shipwreck Premier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 35.53 N,9 38.52 W (52.841933333333, -9.7789)

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: PREMIER

Length 53 meter, width: 7.9 meter, tonnage 196 ton
Load: granular or powdery material

Cause: built in 1894 by j shearer & sons, kelvinhaugh, glasgow. owned at time of loss by j simpson. on charted to the limerick ss co. one boiler, 2 cylinder compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage hamburg for limerick. sank following collision with irish paddle steamer mermaid. no lives lost. known locally as sugar boat. (sii).

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1978, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H4641/74 9.10.78 LOCATED 074DEG, 2.62M FROM KILCREDAUN HD LT, WITH LEAST DEPTH 50FT [MLWS]. (LIMERICK HBR COMMISSIONERS). INS AS WK 8FMS [14.6MTRS] IN 523530.5N, 093827W.

- NM 2473/78. SEP 2011/000147184 8.8.11 EXAM'D 7.2011 IN 5235.516N, 0938.477W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH AT STERN 17.0MTRS. LENGTH 53.4MTRS, WIDTH 8.3MTRS. INTACT, BOWS SW. (HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS LTD, CROSSHAVEN, CO CORK, ROS DTD 7.2011, VIA CAPT J WHITE, DEPUTY HARBOURMASTER, SHANNON FOYLES PORT CO, EMAIL DTD 4.8.11). UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 17MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 4006/11. 8.2.13 LIES IN 5235.530N, 0938.520W [WGD]. UPRIGHT. HT 5.4MTRS, BOWS SW. (WARSHIPS, UBOATS & LINERS - INSS 2012). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SW

Position: 52 35.53 N,9 38.52 W

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