Wreck: Retriever (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Retriever, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 1.03 N,6 3.46 W (54, -5.8093333333333)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: RETRIEVER
Length 51.2 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 459 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1906 by ailsa shipbuilding co ltd, troon. owned at time of loss by clantrye ss co. compound engines of 72 rhp for 9.5 knots. passage garston to newry. became unmanageable after cargo of coal shifted. collided with ss connemara when connemara was swept across her bows. sank 15 mins after connemara. 1 survivor, 8 lost. (sii).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1916, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H6795/16 23.11.16 POSN 540045N, 060315W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM1314/16. H6679/20 20.9.20 POSN 540100N, 060338W, OR 106DEG, 6.5C FROM HAULBOWLINE ROCKS LT. MARKED BY GREEN WK BUOY. (IRISH LTS OFFICE 2.11.20). H1189/25 19.2.25 AMEND POSN AND SYMBOL TO DW. CONL BUOY MARKING THIS WK AND CONNEMARA IN PLACE OF LT BUOY.
- NM ACTION. H4081/62 24.1.63 DELETED BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 2.10.86 SHOWN AS DW IN 540101.5N, 060323W [OSI]. NE 2800. 16.7.03 [WGD] POSN: 5401.035N, 0603.443W. NE 2800. 21.3.14 LOCATED 2013 IN 5401.03N, 0603.46W [WGD]. (INIS HYDRO, HI 1353). AMEND POSN. 12.12.14 LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.6MTRS. (BDC EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA FOR HI 1353). AMEND WK 2.6MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 1.03 N,6 3.46 W
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