Wreck: Rfa industry (probably) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Rfa industry (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 23.8 N,5 20.1 W (54.480516666667, -5.4166666666667)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: RFA INDUSTRY (PROBABLY)

Length 59.7 meter, width: 9.1 meter, tonnage 1460 ton

Cause: built in 1901 by w beardmore & co ltd, glasgow. originally to be named 'glasgow', was purchased by the admiralty for a store carrier and was renamed industry. became a rfa in 1914. triple expansion engine of 106 nhp, single shaft. machinery by the builders. passage kingstown for belfast. was torpedoed by ub-94. 6 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 82 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1974

Details measurements/cartography: 19.10.18 POSN 542200N, 052000W (PA). (COMMODORE, KINGSTOWN). 23.10.18 SUNK 3M S BY E FROM SOUTH ROCK. (COMMODORE, LARNE) H2112/75 4.2.75 WRECK LOCATED IN 542348N, 052006W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 77.4 IN GEN DEPTH 82MTRS. SEABED OF FINE SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 51/74). INS AS WK 74MTRS.

- NM 396/75.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 23.8 N,5 20.1 W

 

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