Wreck: Richard de larrinaga (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Richard de larrinaga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 42.873 N,7 41.578 W (51.867, -7.5675)
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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: RICHARD DE LARRINAGA
Length 134.1 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5591 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1916 by russell & co ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by miguel de larrinaga ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 483 nhp, single shaft. passage manchester for galveston. torpedoed by u[57. 35 men lost. (dods & sii).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160801
Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 514248N, 074212W, APPROX. (M73535). H6907/29 REPEAT OF APPROX POSN. NCA. SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 15M SE 1/2 S OF BALLYCOTTIN ISLAND. (DODS). H0109/45 9.4.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 514248N, 074212W. LENGTH 167FT, HEIGHT 21FT. (C-IN-C, W APPS. WAGO 524). AUBD 1123/82 REFERS. NCA. 10.2.71 INS AS NDWPA IN 514248N, 074212W. BR STD. 5.12.77 AMEND TO WK USCPA 50MTRS. NC 2049. SEP 2016/000185942 24.8.16 EXAM'D 1.8.16; WK IN 5142.873N, 0741.578W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 74.5MTRS, GEN DEPTH 79MTRS. LENGTH 82.24MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 160/340. SCOUR LENGTH 12.4MTRS, 1.7MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 323DEGS. WK APPEARS INTACT. (H525, INFORMAR CV16_04 SOUTH OF IRELAND). AMEND NDW 74MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 42.873 N,7 41.578 W
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