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 54 59.717 N,1 23.772 W (54.995283, -1.396200)
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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 126.5 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5358 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1929 by lithgows ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by larrinaga ss co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 359 nhp, single shaft. machinery by d rowan & co ltd, glasgow. passage the tyne for the st lawrence. bombed and taken in tow. later broke her back on the herd sand. salvage operation abandoned. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1967
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 193 cm
Known since: 1967, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H96/67 22.11.67 LOCATED IN 545939N, 012342W [OGB]. LESS THAN 2FMS OVER BOILER AT LOW WATER. GEN DEPTH 5FMS. SOME SCOUR. SEABED SAND. WRECKAGE LARGELY COLLAPSED. (T W L JOHNSON, LETTER DTD 19.11.67). INS AS OB PA. BR STD. HH090/796/01 31.12.98 EXAMINED 15.8.98 IN 545943.1N, 012347.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.0 IN GEN DEPTH 6.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. LENGTH 41MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS. LIES 015/195DEGS. NOT SWEPT DUE TO BUOYS AND SHALLOW WATER. TWO LINEAR CONTACTS AND THREE POINT CONTACTS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO WK 2.0MTRS. BR STD. 28.10.04 EUT POSN: 5459.719N, 0123.783W. NE 1934. SEP 2019/000043627 19.3.19 EXAM’D 19.3.19 IN 5459.717N, 0123.772W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.66MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. LENGTH 84.3MTRS, WIDTH 39.5MTRS, HT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 193/013DEGS. MOSTLY BROKEN UP, 3 DISCERNIBLE CONTACTS. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 1.6MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO MAIN LINEAR CONTACTS
Position: 54 59.717 N,1 23.772 W
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