This is the information page about the shipwreck Ringwall, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 7.016 N,4 53.585 W (53.94795, -4.7442)

 

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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.

 

1. Abydos
2. Amber rose
3. Ariel (possibly)
4. Audentia
5. Aurora
6. Barrister (possibly)
7. Bessie
8. Blue star
9. Calista (probably)
10. Carmelite (possibly)
11. Citrine
12. Clan macmaster
13. Conargo
14. Conovium (probably)
15. Crois bhride
16. Darro
17. Don boscoe
18. Downshire (possibly)
19. Downshire (probably)
20. Eileen
21. Ellen sheant
22. Fenella ann
23. Florence
24. Fulmar
25. G-azjy
26. Ginger
27. Grinder
28. Hms racehorse
29. Jane brown
30. Largo (possibly)
31. Lily
32. Madge wildfire
33. Marianne toft (possibly)
34. Mayfield
35. Melfort
36. Mfv polaris
37. Moonlight
38. Moonlight (possibly)
39. Noel du marin
40. Oona hall
41. Our brighter dawn
42. Our lassie
43. Our queen
44. Ringwall
45. Romeo
46. Saint mirren (possibly)
47. Silver quest 2
48. Speedwell
49. Thornfield
50. Thracian
51. Tumi joy 2
52. Tuskar
53. Waltham (probably)

 

Name: RINGWALL

Length 43.6 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 407 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-mary summerfield. built in 1921 by day, summers & co, southamption. owned at time of loss by wallace bros ltd, liverpool. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 60hp by the shipbuilder, single shaft. passage dublin for silloth. reported missing. considered to have been mined. crew of 8 lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/87/26 27.7.87 H1310/87/26 27.7.87 WK OF MARY SUMMERFIELD LOCATED IN 540703N, 045321W [OGB]. POSN BY DECCA. (D KNOWLER, 17.7.87). HH100/351/04 15.3.91 HH100/351/04 15.3.91 WK LOCATED 25.8.90 IN 540702N, 045324W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 30-40MTRS, HEIGHT 5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES NW/SE. MARKED BY A BUOY. (A CORKILL, 9.12.90). AMEND TO WK 33MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/07 28.9.93 HH100/351/07 28.9.93 SS RINGWALL WAS LAUNCHED WITH THE NAME MARY SUMMERFIELD IN 1921. (A CORKHILL, 19.9.93). NCA. HH100/351/17 30.8.01 HH100/351/17 30.8.01 LIES IN 5407.017N, 0453.560W [WGD] USING GPS. (A CORKILL, EMAIL DTD 29.8.01). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/016/01 12.2.04 HH091/016/01 12.2.04 EXAMINED 20.9.04 IN 5407.016N, 0453.585W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 160/340DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS BROKEN AND IN TWO PARTS. EXTENSIVE FISHING GEAR OVER THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1016). RETAIN WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 30.1.06 30.1.06 UPRIGHT, BROKEN MIDSHIPS WITH BOW SOME 30DEGS TO STBD. BURIED WITH DEBRIS MIDSHIPS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, FEB '06). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN MIDSHIPS, NETTED FWD

Position: 54 7.016 N,4 53.585 W

 

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