Wreck: Saint mirren (Sailing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Saint mirren, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 54.907 N,8 14.362 W (55.668583333333, -7.9938666666667)
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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: SAINT MIRREN
Length 82.9 meter, tonnage 1956 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built of steel in 1892 by charles connel & co. owned at time of loss by a mackey & co, glasgow. passage the clyde for santos. attacked by u-87 and crew abansoned ship. sunk by gunfire. no lives lost. (warships, uboats & liners - inss 2012).
Year of registration: 1969
Water depth above wreck: 178 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1969, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: H7723/68 6.3.69 H7723/68 6.3.69 LOCATED 24.7.68 IN 555458N, 081417W USING LAMBDA [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 565FT IN 580FT. FAIR SONAR. (HMS HYDRA 1968). INS AS WK 94FMS. BR STD. H3740/69 9.7.69 H3740/69 9.7.69 LIES HEADING 330DEGS. STANDS 30FT IN 584FT. GOOD SONAR FROM NE. (RISDON BEAZLEY, LTR). AMEND TO WK 92FMS. BR STD. 5.8.79 5.8.79 AMEND TO WK 167MTRS. NC 2723. 16.4.07 16.4.07 LOCATED IN 5554.898N, 0814.324W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 178MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 7.6MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 135/315DEGS. INTACT. ?BOWS SE WITH STERN DAMAGE. AMEND WK 169MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 9.4.10 SEP 20070063006 9.4.10 SHOWN AS WK 168MTRS IN 5554.907N, 0814.362W [WGD] ON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRELAND BATHY DATA. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?BOWS SE WITH STERN DAMAGE, MINOR SCOUR
Position: 55 54.907 N,8 14.362 W
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