This is the information page about the shipwreck Saint olaf, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 20 N,4 37 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: SAINT OLAF
Length 54.3 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 568 ton
Load: granular or powdery material
Cause: steel vessel, built 1896 byj fullerton & co. ltd., paisley with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 110hp, single shaft, 1 boiler. machinery by ross & duncan, glasgow. owned at time of loss by t heiton, dublin. passage treport for liverpool. sank after collided with ss 'voltaie'. 2 of 13 crew lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 18 meter
Known since: 1975, last detected: 2000
Details measurements/cartography: 12.2.75 12.2.75 SANK OFF HOLYHEAD. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA, POSN 532000N, 043700W FOR FILING ONLY. 8.9.07 8.9.07 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 5M E OF SKERRIES LTHO. (SIBI) GIVES POSN 5325.0N, 0430.0W. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 20 N,4 37 W