Wreck: Sharelga (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Sharelga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 35.862 N,5 27.339 W (53.625166666667, -5.4926666666667)
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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: SHARELGA
Length 21.3 meter
Cause: capsized and sunk 25 mile e of kish ltho. skipper reported being dragged for two miles at high speed when nets became entangled with a mystery object, believed to be a submarine. the crew were rescued from water by other trawlers in the area. the nets were recovered by an irish naval vessel 20 miles off co dublin.
Year of registration: 1982
Water depth above wreck: 102 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1982, last detected: 1984
Details measurements/cartography: H1270/79 29.4.82 H1270/79 29.4.82 CAPSIZED & SUNK IN 533600N, 052700W. (MRSC HOLYHEAD, TLX DTD 18.4.82). INS AS USCPA 90MTRS. BR STD. H1270/79 18.5.82 H1270/79 18.5.82 BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS ADMITTED THAT ONE OF ITS SUBS CAUSED THE SINKING, (LL 4.5.82). H4466/81 22.6.83 H4466/81 22.6.83 LOCATED IN 533551N 052716W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 92 MTRS. (HMS FOX, SIGNAL DTD 17.6.83). INS AS WK 92MTRS. BR STD. H4466/81 1.3.84 H4466/81 1.3.84 EXAM'D 16.6.83 IN 533551N, 052716W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 92 IN GEN DEPTH 102MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 20MTRS, BEAM 6MTRS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. ORIENTATION NE/SW. (HMS FOX, HI 95). NFA. [WGD] POSN: 5335.862N, 0527.339W. BA 44.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, INTACT & UPRIGHT
Position: 53 35.862 N,5 27.339 W
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