This is the information page about the shipwreck Solway queen (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 50.206 N,5 27.752 W (54.846216666667, -5.7131)

 

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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. Agba
2. Ailsa
3. Alamance (probably)
4. Alcedo
5. Annagher
6. Ardglass
7. Argyle (possibly)
8. Azure
9. Baron glamis (probably)
10. Berbice
11. Betsey / bessy
12. Black diamond
13. Bonvilston
14. Boy john r
15. Buffalo (possibly)
16. Carrick
17. Chindwin
18. Chirripo
19. Dalriada
20. Dettifoss
21. Dove of oban
22. Empress of japan (possibly)
23. Enterprize (poss)
24. Fredanja (probably)
25. Haileybury
26. Hmt rose ii
27. Housatonic (possibly)
28. Inverurie
29. Karanan
30. Kempock
31. Lagan
32. Lakemoor
33. Leeds city
34. Loch sunart
35. Longwy
36. M.j.craig (probably)
37. Maria
38. Mermaid
39. Middleton (probably)
40. Neotsfield
41. Normanby hall
42. Norseman
43. Nyanza (possibly)
44. Oregon 1
45. Overton
46. Peridot
47. Princess victoria
48. Rexmoor
49. Rowan
50. Sandhurst
51. Santa lucia
52. Setter (possibly)
53. Solway queen (possibly)
54. State of louisiana (bow section)
55. State of louisiana (stern section)
56. Tiberia
57. Troutpool
58. U 776
59. Ub 85
60. Ub-85 / ub-82?
61. Ulrica
62. Vera louise
63. W d potts (probably)
64. William castle
65. Woods

 

Name: SOLWAY QUEEN (POSSIBLY)

Length 44.2 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 307 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1883 by r. smith with compound engines of 67nhp. owned at time of loss by kynoch- arklow ltd. passage ayr for newry. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u-101. the captain & 10 men were killed. (dods & llww1)

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 130 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: 23.4.18 SANK ABOUT 7M OFF KILLANTRINGAN BLACKHEAD LT HO. SANK AT ONCE. (BOT). H5605/61 8.12.61 INS AS NDW PA. NC 1753. 10.8.72 AMEND TO WK USC PA 55MTRS. NC 1753. H3671/72 20.2.73 LOCATED IN 545012N, 052740W [OGB] USING HIFIX 2 [LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 124 IN GEN DEPTH 130MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND. SMALL WRECK ABOUT 80FT LONG. LYING 100/250DEG ON SLIGHT RISE. (HMS FAWN 302/72). INS WK LEAST DEPTH 68FMS [124MTRS]. BA 2198 & 1753. 23.1.04 EUT POSN SUPPLIED BY GEODESY: 5450.204N, 0527.732W. NE 2198. SEP 2010/000156213 24.9.10 EXAM'D 2008 IN 5450.206N, 0527.752W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 122.74MTRS. LENGTH 54.7MTRS, HT 2.74MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 1273). AMEND WK 122MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SMALL WK, INTACT

Position: 54 50.206 N,5 27.752 W

 

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