Wreck: South arklow (Light ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck South arklow, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 40.41 N,5 57.351 W (52.567183333333, -5.9917833333333)
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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: SOUTH ARKLOW
Length 30.5 meter
Cause: boarded by crew of german submarine and sunk by bombs.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 169 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2012
Details measurements/cartography: H1866/17 31.3.17 POSN 524045N, 055645W. (AN 369/17). INS ON CHARTS. POSN 10MIN SE BY S 0.5S FROM ARKLOW. (BMVS). 24.11.72 AMEND TO USC 15FMS. NE 1410. 9.11.77 AMEND TO USC 27MTRS. NC 1787. H1950/76 10.11.80 EXAM'D 27.6.79 IN 524023N, 055717W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 50 MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. APPROX LENGTH 31MTRS, LYING N/S. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). AMEND TO WK 46MTRS. H1935/80 7.10.82 EXAM'D 19.10.81 IN 524024N, 055717W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. APPROX LENGTH 25MTRS. LYING ALMOST E/W. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). BR STD. 29.6.12 EXAM'D 23.5.12 IN 5240.4102N, 0557.351W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.8 IN GEN DEPTH 51.2MTRS. SCOUR 2.4MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 100-150MTRS TOWARDS 025DEGS. LENGTH 29MTRS, WIDTH 5.5MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 169/349 DEGS. (INFOMAR CV 12_01, VIA K SHEEHAN, MARINE INSTITUTE, IRELAND, EMAIL DTD 28.6.12). INTACT, UPRIGHT. MINOR SCOUR AT EACH END WITH MAIN SCOUR AS NOTED. AMEND WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, SCOUR AT ENDS & NNE/SSW
Position: 52 40.41 N,5 57.351 W
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