This is the information page about the shipwreck St michan (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.4 N,5 43.8 W (53.625166666667, -5.4926666666667)
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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: ST MICHAN (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: 31.3.18 SUNK 10 MILES E OF LAMBAY IS. (A.P.KINGSTON). 12.4.18 SUNK 10 MILES E OF LAMBAY IS. (BOT MASTER). PREVIOUSLY SHOWN ON CHARTS BUT NO DETAILS NOTED. H5141/53 14.8.53 INS AS NDWPA ON NC 1411. AMENDED TO USCPA 50MTRS IN 533230N, 054430. (DATE NOT NOTED). H5982/82 8.8.83 FF (SERIOUS DAMAGE) SHOWN IN 533221N, 054351W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS C-PLOT C24 [1983]. H4466/81 17.11.83 WK LOCATED IN 533225N, 054342W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 67MTRS. (HMS FOX, HN 5/83). NCA YET. H4466/81 29.2.84 EXAM'D 29.10.83 IN 533225N, 054342W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67 IN GEN DEPTH 72MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 28MTRS, BEAM 6MTRS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. ORIENTATION E/W. (HMS FOX, HI 95). APPEARS TO BE TOO LARGE TO BE A 43 TON TRAWLER. INS AS WK 66MTRS. [WGD] POSN: 5332.437N, 0543.756W. BA 44. 10.4.14 LIES IN 5332.400N, 0543.800W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 67.873 IN GEN DEPTH 73.3MTRS. LENGTH 31.0MTRS, WIDTH 8.0MTRS. (IRISH WK LIST, CV10_01). AMEND WK 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, A SAILING VESSEL
Position: 53 32.4 N,5 43.8 W