This is the information page about the shipwreck Stypie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 10.382 N,7 3.333 W (55.30775, -7.0756333333333)
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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: STYPIE
Year of registration: 1993
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1993, last detected: 2004
Details measurements/cartography: 2.12.93 HA141/002/001/05 2.12.93 WK OF 35MTR LONG WOODEN WK, KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'STYPIE' LOCATED ABOUT 200MTRS S OF SALTPANS NAVIGATION BEACON ON N MIDDLE BANK, LOUGH FOYLE. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 13-17MTRS. COULD BE WK OF 'ST BRIDE'. (ADU REPORT 93/10). COULD BE 'ST BRIDE', SUNK 5.1843 'NEAR DERRY'. NCA, POSN 510.317N, 0703.367W [IRL] FOR FILING ONLY. HH288/490/05 17.12.04 HH288/490/05 17.12.04 MOST PROMINENT PART OF THE WK LIES IN 5510.3815N, 0703.3328W [WGD] USING DGPS. LIES IN A MIN OF 10MTRS [MAX 18MTRS]. LENGTH 18MTRS, WIDTH 9.4MTRS. SHOWED UP WELL ON DCS3 AND MAGNETOMETER. RECOVERED ARTEFACTS SHOW THAT THIS WAS NOT THE 'ST BRIDE'. PROBABLY FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY. (J MCGETTIGAN, MSC THESIS, VIA W FORSYTH, CENTRE FOR MARINE ARCHEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, E-MAIL DTD 15.12.04). INS AS WK 4MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER
Position: 55 10.382 N,7 3.333 W