This is the information page about the shipwreck Tarbert, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.824 N,2 59.781 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: TARBERT
Length 79.2 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 1696 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,timber,oil
Cause: 23.12.1919 ex-neto. built in 1882 by dobie & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by the limerick ss co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 199nhp, single shaft. passage dakkar for liverpool. sunk on 22/23.12.1919 at midnight following collision. raised and beached. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 3 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 1986
Details measurements/cartography: H9817/19 29.12.1919 SANK ABOUT 280YDS ABOUT W BY S QUARTER S (MAG) OF THE NORTH PIER HEAD OF ENTRANCE TO THE DUKES DOCK. WATCH VESSEL STATIONED NTH OF WRECK. G CONL BUOY WITH FL G LT STH OF WRECK. (MERSEY D & HB, NM DTD 23.12.1919). INS ON CHARTS.
- NM ACTION. H5094/21 19.9.1921 WRECK & LT BUOY HAVE BEEN REMOVED. (MD & HB 19.9.21). DELETE.
- NM ACTION. SOME CARGO SALVED. DEPTH 16FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). INS AS WK 2FMS 4FT. H5282/71 24.2.75 WK 4.4MTRS [LAT] SHOWN IN 532350N, 025942W ON MDHB CHART 1974. NC 3490. 31.12.79 NOT SHOWN ON NC 3490. (NC1). 11.8.86 WK 4.4MTRS SHOWN IN 532348.5N, 025942W ON MERSEY 21/5. BR STD. HH206/260/01 14.4.94 NOT SHOWN ON MERSEY SURVEY 35-1, BETWEEN LINES OF SOUNDINGS IN DEPTHS OF 3 TO 5MTRS. (MERSEY DOCKS & HARBOUR COMPANY SURVEY DTD 5.11.93). NCA. 11.6.04 SHOWN AS WK (NO DEPTH SPECIFIED) IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS ON BA 3490 [EDN 5 DTD 20.12.01]. 16.4.14 SHOWN AS WK 4.4MTRS ON BA 3490 [EDN 7 DTD 2.8.14].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 23.824 N,2 59.781 W