This is the information page about the shipwreck Tayleur, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 29.574 N,5 59.88 W (53.26825, -5.9294833333333)

 

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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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Name: TAYLEUR

Length 76.2 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 1977 ton
Load: personnel,general and mixed goods

Cause: built of iron in 1853 by bank-quay foundry ltd. owned at time of loss by pilkington and wilsons's white star line. passage liverpool for melbourne. total of 652 on board, many on passage to the australian goldfields. the vessel was the largest sv built in britian to date. passage liverpool for australia. encountered bad weather with winds ssw to sse force 9 and observations could not be taken. the compasses were inaccurate and the steering defective. the crew was largely of chinese and lascar seamen who were far from satisfactory. found herself off a lee shore at 1130am and dropped both ancors at once. both cables parted at once. the ship was swept onto rocks and was finally washed off to sink in deep water. vessel was uninsured and on her maiden voyage. crew of 71, 581 passengers. 290 lives lost, the numbers lost vary in differing accounts. (sii).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H1270/77 8.12.77 POSN OF WK CORRECT & DIVED ON OFTEN. BELIEVED TO BE LARGEST OF HER KIND EVER BUILT. LOSS OF VESSEL MAINLY DUE TO INCORRECTLY SWUNG BINNACLE COMPASS & FAULTY SEMI-MECHANICAL STEERING GEAR. GIRDERS, PLATING & GENERAL MATERIAL LYING AROUND. SMALL BOILER 5FT DIAMETER SITTING ON TOP OF WRECKAGE,STANDS 3FT HIGHER THAN SEA-BED. CARGO REMAINING: ROOFING SLATES, ABOUT 60 TOMBSTONES, CROCKERY, WINE & BEER. (A SHORKEY, DROGHEDA SAC, LTR DTD 20.11.77). INS AS FOUL PA IN 532854N, 060112W [OSI]. 1.4.82 DESCRIBED AS LYING DISMASTED ABOUT 30YDS OUT FROM SE CORNER OF LAMBAY I. HT OF WK ABOUT 3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL II). REFERRED TO AS JOHN TAYLEUR. 11.4.14 LOCATED IN 53.29.574N, 0559.880W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.31 IN GEN DEPTH 11.6MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. (IRISH WK LIST, CRUISE GEO13_-01). AMEND WK 9.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL

Position: 53 29.574 N,5 59.88 W

 

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