This is the information page about the shipwreck Templemore, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 12.686 N,6 13.912 W (55.417466666667, -6.4078833333333)

 

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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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13. Her majesty
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33. Templemore
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36. U 968

 

Name: TEMPLEMORE

Length 44.2 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 386 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built 1902 by j fullerton & co, paisley. owned at time of loss by h lane & co, londonderry. one boiler, compound engine of 88 nhp, single shaft. passage ellesmere port for londonderry. cargo shifted in heavy weather. anchored in murlugh bay, taken in tow but capsized and sank when cargo shifted again. sole passenger and 1 of 10 crew lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 159 cm

Known since: 1947, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H919/47 14.7.59 H919/47 14.7.59 NDW EXISTS IN 551320N, 061415W APPROX. (HBR COMMISSIONERS COLERAINE & AIR MINISTRY, 2.14/1947). BR STD. H2265/73 13.6.73 H2265/73 13.6.73 NOW CHARTED AS WK USC PA 18MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2798. 2.11.78 2.11.78 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (NO TONNAGE). H1310/85/35 10.10.85 H1310/85/35 10.10.85 WK IN CHARTED POSN HAS BEEN LOOKED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITHOUT SUCCESS. HOWEVER WK OF SS TEMPLEMORE, STEEL SCREW, 3 MASTED SS, LIES IN 551236N, 061352W APPROX, AND MAY BE WK TO WHICH ORIGINAL REPORT REFERS. DESCRIBED AS A SMALL SHIP, MOSTLY COLLAPSED. UNLIKELY TO BE A DANGER TO SURFACE NAVIGATION. (W F TODD, HN 30 & 31W/85, 2.10.85 & LTR 7.11.85). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H1310/85/45 13.1.86 H1310/85/45 13.1.86 HIGHEST PART OF WK STANDS 12FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 52FT, BY LEADLINE. (W F TODD, LTR 10.12.85). NCA. TIDAL REDUCTION NOT KNOWN. H1310/85/45 14.7.86 H1310/85/45 14.7.86 EXAM'D 15.6.86. FIXED BY HSA IN 551234N, 061352W. STANDS 4.9MTRS ABOVE SEABED IN GEN DEPTH 19.3MTRS [UNCORR'D]. (W F TODD, HN 15.6.86). PREDICTED TIDAL REDUCTION 1.0MTR. CHART AS WK 13MTRS. BR STD. 1.2.00 1.2.00 LIES UPSIDE DOWN. THE BOWS & STERN REMAIN, PROP VISIBLE, WK IS MAINLY BROKEN. BIG CONGER EELS AROUND BOILERS. (DIVER MAGAZINE FEB'2000). 22.11.04 22.11.04 EUT POSN: 5512.567N, 0613.917W. NC 2494. HH091/240/01 13.5.09 HH091/240/01 & SEP 2009/000038475 13.5.09 LOCATED 16.6.08 IN 5512.686N, 0613.912W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.46 IN GEN DEPTH 17.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 49.7MTRS, WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HT 4.15MTRS. LIES 159/339 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1240). APPARENTLY COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 13.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 55 12.686 N,6 13.912 W

 

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