This is the information page about the shipwreck Tralee trader, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 9.528 N,6 3.514 W (49.983366666667, -6.30175)

 

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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.

 

1. Alden gifford (possibly)
2. Annie f conlon
3. Arbel (probably)
4. Arnside (possibly)
5. Bill (part of)(possibly)
6. Bill (possibly)
7. Boynton (possibly)
8. Brigit
9. Brodfield
10. Camiola (possibly)
11. Cato
12. Charles maureaur
13. Cita
14. Clan macnab
15. Earl of arran
16. Earl of lonsdale
17. Emblem
18. Empire kingsley
19. Forester
20. General roberts (possibly)
21. Geopotes viii
22. Girl patricia
23. Hathor
24. Heathmore
25. Hms blazer
26. Hms colossus
27. Hms decoy (probably)
28. Hms firebrand
29. Hms pincher
30. Hopeful (possibly)
31. Italia
32. Lady charlotte
33. Little western
34. Magdeleine
35. Mando
36. Maria de larrinaga
37. Marie roberts
38. Minnehaha
39. Nord carperren
40. Orion
41. Oriskany
42. Padstow (possibly)
43. Phoenix 202
44. Plympton
45. Poleire
46. Polesley (possibly)
47. Rachel harvey
48. Regency (probably)
49. Richard davey
50. San bartholomeo (possibly)
51. Seapoint (possibly)
52. Serica (possibly)
53. Setiembre (part of)
54. Sirius (possibly)
55. St vincent (possibly)
56. Tralee trader
57. U 1208 (possibly)
58. U 247 (possibly)
59. Uc66
60. Venus des isles (pz269)

 

Name: TRALEE TRADER

Length 61.6 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 499 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-spolesto. built in 1958 by zaanlandse schps maats, zaandam. owned by tara shipping co. oil engine, single shaft. passage rotterdam for cork. lost after listing in heavy weather, probably due to shifting cargo. (ll & sibi).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 72 meter, Height above seabed: 169 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H1270/71 20.12.71 H1270/71 20.12.71 POSN APPROX 500800N, 060200W. (LL 206). CHART AS NDWPA. NC 1148. 11.11.75 11.11.75 CHART AS USCPA 22FMS [40MTRS]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2649. H2613/78 10.3.78 H2613/78 10.3.78 LOCATED 12.6.78 IN 500930N,060325W [OGB] USING HF [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.2MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS. LYING 140/320 DEGS. APPEARS RELATIVELY INTACT, UPRIGHT & WITH TWO DISTINCT HIGH POINTS. (HMS FOX HI 42A/77). CHART AS WK 65MTRS. NC 1178. HH100/351/18 3.9.02 HH100/351/18 3.9.02 DIVED IN CHARTED POSN. BELL 'SPOLESTO 1958' (PREVIOUS NAME OF VESSEL) FOUND BY DAVE DORMER. (G POUND, DIVE REPORT REC'D 15.8.02). NCA. 7.1.14 7.1.14 EXAM#D 3.12.14 IN 5009.528N, 0603.514W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 63.5 IN GEN DEPTH 72MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 8.5MTRS. FORMED OF TWO MAIN SECTIONS, 30MTRS APART. LEAST DEPTH ON N PART, PROBABLY BOW SECTION WITH LENGTH 16MTRS. (MMT, HI 1405). BOW PART LIES APPROX NNE/SSW, PROBABLY INVERTED. MOST OF WK IS COLLAPSED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, TWO HIGH PARTS, BOW TO NW LIES NNE/SSW

Position: 50 9.528 N,6 3.514 W

 

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