This is the information page about the shipwreck Trieste, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 28.947 N,5 10.198 W (53.230533333333, -4.9533166666667)
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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: Trieste
Length 27.6 meter, width: 5.8 meter
Cause: positional analysis: wreck returns (1896) state trieste sank 20nm nw of holyhead. the position plots 7.5nm nw of this wreck.archival analysis: sank on transit from glasgow to constantinople carrying bunker coal(wreck returns 1896).
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 76 meter, Height above seabed: 76 cm
Known since: 1976, last detected: 20190710
Details measurements/cartography: H4827/75 24.1.77 WK LOCATED 11.11.76 IN 532856N, 0051008W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 73.3 IN GEN DEPTH 76MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 15MTRS. LYING WSW/ENE WITH SCOUR TO NE. SMALL WK IN SANDWAVE AREA. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). INS AS WK 70MTRS.
- NM 551/77. 15.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 10/7/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS THE WK IS DIMENSIONALLY, ARCHIVALLY AND POSITIONALLY CONSISTENT WITH VESSEL "TRIESTE". (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "TRIESTE" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SMALL WK IN SANDWAVE AREA
Position: 53 28.947 N,5 10.198 W