This is the information page about the shipwreck Tuskar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16.01 N,10 10.53 W (54.266833333333, -10.1755)
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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: TUSKAR
Length 74.1 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1159 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built of iron in 1890 by w b thompson & co ltd, dundee. owned at time of loss by clyde shipping co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 253 nhp, single shaft. passage glasgow for limerick. struck a mine and sank with the loss of 10 lives. (ww1sl, ll ww1 & sii).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 74 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1977
Details measurements/cartography: REPORTED LOST 3M W FROM EAGLE ISLAND. (WW1SL, LLWW1). POSN 541600N, 101030W. FOR FILING ONLY. 6.4.77 CHARTED AS WK USC PA 30MTRS IN 541600N, 101030W. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 2703.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 16.01 N,10 10.53 W