This is the information page about the shipwreck Ulabrand (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 39.838 N,5 2.9 W (54.638416666667, -4.9028)
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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: ULABRAND (POSSIBLY)
Length 87.5 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2011 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1899 by burmeister & wain, copenhagen with triple- expansion engines of 203nhp. owned at time of loss by hjalmar roed & co. torpedoed by german sub. passage rouen for glasgow in ballast. (ll ww1 & dods). torpedoed 2m w crammag head & sank immediately. on voyage from holyhead to clyde. (report buncrana master nc greenock).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 100 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 1973
Details measurements/cartography: 23.2.18 M10170 23.2.18 WK IN ACCEPTED POSN OF 543950N, 050100W (PA). (IDSA) 25.2.18 M06940 & M9976 25.2.18 SUNK 2M W OF CRAMMAG HD. SANK IMMEDIATELY. (AP REPORT, BUNCRANA MASTER NC GREENOCK & BOT). 27.2.18 M10215 27.2.18 REPORTED IN 2M E BY N 0.5DEGS N FROM CRAMMAG HEAD LT. H3671/72 20.2.73 H3671/72 20.2.73 EXAM'D 4.10.72 IN 543950N, 050250W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 95 IN GEN DEPTH 100MTRS. SCOUR 108MTRS. LENGTH 250FT. LIES N/S. SEABED SAND. ON A ROLLING SANDY BOTTOM, PARTS OF WHICH RISE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THE WK. LIES EQUIDISTANT BETWEEN SINKING POSNS OF ULABRAND & RIO VERDE BUT BECAUSE OF SIZE IT SEEMS LIKELY TO BE ULABRAND. (HMS FAWN). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Position: 54 39.838 N,5 2.9 W