This is the information page about the shipwreck Ullapool, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 24.414 N,3 0.374 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. Admiral nelson
2. Agnes
3. Albatross
4. Albert
5. Albert (part of)
6. Albert (part of)
7. Alcides
8. Alice
9. Alice davies
10. Anatolian
11. Ann sumner
12. Ann widnal
13. Anne
14. Anne elizabeth
15. Ant
16. Architect
17. Armagh
18. Auchenarden
19. Auspicious
20. Avon
21. Avon
22. Azalea
23. Bactria
24. Bayswater (possibly)
25. Bengar
26. Berwyn
27. Bessie
28. Blairnevis
29. Boston
30. Boubolina
31. Bradda
32. Brazilian
33. Buenos ayres
34. Burbo tower (remains)
35. Burbo tower (remains)
36. Burbo tower (remains)
37. Burbo tower (remains)
38. Burgedin
39. Calderon
40. Cameronian
41. Carl august
42. Caroline
43. Carrie
44. Cascapedia
45. Castle queen
46. Catherine
47. Catherine
48. Chase
49. Christina shearer
50. Chrysopolis
51. City of st andrews
52. Colin russell
53. Collingwood
54. Colombus
55. Colorado
56. Concord
57. Coniston (probably)
58. Coral bank
59. Corbet
60. Cornish coast
61. Countess of devon
62. Croydon
63. Cumbrae
64. Denbigh coast
65. Denham
66. Ditton
67. Douglas
68. Douglas
69. Dunmail
70. Dunvegan castle
71. Ebeneezer
72. Ebenezer
73. Ebenezer
74. Edward finch
75. Elephant
76. Eliza bonstead
77. Elizabeth
78. Elizabeth dal
79. Elizabeth lathom
80. Ellan vannin
81. Ellen sarah
82. Ellen southwold
83. Emelie
84. Emmeline
85. Empress eugenie
86. Endymion
87. Eros
88. Ester ann
89. Esther
90. Eurymedon
91. Eversfield
92. Fairlie and jane
93. Fairy
94. Flamingo
95. Four brothers
96. Frolic
97. Gannochy
98. Geofredo (part of)
99. Geofredo (part of)
100. Geofredo (part of)
101. Germania
102. Gladstone
103. Grappler
104. Gratitude
105. Gwydir
106. Hannah
107. Hannah landles
108. Harmony
109. Hawkesbury
110. Hebe
111. Hebe (possibly)
112. Helen
113. Henry j smith
114. Herlief
115. Hero
116. Heron 2
117. Hms cochrane
118. Hopper f
119. Hopper number 6
120. Hvideorn
121. Ibis
122. Ida
123. Ida
124. India
125. Ionic star
126. J b kee
127. J c swindlehurst
128. J w t
129. James and grace gregory
130. Jerseymoor
131. Jessie
132. Jessie brown
133. John & ann
134. John bull
135. John pierce
136. John w elliot
137. Juno
138. Jura
139. Kelvindale
140. Lady irene of menai
141. Laura
142. Lionel george
143. Little burbo beacon
144. Lizzie morton
145. Lochmonar (fwd part)
146. Lochranza castle
147. Lord delamere
148. Lord delamere (possibly)
149. Lylie
150. Major
151. Mancunium
152. Mantura
153. Margaret
154. Marion
155. Marn
156. Mary
157. Mary agnes
158. Mary ann
159. Mary ann
160. Mary jane
161. Mary kate
162. Mary olivia
163. Matador
164. Mayflower (part of)
165. Mid jordan beacon
166. Miner
167. Mona 2 (possibly)
168. My lady
169. Nautilus
170. Nazarine
171. Nelson
172. Neptune
173. Nestos
174. Nickolai
175. North jordan bn
176. Ocean home
177. Old england
178. Olive branch
179. Orizava (or urizaza)
180. Osctilia
181. Ousebridge
182. Outer east dolphin
183. Parker
184. Pegu (bow section)
185. Pegu (stern)
186. Penryn
187. Perseverance
188. Perseverance
189. Phoenician
190. Pigeon
191. Planet
192. Polly williams
193. Ponce
194. Primrose
195. Progress
196. Prudence
197. Queen
198. Queens tower
199. Rambler
200. Raoul et aurelie
201. Rescue
202. Ringsend
203. Rissa
204. Robert & elizabeth
205. Robert marsden
206. Robert seymour
207. Roelas
208. Rosebud
209. San toy
210. Sandmail
211. Sarah
212. Seaville (part of)
213. Seaville (part of)
214. Selina
215. Severn
216. Sir george grey
217. Skate ii (debris from)(probably)
218. Slasher
219. Smelter
220. Sons of the sea
221. Sparling
222. Speke (possibly)
223. Sportsman
224. Spurn
225. Star of hope
226. Sulairia
227. Sultan
228. Sunda
229. Superb
230. Susahana or susanah
231. Swan
232. Tacoma city (part of)
233. Tacoma city (southern part)
234. Talbot
235. Tancred
236. Tarbert
237. Telmo
238. The lady mostyn
239. Thomas
240. Thomas
241. Thomas davies
242. Thorn
243. Thornton
244. Tongue beacon
245. Trentham hall
246. Trial
247. Ullapool
248. Ulstermore
249. United states
250. Valeria
251. Vanguard
252. Vesta
253. Victory
254. Ville de llanes
255. W.m.j
256. Walter
257. Walter dean
258. Wasp
259. Weazel
260. William huskisson
261. William rawcliffe
262. Woodville
263. Zealandia

 

Name: ULLAPOOL

Length 123.4 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4891 ton
Load: grain

Cause: struck by a parachute mine dropped by a german a/c. broke in two & sank with the loss of 16 lives including the captain.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: 12.5.42 JUNE 1941 SMALL AMOUNT OF CARGO RECOVERED 12.5.42. ANCHORS & CABLES REMOVED 8.7.42. COMMENCED DEMOLITION OF WRECK WITH EXPLOSIVES ON PORT SIDE 7.8.42. STBD AFTER SAMPSON POST & DERRICK REMOVED 17.2.43. 'MARKER' PLACED TO N SPH BUOY TO STH. 3.3.45 WORK TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. STATE AT THIS DATE, AFTER END HAS BEEN BLOWN UP TO OBTAIN 30FT LBD. AREA HAS NOT BEEN SWEPT BUT IN GENERAL IS BELOW THIS DEPTH. FORWARD END HAS BEEN BLOWN UP TO OBTAIN 30FT LBD. THIS DEPTH HAS BEEN OBTAINED IN GENERAL. 14.1.46 WRECKAGE CLEARED FROM ABOVE BOILERS. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO LIFT OUT CENTRE BOILER WITH 'WATCHFUL'. 1.8.46 TWO BOILERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. RECENT SURVEY INDICATES GENERAL LEVEL OF WK IS BELOW 25FT LBD. 2.9.46 COMMENCED PRELIMINARY SWEEPS WITH 40FT BAR. 5.9.47 SWEPT CLEAR TO 35FT LBD. WK VESSEL & BUOY REMOVED. POSN 532424N, 030018W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). H01105/41 31.3.41 POSN 532420N, 030030W OR 215DEG 1500FT FROM N END OF PRINCES LNDG STAGE. LATER POSN OF 532423.5N, 030016.5W. (PROBABLY FROM MERSEY NM 13/47). - PFNM 728/41. H01105/41 31.3.41 G SPH LTBUOY FL G INS 300FT N OF WRECK. - TFNM 729/41. H01105/41 28.4.41 INS DW.

- NM 919/41. HO1105/41 17.11.41 INS BUOY.

- NM 2652/41. H01105/41 23.3.44 INS LTV 4FG CLOSE N OF WRECK & SPH LTBUOY FL G 162DEG 500FT FROM WK. DELETE EXISTING BUOYS.

- NM634/44. H01105/41 7.8.47 AMEND WK 5FMS 5FT. DELETE LTV & LT BUOY. (MERSEY NM 13/47).

- NM 2010/47. 22.2.56 INS AS WRECK WITH TWO DEPTHS OF 5FMS 5FT. NE 3490. H5282/71 24.2.75 INS FOUL AREA 10.2MTRS [LAT] ABOUT 1C N/S, 0.5C E/W. (MD & HB 1974). NC 3490. 9.9.77 SHOWN IN AREA MARKED WKS 10.2MTRS ON 3490. HH091/124/01 20.4.06 EXAM'D 8.11.05 IN 5324.414N, 0300.374W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.26 IN GEN DEPTH 15.6MTRS. SCOUR 0.9MTR DEEP EXTENDS 90MTRS TOWARDS 160 DEGS. LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS. LARGE, BROKEN UP WK. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1124). RETAIN WK 10.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE, BROKEN UP WK

Position: 53 24.414 N,3 0.374 W

 

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