This is the information page about the shipwreck Viking, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 13.409 N,4 23.172 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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.

 

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44. William hanbury

 

Name: VIKING

Length 42.8 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 262 ton
Load: ore

Cause: built in 1874 by j & r swan, dumbarton. owned at time of loss by j service, 21 hope st, glasgow. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 40 nhp, singls shaft. machinery by w king & co, glasgow. passage laxey, iom for swansea. sank after striking laxey pier while going astern. (sibi & ll).

Year of registration: 1889

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter

Known since: 1889

Details measurements/cartography: 5.12.69 SANK OFFSHORE IN LAXEY BAY. (LL, 5.12.69). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 541324N, 042306W. STS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 13.409 N,4 23.172 W

 

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