This is the information page about the shipwreck W m barkley (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.297 N,5 39.535 W (53.625166666667, -5.4926666666667)

 

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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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33. W m barkley (possibly)
34. Wisemans

 

Name: W M BARKLEY (POSSIBLY)

Length 54.5 meter, width: 8.3 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 569 ton
Load: foodstuffs: liquid

Cause: built in 1898 by ailsa shipbuilding co ltd, troon. owned at time of loss by arthur guinness & sons ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 80 nhp, single shaft. passage dublin for liverpool. torpedoed by uc-75. four men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: REPORTED LOST 7M E FROM KISH LTV. POSN ACCEPTED AS PA 532130N, 054254W. H5141/53 14.8.53 INS AS NDWPA. NC 1411. 8.11.78 AMEND TO USCPA 35MTRS. NC 1411. H1935/80 7.2.83 EXAM'D 17.11.81 IN 532216N, 053929W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS. INTACT WK, LYING E/W ON SLOPE OF A BANK IN AN AREA OF RIPPLED SAND WAVES. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). BR STD. SEP 2010/000142275 9.8.11 LOCATED IN 5322.297N, 0539.535W [WGD]. (GSI SURVEY CV10_01, DRAFT REPORT DTD 5.2010). UPRIGHT, BOWS NE & DETACHED. LENGTHS APPROX 65MTRS & 20MTRS. AMEND POSN. BR STD. 8.2.13 LARGELY INTACT. LENGTH 67MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. LIES NE/SW. BOW DETACHED BUT INLINE. UPRIGHT. (WARSHIPS, UBOATS & LINERS - INSS 2012). 10.4.14 LEAST DEPTH 48.45 IN GEN DEPTH 50.87MTRS. LENGTH 54.5MTRS, WIDTH 8.3MTRS. (IRISH WK LIST). AMEND WK 48MTRS. SEP 2015/000263012 7.3.16 WK 47.166MTRS IN 5322.297N, 0539.535W [WGD]. (GSI IRELAND WK RECORDS, CV10_01). AMEND TO NDW 47MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, BOW DETACHED, IN LINE, UPRIGHT

Position: 53 22.297 N,5 39.535 W

 

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