This is the information page about the shipwreck Warrenpoint, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 59.325 N,1 51.577 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: WARRENPOINT
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 131 cm
Known since: 1976, last detected: 20190701
Details measurements/cartography: H4139/76 20.12.76 NEW WRECK LOCATED IN 515924N, 015136E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.8MTRS. FOUL 25.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26.7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 27.8MTRS. VERY SMALL WRECK LYING NNW/SSE WITH SCOUR ON NORTHERN SIDE. APPROX SIZE 40MTRS X 25MTRS X 0.5MTR. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). INS AS WK 24.5 MTRS. BR STD. HH090/667/01 14.12.95 EXAM'D 13.7.95 IN 515919.46N, 015134.37E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.0 IN GEN DEPTH 26.8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.8MTR. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 155/315 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. WK HAS OLD FISHING NETS ATTACHED. HEIGHT OF WK CONFIRMED BY DIVER. PARTIALLY BURIED. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. HH100/351/20 5.8.03 DIVED IN 5159.42N, 0151.63E [WGD]. A SMALL SS UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. IDENTIFIED AS THE 'WARRENPOINT'. MOST OF THE HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED WITH THE HULL ONLY 1MTR CLEAR OF THE SEABED. HIGHEST POINT IS THE BOILER WHICH IS 2MTRS CLEAR. BOW LIES ON ITS SIDE SEPARATE FROM THE WK. (B HICKINBOTTOM). NCA. SEP 2015/000143573 15.7.15 EXAM'D 30.6.15 IN 5159.324N, 0151.578E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.0MTRS. (FUGRO EMU, EMAIL DTD 30.6.15). NFS, RETAIN DW 25.0MTRS. ? SEP 2019/000272653 22.11.19 EXAM'D 01.07.19; IN 5159.325N, 0151.577E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 35.67MTRS, WIDTH 9.35MTRS, HEIGHT 2.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 131/311 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 37.15MTRS, WIDTH 18.15MTRS, 0.39MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 215 DEGS. WRECK IS PARTIALLY BURIED AND DEGRADED. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, BOW ON SIDE CLOSE BY
Position: 51 59.325 N,1 51.577 E