This is the information page about the shipwreck William mannel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 18.465 N,7 4.538 W (55.30775, -7.0756333333333)

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.

Name: WILLIAM MANNEL

Length 38.1 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 276 ton

Cause: built by smith's dock in 1917. a castle-class trawler. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 61 nhp, single shaft. sold in 1920 with same name. hired for minesweeping duties 6.1940 - 11.1945. steering gear jammed and vessel struck rocks when entering loch foyle. floated off but listed violently to port and sank by the head. owned at time of loss by j marr & son, fleetwood. (diver magazine may '10)

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1990, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/350/06 4.12.92 HH100/350/06 & HH290/400/01 4.12.92 WK OF WILLIAM MANNELL LOCATED 1990 IN 551839N, 070435.5W. STILL FAIRLY INTACT, BUT NOW BEGINNING TO COLLAPSE. WHEEL HOUSE IS ONLY PART THAT IS SEVERELY DAMAGED. LEAST DEPTH 18 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. (DR N SOTHY, 24.11.92). INS AS WK USC 16MTRS.

- NM 3801/92. HH100/351/06 22.1.93 HH100/351/06 22.1.93 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY BELL. (DR N SOTHY, 12.1.93). 2.2.00 2.2.00 WK LIES IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LISTING HEAVILY TO PORT. COMPLETELY ENCRUSTED IN ANEMONES. RELATIVELY INTACT WITH WINCHES, MASTS AND OTHER SUPERSTRUCTURE JUTTING FROM DECK. STERN COLLAPSING. (DIVER MAGAZINE FEB 2000). HH091/241/01 17.10.08 HH091/241/01 & SEP 2008/000086143 17.10.08 EXAM'D 17.4.08 IN 5518.4652N, 0704.5381W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.6 IN GEN DEPTH 26.8MTRS. SCOUR 4.4MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 18MTRS TOWARDS 075DEGS FROM BOW. LENGTH 26.8MTRS, WIDTH 7.8MTRS, HT 22.6MTRS (SIC). LIES 075/255 DEGS. STERN BROKEN, BOW EXPOSED DUE TO SCOUR. BOW APPEARS TO BE INTACT. NO DEBRIS AROUND WK. (MARINE INSTITUTE OF IRELAND, JOINT IRISH BATHY SURVEY PROJECT). AMEND WK 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 23.4.10 23.4.10 BOW LISTS SLIGHTLY TO PORT, STARBOARD ANCHOR STILL IN PLACE. SMALL ANCHOR WINCH IN PLACE BUT WOODEN DECKING ROTTED AWAY. HULL REASONABLY INTACT, BOW TOWARDS THE SHORE. PORT SIDE ALMOST LEVEL WITH SEABED. BOILER INTACT FILLING THE WIDTH OF THE HULL. ENGINE MOSTLY BURIED IN DEBRIS. PART OF WHEELHOUSE, AFT TRAWL NET GALLOWS & A SECTION OF MAST LIE IN THE SEABED OFF THE PORT SIDE. (DIVER MAGAZINE MAY '10) 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 24.73MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 24.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, GENERALLY INTACT, SCOUR AT BOW

Position: 55 18.465 N,7 4.538 W

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