Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Meath, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 53 20.499 N,4 36.339 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.

 

1. Abbotsford
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Apapa
6. Arno mendi
7. Asmund
8. Bengollyun
9. Benholm
10. Braganza
11. Breeze
12. British viscount
13. Caernarvon bay (probably)
14. Captain mclintock
15. Castilian
16. Cognac
17. Conargo
18. Dagmar
19. Dakota
20. Fairisle
21. Farfield
22. Fawn (possibly)
23. Ferocious
24. Fin-ar-bed
25. Grampian castle
26. Guillermo
27. Harold
28. Herbert
29. Hildena
30. Hms campina
31. Hms westphalia (possibly)
32. Hmsm h5
33. Hyacinth
34. Kimya
35. Kimya (part of)
36. Kirkmichael
37. La plata (possibly)
38. La rochelle (possibly)
39. Lightstone (probably)
40. Lilly (possibly)
41. Liverpool
42. Maarten cornelis
43. Marquess of bute (possibly)
44. Mary
45. Meath
46. Minerva
47. Missouri
48. Morning spray
49. Normandy coast
50. Oria
51. Osseo
52. Pamela
53. Pegasus (possibly)
54. President harbitz
55. Rhyl
56. River humber
57. Saint olaf
58. Sapphire
59. Seagull
60. Segontium (sirgontium)
61. Slieve bloom
62. Sonia
63. Theme
64. Town of wexford (possibly)
65. Uss roanoke
66. Westward ho

 

Name: MEATH

Länge97.8 meter, Breite: 12.2 meter, Tiefgang: 4.9, Tonnage 1598 ton
Last: animals (land & sea) and birds

Ursache: two boilers, triple-expansion engine, single shaft. passage dublin for birkenhead. detonated a german laid mine. crew recovered. (llww2 & sibi).

Jahr der Registrierung: 1940

Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 16 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 45 cm

Bekannt seit: 1940, zuletzt detektiert: 2013

Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H0075/40 25.9.40 WK 3.25FMS, 039.5DEG, 7.5C, FROM HOLYHEAD OUTER BREAKWATER LT. G WK BUOY LAID 270DEGS, 120YDS FROM WK.

- NM 2323/40 & FNM 2324/40. 2.10.41 BUOY NOW 270DEGS, 100YDS FROM WK. - FNM 2487/41. H1581/57 24.6.57 SWEPT CLEAR AT 30, FOUL AT 31FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32FT. (HMS COOK, SEPT 1956).

- NM 1436/57. H0775/40 19.2.63 BUOY NO LONGER CHARTED.

- NM 344/63. H834/58 13.5.71 TO BE MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, ABOUT 1C SW, IN 532026N, 043625W.

- NM 875/71. 5.10.71 BLOWN UP AND NOT WORTH DIVING ON. (RAF SUB-AQUA CLUB). H1581/57 3.1.73 SHOWN IN 532028.8N, 043616.8W, OR 037DEG, 8.08C FROM BREAKWATER LT, ON HMS SCOTT'S 1956 SURVEY [K1587]. H1285/75 5.8.75 WK INTACT AND STANDING SOME 12-15FT APPROX. SLOWLY SINKING INTO THE SEABED. EVIDENCE OF SOME SALVAGE HAVING BEEN CARRIED OUT. REPD TO BE IN 532026N, 043620W [OGB]. (A NEWTON, 9.7.75). H1309/77/412 8.12.77 STANDS SOME 30FT HIGH AND IS BROKEN IN THREE PLACES. (M SMITH, 2.12.77). H4587/76 22.1.80 BUOY NOW R CAN, GPFL(2)R.10S, IN 532026N, 043625W. (SEALINK NM 1/80). ALREADY INCLUDED ON IALA NES. 1.4.81 REPD TO BE OWNED BY N STAFFS SAC AND THAT IT WILL BE SURVEYED DURING SUMMER 1981, WITH A VIEW TO SALVAGING IT. (MR HOLBROOK, TELECON 1.4.81). H4587/76 28.9.82 BUOY LIGHT TEMPORARILY EXTINGUISED. (HOLYHEAD HARBOUR NM 8/82). NCA. H4587/76 14.1.85 LT TEMP EXTINGUISHED. WILL BE ACTIVATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT NOTICE. (HOLYHEAD NM 11/84). NCA. H1270/78 24.7.85 BUOY TEMP OFF STATION. TO BE REPLACED ASAP. (SEALINK HARBOURS NM 5/85). NCA. H2921/85 27.10.88 BUOY TEMP OFF STATION FOR REPAIRS. (SEALINK HARBOURS NM 2/88). NCA. 23.4.99 NAME GIVEN AS LADY MEATH. SALVAGED SO FAIRLY BROKEN UP. SOME PARTS STAND 8MTRS PROUD OF SHINGLE AND SAND. BOW INTACT, ANCHOR ON CHAIN. BRIDGE OFF WK LIES TO PORT WITH 2 ENCRUSTED GANTRIES STERN STANDS 5MTRS HIGH. (DIVER MAGAZINE APRIL 1999). 10.3.14 EXAM'D 6.11.13 IN 5320.499N, 0436.339W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.35 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. NO SCOUR. LEAST DEPTH CONFIRMED BY W/C. LENGTH 108.6MTRS, WIDTH 30.1MTRS, HT 4.65MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY (SIC). WELL BROKEN UP WITH EVIDENCE OF BOILERS AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). STRNG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. TWO BOILERS EVIDENT, ONE LYING ON ITS END. AMEND WK 11.3MTRS.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office

Kommentar Forscher: BROKEN UP, TWO BOILERS, ONE ON ITS END

Position: 53 20.499 N,4 36.339 W

 

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