Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Shirala, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 40.931 N,0 35.224 W (50.652366666667, -0.61618333333333)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Ala
3. Alaska
4. Algiers
5. Alison (possibly)
6. Angry fish
7. Ariel
8. Arno (possibly)
9. Atlas (probably)
10. Axwell
11. Basil-2
12. Cairndhu
13. Cambrian princess (probably)
14. Candia
15. Carbineer
16. City of mexico
17. Del rio
18. Donegal (possibly)
19. Duke of buccleuch
20. Frode
21. Gartland
22. Gascony
23. Germa geisha
24. Glenlee
25. Hedwig lunstedt
26. Highland corrie
27. Hms evadne (possibly)
28. Hms hazardous
29. Hms implacable
30. Hms kingston jacinth (possibly)
31. Hms moldavia
32. Hms northcoates
33. Hms pine
34. Hms sapper
35. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
36. Indiana
37. Jaffa
38. Lightfoot (possibly)
39. Lola (possibly)
40. London trader (possibly)
41. Lowmount
42. Lulonga (possibly)
43. Marga
44. Marie marguerite (possibly)
45. Molesey (possibly)
46. Montecrana (possibly)
47. Ny-eeasteyr
48. Polandia (possibly)
49. Porthkerry
50. Quail
51. Ramsgarth
52. Ramsholm (possibly)
53. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
54. Saint andre (probably)
55. Shirala
56. Sines (possibly)
57. Stanwold
58. Stavros (possibly)
59. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
60. Teelin head
61. U 86 (formerly)
62. U 86 (possibly)
63. Vesuvio (possibly)
64. Vigda
65. War helmet
66. Zaanstroom

 

Name: SHIRALA

Länge125 meter, Breite: 15.5 meter, Tiefgang: 8.8, Tonnage 5306 ton
Last: armament,general and mixed goods,animals (land & sea) and birds,wine

Ursache: built in 1901 by a j inglis, painthouse, glasgow. owned at time of loss by british india ss navigation co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 387hp, single shaft. passage london for bombay. general cargo, including wine, marmalade, vehicle spares, binoculars, telescopes, some ivory, munitions and thousands of detonating caps. probably torpedoed by ub-57. ten men lost.

Jahr der Registrierung: 1918

Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 21 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 165 cm

Bekannt seit: 1918, zuletzt detektiert: 20180206

Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H3867/18 6.7.18 SUNKEN STEAMER, BOTH MASTS SHOWING, IN 504050N, 003430W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 852/18. H8924/20 20.11.20 SURVEYED IN 504050N, 003430W. LEAST DEPTH 46FT. (TH, 11.11.20).

- NM 1948/20. H4726/34 16.8.34 FOULED WITH OROPESA SWEEP SET AT 7FMS. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 23FT, FOUL 25FT. POSN 151.5DEGS, 7.02M FROM BOGNOR REGIS CH SPIRE. (HMS FLINDERS, 13.7.34).

- NM 1378/34. H4726/34 19.7.35 DISPERSED TO 46FT LWST. POSN 151.5DEGS, 7.02M FROM BOGNOR REGIS CHURCH SPIRE. BUOY REMOVED. (TH NM 40/34 & TH NM L1475/35 DTD 3.7.35).

- NM 1226/35. H3507/36 15.7.36 DRIFT SWEEP 24.6.36 IN 504055N, 003510W. FOUL AT 60FT, 48FT AND TOUCHED MOMENTARILY AT 44FT, CLEAR AT 44FT. (HMS FLINDERS, 1.7.36). BR STD. H3739/57 13.9.57 SALVAGE WORK COMMENCED 28.6.57. SALVAGE WORK STOPPED 26.8.57. (GREY & THOMPSON LTRS 28.6.57 & 26.8.57). NCA. H1270/72 29.8.72 POSN AS CHARTED, FROM DECCA PLOT. LIES NW/SE. POOP DECK & STERN INTACT, REMAINDER OF WK COLLAPSED. MAXIMUM HEIGHT 25FT AT STEM. (MR DILLINGHAM, 13.6.72). H4822/75 23.3.77 EXAM'D 9.9.76 IN 504055N, 003510W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 13.0, FOUL 14.0MTRS. WK LYING 350/170DEGS ABOUT 170MTRS LONG, BEAM 50MTRS. REPORTED BY MR DILLINGHAM, SUBSERVS TO BE CARRYING BOMBS. HIGHEST POINT BEING THE PEAK OF A DAVIT NEAR THE STERN. (FSL WATERWITCH HI 73/76). NCA. H1310/80 6.11.80 DIVED ON 7.9.80. TOP OF WK STANDS 8-9MTRS OFF SEABED OF FINE TO COARSE SAND WITH SHELLS. GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. AT LEAST 6 BOMBS SIGHTED ON DECK AMONGST WIRES & DEBRIS. PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPLIED. WK DESCRIBED AS POPULAR SITE FOR SUB AQUA DIVERS. (J R DALE, 2.11.80). FLEET CDT, HMS VERNON INFORMED. HH091/002/01 19.11.02 EXAM'D 10.9.02 IN 5040.925N, 0035.230W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.1, FOUL 14.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.4 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL DEFINED BUT BROKEN. (NP 1016, HI 1002). AMEND TO SW 14.1MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 13.08.18 EXAM'D 06.02.18; IN 5040.931N, 0035.224W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.91MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 138MTRS, WIDTH 34MTRS, HEIGHT 7.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 165/345 DEGS. SALVAGE OPERATIONS ARE PRESUMED TO HAVE LEFT THE TWO MAIN BOILERS, (20068), APPROXIMATELY 200MTRS TO THE E. THE WRECK IS BROKEN UP, WITH VERTICAL POLE-LIKE STRUCTURES JUST S OF MIDSHIPS. THE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE &A SMALL AUXILLIARY BOILER ARE IDENTIFIABLE. THE BOW IS LIKELY TO BE THE S END, DUE TO THE FORM OF THE REMAINING STRUCTURE &THE LOCATION OF THE ENGINE &BOILER. DEBRIS IS STREWN TO BOTH SIDES. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 13.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office

Kommentar Forscher: BROKEN UP, ENGINE AND SMALL AUXILLIARY BOILER IDENTIFIABLE, BOW PROBABLY S. TWO BOILERS LISTED AS 20068 240 METRES ENE ARE THOUGHT TO BE LINKED.

Position: 50 40.931 N,0 35.224 W

 

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