Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Shirala, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 40.931 N,0 35.224 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

 

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

 

Naam: SHIRALA

Lengte 125 meter, breedte: 15.5 meter, diepgang: 8.8, tonnage 5306 ton
Lading: armament,general and mixed goods,animals (land & sea) and birds,wine

Oorzaak: 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.

Jaar registratie: 1918

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 21 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 165 cm

Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 20180206

Details metingen/cartografie: 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.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

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

Positie: 50 40.931 N,0 35.224 W

 

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