Guillemot (South Arklow Light Vessel)

Name: Guillemot (South Arklow Light Vessel)
Address: IE

Shipwreck in Ireland, dating from 1917

UKHO wreck no. 010501289. Chart symbol 45wk. A 100ft British light vessel. Built in 1893–4, constructed using steel frames, teak planking, sheated with Muntz metal by Allsup & Sons, Preston. Measured L. 96ft, B. 22.66ft, D.11.75ft. Boarded by German submarine UC-65, sunk with bombs. Crew saved by the Annan. Wreck lies orientated roughly N-S in a general sea depth of 51m. A 2m deep scour extends 150m to the NNE of the wreck. The wreck measures 29m long, 5.5m wide and has a maimum height of 4m. G

Period:: 1917
Coordinates:: 52.67°N, 5.96°W

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