Ship Name: | ARMAGH | Ship Type: | LINER | Ship Flag: | British |
Ship Tonnage: | 12269 | Ship Port: | London | Ship Number: | 13500 |
Ship Call: | JRHQ | Ship Length: | 530.5 | Ship Width: | 63.0 |
Ship Draught: | 39.0 | Ship Year: | 1917 | Ship Builder: | Swan Hunter |
Ship Init Owner: | Union S.S. of New Zealand Ltd | Ship Engine: | 4 steam turbines | Engine Builder: | Wallsend Slipway & Co ltd. Newcastle |
Ship Boiler: | ------ | Boiler Builder: | Updated: | 1 | |
Wreck Name: | ARMAGH | Location: | Crosby Channel |
Northerly: | N 53 31 30.00 | Westerly: | W 003 07 00.00 |
Position Acc: | 0 | Wreck Date: | 16/12/1925 |
Wreck Cargo: | Own Cargo | Wreck Master: | Name of last master unknown. |
Wreck File: | Wreck Card I D: | MDHB/MS/4/3/1/26 | |
Wreck Card Image: | MDHBWK026 | Dec Lat: | 53.525 |
Dec Long: | -3.116666666667 | wreckcol: | |
Updated: | 1 |
Ref Title: | Circumstances of loss MDHB/MS/4/3/1/26 | Ref Note: | WHILST ON VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO ADELAIDE WITH A HEAVY CARGO VESSEL GROUNDED ON SUBMERGED WALL WHICH RUNS ALONGSIDE THE MERSEY CHANNEL TO REGULATE TIDE FLOW THE VESSEL DID NOT SINK BUT THE HEAVY CARGO CAUSED HER TO BREAK & BECOME A TOTAL LOSS (DOD) |
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Ref Title: | Survey Notes MDHB/MS/4/3/1/26 | Ref Note: | H8616/23 19.12.23 POSN 533130N 030700W CLOSE N OF B CAN BUOY NO B6 CROSBY CHANNEL (MERSEY DKS & HR BD 17.12.23) 19.4.73 SALVAGE ASSOCIATION ACTED AS BOARDS AGENTS FOR CARGO SALVAGE ASSOCIATION TO SALVE CARGO ON BEHALF OF UNDERWRITERS WRECK DESTROYED DEPTH UNKNOWN POSN 533130N 030703W (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS) 25.3.75 NOT SHOWN K3500/KF NO 10 |
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Ref Title: | LL 16th Dec 1923 | Ref Note: | Steamer Armagh which left Liverpool yesterday PM for Brisbane went on Taylors Bank Revetment near Crosby Light vessel at 5.00 pm. Last night at 10.00pm she broke her back and is now a total wreck. Crew landed at Liverpool this morning. |
Updated: | 1 |