Maritime record MWX1650 - Innisinver

Struck submerged wreckage 9 miles west of Portland Bill and sank. Crew took to their boat, rowing 7 miles in fog and rain before being picked up by a Portland fisherman and taken into Portland. (2)

Horizontal Datum: OGB Vertical Datum: LAT Quality of Depth: SWS General Depth: 42 metres Method of Fix: SYL The INISINVER sank after striking a submerged obstruction. Sank in 50 29 06N, 02 35 12W, approx. 11-SEP-1930 Area swept but no trace of wreckage found. 01-JAN-1945 Contact reported in vicinity of position 50 29 42N, 02 34 18W. 23-JUN-1952 Wire drift sweep. Clear at 20, foul at 21 fathoms. Least echo sounder depth 123 FEET IN GENERAL DEPTH 22 fathoms. Very difficult to locate and hard to hold during approach. It appears to be a small wreck and covers an area of around 100ft diameter. 26-JAN-1983 Wreck shown in decca; conversion 50 29 16N, 02 35 09W. 20-JUL-1984 Navigational co-ordinates 35 84 60E, 65 73 5N obtained. Swept clear at 36.0, Foul at 36.7M. Least echo sounder depth 37.9 in general depth 42m. Scour 2m deep. About 40m in length. Lies NE/SW.(4)
Artefact recovered from the wreck of the Innisinver: 1 x piece of copper tube with brass cap. (6)
Dive Dorset calls the wreck Inisinver (7)

Captain: Pulford, R Crew: 4 Year Built: 1913 Builder: A Jeffrey and Co. Ltd. Where Built: Alloa Engine HP: 26 Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder oil engine. Owner: R Pulsford Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LR.1926-7 No.72904(I)

Position 50 29.35 N 2 35.13 W taken from (7)
Gross tonnage

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> 1930, Lloyds weekly casualty reports, p261-2 (Article in serial). SWX4990.

<3> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<4> United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1992, Hydrographic Office wreck index (Index). SWX4837.

<5> 2001, Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Receiver of Wreck Amnesty (Index). SWX4542.

<6> Receiver of Wreck, Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/0305 (Unpublished document). SWX246.

<7> Hinchcliffe, J and V, 1999, Dive Dorset: a diver guide (3rd Edition), Wreck 101, p92 (Monograph). SWX1.

Record last edited

Sep 11 2008 1:40AM