This is the information page about the shipwreck Acadian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25.175 N,5 15.998 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: ACADIAN
Length 75.7 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 2305 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: built in 1908 by clyde engineering company. owned at the time of loss by canada steamship lines. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 162 nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for ayr. torpedoed by ub 117 with the loss of 25 lives. broke in two and sank rapidly. (dods, ll ww1, der krieg zur see & sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 29 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: 20.9.18 20.9.18 POSN 10-12M WSW OF TREVOSE HEAD. (BOT WR.8/262, DOCKET M43771). 23.9.18 23.9.18 POSN 10M WSW OF TREVOSE HEAD. (AP - FALMOUTH, DOCKET M014782). POSN 11 MILES SW BY W FROM TREVOSE HEAD. (BMVS). GIVES POSN 502600N, 051500W APPROX. NCA. 19.1.78 19.1.78 WK LOCATED IN 502510N, 051558W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES). CHART AS NDW. NE 1149. H2979/74 22.2.79 H2979/74 22.2.79 FF REPD IN 502450N, 051600W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. 19.10.09 SEP 2009/000141761 19.10.09 POSSIBLE WK LOCATED IN 5025.175N, 0515.998W [WGD] USING DGPS. PROVISIONAL LEAST M/B DEPTH 34MTRS. UNCERTAIN WHETHER THIS IS A WK, DEBRIS OR A ROCK. (FUGRO OSAE, HN FOR HI 1157). AMEND WK USC 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 22.11.11 22.11.11 LOCATED 5.10.09 IN 5025.175N, 0515.998W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.38 IN GEN DEPTH 38.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 31.40 IN GEN DEPTH 38.2MTRS. LENGTH 31.4MTRS, WIDTH 9.2MTRS, HT 3.87MTRS. LIES 029/209 DEGS WITH BOWS NNE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 34MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, BOWS NNE
Position: 50 25.175 N,5 15.998 W