This is the information page about the shipwreck Adamandios georgandis (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 33.73 N,11 4.957 W (49.417166666667, -11.300666666667)
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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: ADAMANDIOS GEORGANDIS (POSSIBLY)
Length 106.4 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3443 ton
Load: cement
Cause: torpedoed by german submarine. built 1916 by j bulmer & co. owned at time of loss by georgandis brothers. (dods, ww2sl & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 190 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1981
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 16.11.40 H01001/40 16.11.40 SANK IN 493500N, 111500W. (OU 6353/40). H3160/69 3.11.81 H3160/69 3.11.81 WK LOCATED IN APPROX 493500N, 110430W BY SUBMARINE 'MANTIS'. TYPICAL EARLY 20TH CENTURY BUILD. ABOUT 200FT LONG, 3000GRT. STANDS ABOUT 30FT ABOVE SEABED. DEPTH OVER WK 727FT [221MTRS]. (HUSKY, HN 29.9.81). H1310/82/5 5.2.82 H1310/82/5 5.2.82 LOCATED 29.9.81 IN 493342N, 110455W [OGB] USING DECCA. LYING UPRIGHT IN BAD STATE OF DISINTEGRATION. HULL PARTLY OPEN SHOWING BAGGED CEMENT SOLIDIFIED IN ONE MASS. FESTOONED WITH NETS AND TRAWL WIRES. DCS3 TRACE INDICATES LENGTH 120-150FT, LYING E/W OR SW/NE. DURING DIVE AT LEVEL WITH ACCOMMODATION NOTED HT ABOVE SEABED OF 35FT, WHICH INDICATES LARGER VESSEL. LEAST DEPTH 717FT [218MTRS]. DCS3 TRACE INDICATES SOME LARGE DEBRIS LYING ABOUT 350FT SW OF WK AND ABOUT 600FT W OF WK. (RV 'BARR', 27.1.82). NCA.. 11.5.99 11.5.99 DATA RE-ASSESSED, PLOTS IN CHARTED GENERAL DEPTH 190MTRS. INS AS NDW. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BAD STATE OF DISINTEGRATION
Position: 49 33.73 N,11 4.957 W