Wreck: Adamantios j pithis (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Adamantios j pithis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 40.809 N,5 10.331 W (51.680150, -5.172183)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ADAMANTIOS J PITHIS
Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4537 ton
Load: grain
Cause: vessel, [ex-baron minto] built in 1908 by napier & miller ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by pithis bros & co. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 320hp, single shaft. on passage from rosario for sharpness. grain cargo. drove ashore at night. all crew safe. (sibi)
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2002
Details measurements/cartography: H573/40 6.2.40 H573/40 6.2.40 WK IN 514047N, 051016W [OGB]. (KHM MILFORD HAVEN, HN & NOIC, MILFORD HAVEN). NCA. H3804/77 3.10.77 H3804/77 3.10.77 NOTHING FOUND JUNE 1976 DURING AREA BOAT-SOUNDING. LOCAL INFORMATION INDICATES LITTLE OR NOTHING LEFT OF WK. (HMS WOODLARK, ROS DTD 17.12.76). H1288/83/361 8.3.84 H1288/83/361 8.3.84 DIVERS REPORT OF 1981. FLATTENED WRECKAGE AT FOOT OF CLIFF AND SCATTERED OVER A WIDE AREA. REMAINS OF TWO OTHER WKS IN THIS POSN. HT OF WREKCAGE 3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. (S HUMPHREY). NCA, EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL. HH100/351/19 12.11.02 HH100/351/19 12.11.02 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH BY E/S. SCATTERED IN SMALL PIECES OVER A LARGE AREA. A VERY LARGE BOILER INDICATES THE SHALLOWEST POINT SOME 200FT FROM THE CLIFFS. WRECKAGE ALL LIES BETWEEN 6 AND 12MTRS GEN DEPTH. NOTHING FOUND AT 15MTRS. SEABED ROCK. (R JONES). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE STANDS 6MTRS HIGH, IN MANY SMALL PIECES
Position: 51 40.809 N,5 10.331 W
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