This is the information page about the shipwreck Adamastos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 20 N,14 30 W (46.333333333333, -14.5)
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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: ADAMASTOS
Length 132.4 meter, width: 17.6 meter, draught: 8.3, tonnage 7466 ton
Cause: built in 1919 by sun sb co. with triple-expansion engines of 612nhp. owned at time of loss by c.m.lemos. sunk by gunfire from the u29 german submarine. passage buenos aires for avonmouth. 25 crew saved. (ww2sl, llww2, dods & axis submarine successes)
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 4200 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: 18.11.40 HO1001/40 18.11.40 WRECK IN 462000N, 143000W. (O.U.6353A/40). NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 46 20 N,14 30 W