This is the information page about the shipwreck Adenwen (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 52.368 N,5 48.294 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)

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.

Name: ADENWEN (POSSIBLY)

Length 106.7 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3798 ton
Load: granular or powdery material

Cause: built in 1913 by bartram & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by w & c t jones ltd, cardiff. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 320 nhp, single shaft. passage cienfuegos, chile for queenstown. torpedoed by uc-65.ten men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H1935/80 8.10.82 EXAM'D 19.10.81 IN 525222N, 054815W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTR, LENGTH APPROX 55MTRS, LYING NE/SW. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). SHOWN AS WK 32MTRS ON FAIR SHEET. INS AS WK 32MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2011/000097460 26.5.11 LOCATED 18.5.11 IN 5252.567N, 0547.817W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.9 IN GEN DEPTH 41-42MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.9MTRS. LENGTH 33MTRS. WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS. LIES 047/227 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ON FLAT SEABED, OVERALL STRUCTURE STILL PRESERVED. (GSI, EMAIL DTD 20.5.11). COLLAPSED WITH SINGLE HIGH POINT. AMEND WK 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 29.6.12 EXAM'D 27.5.12 IN 5252.368N, 0548.294W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.397 IN GEN DEPTH 41.3MTRS. SCOUR 2.7MTRS EXTENDS 90MTRS TOWARDS 200 DEGS. LENGTH 47MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (INFOMAR CV 12_01, VIA K SHEEHAN, MARINE INSTITUTE, IRELAND, EMAIL DTD 28.6.12). INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SW, FWD PART COLLAPSED TO SEABED. POSN IN PREVIOUS REPORT CONSIDERED TO BE INCORRECT. AMEND WK 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SW, SW END COLLAPSED

Position: 52 52.368 N,5 48.294 W

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