This is the information page about the shipwreck Advanti, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.901 N,1 55.107 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)
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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: ADVANTI
Length 83.2 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2128 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: built in 1912 by burmeister & wain, copenhagen. owned at the time of loss by det forende dampskibsselsk (transferred to the shipping controller). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 181 nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for west hartlepool. torpedoed by u-59. 24 men lost. (dods, der krieg zur see & sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 18 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H4637/18 10.8.18 INS WK (OLD SYMBOL) IN 503009N, 015508W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM ACTION. H6391/19 SUNK 4 MILES SE X E FROM ST ALBANS HEAD (WW1SL). NOT FOUND IN THIS POSN BY TH IN 1928. 14.2.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 503009N, 015508W. (ESCORT GROUP 17). 26.6.52 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA ON LC F6840. H2291/64 18.5.65 LOCATED IN 502950N, 015505W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 108 IN GEN DEPTH 132FT. NO SCOUR. SEA BED COARSE SAND AND GRAVEL. CLOSELY EXAMINED BY E/S. WEAK SONAR RETURN FROM SW ONLY. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY [K4467/2], 23.4.64). AMEND TO WK 18FMS [33MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. H1968/77 17.8.81 EXAM'D 22.1.81 IN 502951.2N, 015451.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.6 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. LYING 045/225 DEGS, VIRTUALLY UPSIDE DOWN WITH BOWS N. IDENTIFIED BY PRESENT OWNER, MR P BARRETT, AS THE 'AVANTI'. REPORTED TO BE INTACT FROM BOWS TO MIDSHIPS, BUT STERN BLOWN AWAY. (SCESU, HI 81/80). AMEND TO WK 34MTRS IN 502952N, 015452W [OGB]. BR STD. H1310/88/35 30.6.88 LOCATED USING DCS3 IN 502955N, 015512W [EUR]. STANDS 4.5MTRS HIGH AND LIES 017/197DEGS. LENGTH 110MTRS. LOCAL FISHERMAN ESTIMATES WK IS CHARTED 200-300MTRS SE OF ACTUAL POSN. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, 24.6.88). NCA YET. 2.2.07 LIES IN ABOUT 40MTRS. THE BOILERS, THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WK, HAVE ROLLED AND ARE INVERTED. THE ENGINE LIES IN A TANGLE ON ITS SIDE. GUN IS ON THE STERN. HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL AND THE NAME IN BRASS LETTERS ON THE BOW AND THE STERN. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. HH091/154/01 & SEP 2009/000108988 22.7.09 LOCATED 14.2.09 IN 5029.901N, 0155.107W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.81 IN GEN DEPTH 41.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. MINOR SCOUR LEADS 115MTRS TOWARDS 250 DEGS. LENGTH 93.1MTRS, WIDTH 75.4MTRS, HT 7.7MTRS. LIES 018/198 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). AMEND WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN MISSING, GENERALLY COLLAPSED
Position: 50 29.901 N,1 55.107 W