This is the information page about the shipwreck Afric, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 1.105 N,4 33.006 W (49.791683333333, -4.3761)

 

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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.

 

1. Afric
2. Alexander kennedy
3. Almond branch (possibly)
4. Benito
5. Bosphorous (possibly)
6. Brialan
7. Carolus
8. Charlwood
9. Dionne marie
10. Dirigo (possibly)
11. Duguesclin
12. Eastfield
13. Elisabeth (possibly)
14. Foylemore (possibly)
15. Hmcs trentonian
16. Hms narwhal
17. Hms scylla
18. Hmsm a7
19. Hmsm h 52
20. James eagan layne
21. Jolie mouette
22. Kantoeng (part of)
23. King harry (probably)
24. Kremsertor
25. Kwester
26. Lancaster
27. Lauwerzee
28. Mary
29. Mountby
30. Mourne (probably)
31. Orchis
32. Pegasus
33. Rigmor (possibly)
34. Rio sorocaba
35. Rosehill
36. Shoal fisher
37. Silver laurel
38. Spyros
39. St andre (possibly)
40. Sunik (probably)
41. Tregenna (possibly)
42. Ub 113
43. Unicorn
44. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
45. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
46. Western coast (possibly)
47. Wilhelmina maria
48. Woodburn

 

Name: AFRIC

Length 167.6 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 12.2, tonnage 11999 ton

Cause: built in 1899 by harland & wolff, belfast. owned at the time of loss by white star line. twin quadruple expansion engine, twin shaft. passage liverpool for sydney. torpedoed by uc-66. 23 lives lost, 145 survivors including the captain. (ww1sl, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 72 meter, Height above seabed: 56 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 12M SSW OF EDDYSTONE LT. (DODS). SONAR CONTACT IN 500048N, 043130W. (AUBD 302/96). H2016/60 2.2.65 H2016/60 2.2.65 VERY GOOD A/S CONTACT IN 500100N, 043230W [OGB] USING DECCA. ESTIMATED TO BE WRECK WITH SCOURING. NO LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED IN GENERAL DEPTH OF 35FMS. DIRN 240/060DEGS. (HMS GRAFTON, SIG DTD 12.1.65). BR STD. H3193/71 7.4.71 H3193/71 7.4.71 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (TONNAGE NOT KNOWN). NC 1267. H3110/72 23.10.73 H3110/72 23.10.73 WK LOCATED IN 500108N, 043250W [OGB]. DEPTH 55.0MTRS. UNEXAMINED. (HMS HECATE, SIG DTD 18.10.73). H3110/72 8.1.73 H3110/72 8.1.73 WK IN 500107.5N, 043249.5W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. VERY GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR, FROM SIZE OF E/S TRACE. CONSIDERED POSSIBLY AFRIC. GOOD E/S TRACE 55.0MTRS IN 72.0MTRS. SEABED OF FINE SAND, BROKEN SHELL, GRAVEL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). CHART AS WK 55MTRS [30FMS] IN 500108N, 043250W [OGB]. BR STD. H3193/70 18.6.73 H3193/70 18.6.73 WK LOCATED IN 500105N, 043251W [OGB] USING DECCA. POSSIBLY FRENCH TANKER SUNK IN COLLISION JUST BEFORE WW2. LIES E/W. 50FT HIGH. (R DAVIS & C WILLIAMS, 25.4.73). NCA. H3193/70 15.7.74 H3193/70 15.7.74 VERY LARGE WK LOCATED IN 500110N, 043253W [OGB] USING DECCA. 500FT LONG, 45FT HIGH. (C WILLIAMS). NCA. H1280/76/31 30.3.76 H1280/76/31 30.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500113N, 043256W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. H4514/76 4.4.77 H4514/76 4.4.77 VERY LARGE WK IN 500112.7N, 043248.2W & 500112.7N, 043257.6W USING DECCA. LIES E/W. HEIGHT 60 TO 70FT. APPEARS INTACT. (T ALLEN, 27.3.77). NCA. H5982/82 8.4.83 H5982/82 8.4.83 WK SHOWN IN 500104N, 043238W, USING DECCA ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)5 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H1310/87/5 26.2.87 H1310/87/5 26.2.87 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS AFRIC, BELL RECOVERED. LYING INTACT AND UPRIGHT WITH BOWS E. SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED. WK HAS BEEN PURCHASED. (J BERNARD). NCA. HH100/351/13 8.7.98 HH100/351/13 8.7.98 DIVED IN 500109.5N, 043254.5W [OGB] USING GPS. BOW LIES TO NE. NEARLY UPRIGHT WITH 15DEG LIST TO PORT. ALMOST ENTIRELY COVERED WITH NYLON TRAWL NET, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL SECTIONS OF MONOFILAMENT DRIFT NET ON THE STERN AND SEABED AMIDSHIPS (PORT SIDE). STBD ANCHOR IN PLACE, PORT ANCHOR HANGING 15FT FROM THE SEABED. CENTRE FLY BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED BUT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE MAIN SECTION IS STILL IN PLACE, ALTHOUGH THE TEAK SIDES AND DECK HAVE ROTTED AWAY. TWO BRONZE PROPS IN PLACE. STBD SIDE OF STERN SECTION AND OF THE BOW HAVE STARTED TO COLLAPSE INWARDS. FWD TEAK MAST HAS BROKEN AT THE BASE. WK GENERALLY COVERED WITH A FINE LAYER OF MUD/SILT. CENTRE AND AFT BRIDGES ARE THE HIGHEST POINTS. 2 INCH SHELL CASES FOUND, BUT NO GUN LOCATED. (T WOODCOCK, 1.7.98). NCA. HH091/059/01 4.4.05 HH091/059/01 4.4.05 EXAM'D 26.9.04 IN 5001.105N, 0433.006W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.5 IN GEN DEPTH 72.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 173MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 14.7MTRS. LIES 056/236 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT & UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 57MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT WITH 15 DEG LIST TO PORT, BOWS SW

Position: 50 1.105 N,4 33.006 W

 

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