This is the information page about the shipwreck Aguila, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 7.529 N,6 29.055 W (50.851066666667, -6.2142833333333)

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: AGUILA

Length 83.9 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2114 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1909 by caledon sb & e co. dundee. owned at time of loss by yeoward brothers, liverpool. 2 boilers, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine 278hp, single shaft. passage liverpool for las palmas. captured and torpedoed by german submarine u28 in the sw approaches. 8 lives, 7 crew & 1 passenger lost. (naval staff monographs vol 13, ww1 bmsl, wwi bms u boat sinkings, sibi, dods).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 90 meter

Known since: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: 22.4.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS SW APPROACHES (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPH VOL 13). NCA POSN 511000N, 063300W FOR FILING ONLY. 15.7.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 47M SW FROM THE SMALLS LT.HO. (WW1SL). NCA, POSN FOR FILING AMENDED TO 510730N, 062900W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 7.529 N,6 29.055 W

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