This is the information page about the shipwreck Ahamo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.492 N,0 59.896 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Algarve
3. Ambrose fleming
4. Andarina
5. Antiope
6. Baron ailsa
7. Blackburn
8. Burgos
9. Carrier
10. Chatwood (possibly)
11. Chelsea (possibly)
12. Chevychase
13. Clan morrison
14. Cormarsh
15. Czestochowa
16. Empire newcomen
17. Euterpe (probably)
18. Fermain (possibly)
19. Fireglow
20. Fittonia (possibly)
21. Flashlight (probably)
22. Giorgio ohlsen
23. Harden
24. Hms arley
25. Hms cap d'antifer
26. Hms cape spartel (probably)
27. Hms cobra
28. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
29. Hms kylemore
30. Hms pintail
31. Hms queenworth
32. Hms solomon
33. Hms st donats
34. Hmsm umpire
35. La combattante (stern section)
36. Laurium (possibly)
37. London
38. Mirabel
39. Nieuwland
40. Nimrod (probably)
41. Norfolk (possibly)
42. Ogono
43. Ottar jarl
44. P.l.m. 25
45. Pacific
46. Petroswift
47. Rimac
48. Robert w pomeroy
49. Royal scott
50. Schieland
51. Scotia (possibly)
52. Scotia (possibly)
53. Shepherd lad
54. Sioux (probably)
55. Siri maria
56. Sitona
57. Sverre (possibly)
58. Trajan
59. Trignac (possibly)
60. Victoria
61. Virgin de lourdres
62. Virginian
63. Welsh prince
64. Westland
65. William balls (probably)
66. Zor

 

Name: AHAMO

Length 140.2 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 11, tonnage 8621 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Ex-plume. built in 1926 by lithgows ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by socony-vacuum transportation ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 666hp, single shaft. machinery aft by d rowan & co ltd, glasgow. passage london for curaco. in ballast. mined (?torpedoed) when in convoy. later struck by mamari iii.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 202 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H01351/41 9.6.41 SANK IN 532250N, 010000E. LIES ON SSW HEADING WITH STERN AWASH AND BOW SHOWING ABOUT 30FT ABOVE SURFACE. LISTS TO PORT. (TH, 23.4.41). - TFNM 1333/41. H01351/41 24.6.41 FLEET TENDER C TORPEDOED AND STRANDED ON WK OF AHAMO. (CINC NORE 9.6.41).

- NM 1451/41. H01351/41 16.7.42 WKS DISPERSED BY BOMBING. (ACHQ, CHATHAM, 26.9.41). CHART AS DW.

- NM 1452/42. H01351/41 4.8.49 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 36FT. (C IN C NORE, 27.7.49). H01351/41 30.11.49 EXAM'D IN 532221N, 010003E [OGB].. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21, FOUL AT 23FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28 IN GEN DEPTH 47FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 16.11.49). H01351/41 24.2.58 BUOY MARKING WK WITHDRAWN. (TH).

- NM 405/58. H01351/41 10.2.59 EXAM'D IN 532230N, 005954E AFTER FURTHER DISPERSAL. SWEPT CLEAR AT 34, FOUL AT 35FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34 IN GEN DEPTH 41FT. SCOUR 10FT DEEP. (HMS SCOTT, 7.11.58).

- NM 3016/58. H4753/82 10.6.86 EXAM'D 19.3.86 USING SYLEDIS. COMPLEX DISTURBED SEABED AREA GIVING VERY STRONG MAGNETOMETER READINGS OVER AREA 200 X 150MTRS. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 10.9MTRS IN 532237N, 010003E [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS, SCOUR 0.8MTR. CENTRE OF AREA IN 532234N, 010001E [EUR]. (RACAL SURVEY UK LTD, 28.5.86). NCA, RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. HH090/593 13.1.94 EXAM'D 7.8.93 IN 532233.6N, 010004E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.1, FOUL AT 10.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.2 IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16.9MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS, LENGTH 240MTRS, BREADTH 50MTRS. LARGE AREA OF WRECKAGE LYING 030/210DEGS. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. SEP 2019/000300377 17.12.19 EXAM'D 18.7.19 IN 5322.492N 0059.896E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.21 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13 MTRS, HT 2.9 MTRS, LENGTH 285 MTRS, WIDTH 57 MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5 MTRS, LENGTH 66 MTRS, WIDTH 78 MTRS, ORIENTATION 235 DEGS. TWO DEGRADED WRECKS, PARTIALLY BURIED WITH DEBRIS ALONG MAIN AXIS. NOT POSSIBLE TO DIFFERENTIATE THE WRECKS FROM EACH OTHER. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1596). AMEND DW 10.2 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE AREA OF WRECKAGE

Position: 53 22.492 N,0 59.896 E

 

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