This is the information page about the shipwreck Aida lauro, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.24 N,5 42.033 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: AIDA LAURO
Length 125.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4538 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,granular or powdery material,grain
Cause: ex-treharris, ex-radonr. built in 1923 by richardson, duck & co., stockton-on-tees. owned by a lauro. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 425 hp, single shaft. passage liverpool for hull. stranded in dense fog. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1937
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1937, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: 3.2.71 3.2.71 WRECKED AT CASTLE PT, ST JUST, CORNWALL. (DODS). POSN 500800N, 054230W FOR FILING ONLY. 5.3.01 5.3.01 LIES IN 5008.240N, 0542.033W [WGD]. WELL BROKEN UP, THE ENGINE BLOCK IS THE HIGHEST PART. STANDS 3.5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. (K HEATH, TELECON). NCA. STS. 13.12.11 13.12.11 NOT LOCATED 12.12.10 USING M/B & MAGNETOMETER. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 8.24 N,5 42.033 W