This is the information page about the shipwreck Anboto mendi (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 38.41 N,0 43.447 W (54.8698333, -0.8991667)
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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: ANBOTO MENDI (POSSIBLY)
Length 83.8 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2114 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: Built in 1907 by ca. euscalduna, bilbao. owned at time of loss by cia nav sota y aznar, bilbao. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 220 hp, single shaft. passage sagunto for middlesbrough. cargo iron ore. torpedoed and sunk by ub 21.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161216
Details measurements/cartography: H2826 18.5.18 SANK BETWEEN L & T BUOYS WITH WHITBY ABBEY S BY E HALF E. (TH, PILOTS REPORT). H2826/18 POSN 543800N, 004200W. (SNO TYNE). 18.5.18 POSN 543800N, 004100W. (VAEC, AP REPORT). INS ON CHARTS. H3752/26 11.6.26 INS AS NDWPD (1918) ON 1191; DELETE FROM 2182A. 3.4.74 AMEND TO USCPD 28MTRS. NC 134. H2534/74 4.11.81 WK LOCATED IN 543824N, 004315W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED BUT WK BELIEVED NOT TO STAND MORE THAN 10MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (HMS IVESTON, HN 22.10.81). AMEND TO USC 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H6331/87 2.2.89 EXAM'D 22.7.88 IN 543823N, 004319W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.5, FOUL AT 38.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.7 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.7MTRS, LENGTH OVERALL OF 80MTRS. LIES IN 2 SECTIONS, THE MAIN (SOUTHERN) SECTION LIES 130/310 DEG AND LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS; THE NORTH SECTION LIES 070/250 DEG AND IS 20MTRS LONG. HIGH POINT IN MAIN SECTION IS POSSIBLY A MAST. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO SW 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/10 24.11.95 MAIN SECTION SITTING WITH SLIGHT LIST TO STBD. TWO BOILERS, ONLY PARTLY SHOWING BUT LARGE DOMED DONKEY IS STANDING CENTRALLY IN FRONT OF THE BOILERS. ENGINE IS LONG TRIPLE EXPANSION AND STANDS UPRIGHT. SEEMS LOW IN HEIGHT. FWD CARGO HOLD IS DECAYED BUT STILL HAS A LOT OF RIBS AND FRAMEWORK STANDING. LARGE INTACT BOW IS WELL OVER ON ITS STBD SIDE BUT IS STANDING WELL UP FROM THE SEABED. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). SEP 2017/000002822 3.5.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5438.410N, 0043.447W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.88MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS, LENGTH 78MTRS, WIDTH 14.4MTRS, HEIGHT 6.62MTRS, ORIENTATION 140/320 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT BUT IS BROKEN IN TWO. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 38.41 N,0 43.447 W