This is the information page about the shipwreck Anglian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 29.288 N,7 22.548 W (49.425633333333, -7.1758166666667)
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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: ANGLIAN
Length 137.2 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 5532 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: torpedoed 43miles sw by w half w from bishop rock. 1 life lost. (ww1sl). 11.12.74 en route boston to london. (dti telecon, 11.12.74).
Year of registration: 1972
Water depth above wreck: 125 meter
Known since: 1972, last detected: 1974
Details measurements/cartography: H4847/71 11.5.72 H4847/71 11.5.72 LOCATED IN 492915N, 072230W USING DECCA. HT OF WK 38FT. GEN DEPTH 404FT [NOT REDUCED]. (RISDON BEAZLEY, ULRICH HARMS, 13.4.72). CHART AS WK 60FMS [110MTRS]. BR STD. H4847/71 11.12.74 H4847/71 11.12.74 REPORTED TO BE THE BRITISH MERCHANT SS 'ANGLIAN'. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE, LTR DTD 10.12.74). 29.4.75 29.4.75 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS. (NAVEAM 109/75). H4847/71 1.12.76 H4847/71 1.12.76 INS BY NM BLOCK.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 29.288 N,7 22.548 W