This is the information page about the shipwreck Antiope, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 13.34 N,1 8.044 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)
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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: ANTIOPE
Length 122.2 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4545 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1930 by napier & miller ltd, galsgow. owned at time of loss by new egypt & levant shipping co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 418hp, single shaft. machinery by j g kinkaid & co ltd, greenock. passage london for new york. cargo 2150 tons general. bombed and sunk by german aircraft. later dispersed.
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H03755/41 6.1.42 CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK IN POSN 531312N, 010818E. (C IN C NORE, 28.10.41). INS AS DW.
- NM 30/42. H03755/41 27.5.43 SWEPT FOUL AT 14FT IN 531309N, 010826E. (HMS FRANKLIN 20.2.43). AMEND POSN.
- NM 1096/43 13.12.49 INS G CAN BUOY GP FL(2)G 10SEC CLOSE NW. (THNM 138/49).
- NM 2559/49. H03755/41 6.3.57 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 48FT BUT TH STATE THAT THEY OBTAINED A DEPTH OF 36FT BY E/S. (LTR DTD 22.2.57). H03755/41 5.11.57 WK BUOY 1 CABLE 300 DEG FROM WK IN POSN 531306N 010824E. WK IS IN TWO PARTS - MAIN PORTION 115 DEG(M), 1600FT FROM WRECK BUOY SWEPT CLEAR AT 17, FOUL AT 18FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19 IN GEN DEPTH 61FT. SCOUR 63FT. SMALLER PORTION 096 DEG, 1430FT FROM BUOY. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38FT. SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT AFTER DISPERSAL. (ECES, 25.6.57). AMENDED TO WKS 6FMS 2FT & 3FMS 1FT STILL MARKED BY BUOY.
- NM 1698/57. H03755/41 7.4.59 CLEAR TO 45 FT AFTER FURTHER DISPERSAL. (TH, FEB 1959). AMEND TO WKS 7FMS 3FT. BR STD &
- NM 707/59. H332/62 4.2.63 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). 4.7.72 SHOWN ON DANISH FISHING CHART 5300 [1965]. 24.12.76 AMEND TO WKS 13.4MTRS. NC 1503. HH090/593/01 17.12.93 EXAM'D 15.8.93 IN 531317.8N, 010811.3E USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.7, FOUL AT 15.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4 IN GEN DEPTH 17.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS, LENGTH 142MTRS, BREADTH 40MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN WK LYING 145/325 DEG. THE HIGH POINT AT N END OF WK SUCCESSFULLY SWEPT. THE S EXTREMITY COULD NOT BE SWEPT BECAUSE OF NETS AND BUOYS. CHART AS SW 14.7MTRS. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). AMEND TO SW 14.7MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000212985 4.9.18 EXAM'D 25.3.18 IN 5313.340N, 0108.044E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17.8MTRS, LENGTH 129MTRS, WIDTH 36.8MTRS, HEIGHT 2.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 150/330 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 45MTRS, 0.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 116 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 15.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BROKEN WK
Position: 53 13.34 N,1 8.044 E