This is the information page about the shipwreck Antonios (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 34.038 N,6 6.339 W (49.420883333333, -6.40125)
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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: ANTONIOS (PROBABLY)
Length 91.4 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2720 ton
Cause: vessel, built in 1896 by richardson, duck & co. and owned at the time of loss by d lemos, experienced an explosion in a hold and sank. (dods).
Year of registration: 1923
Water depth above wreck: 102 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm
Known since: 1923, last detected: 1989
Details measurements/cartography: H6380/23 17.9.23 H6380/23 17.9.23 SANK IN 493600N, 060800W, APPROX. (LANDS END CG, TEL 15.9.23). [SEE ALSO WK 21719]. H4551/76 25.10.76 H4551/76 25.10.76 WK DIVED ON 17.3.73 IN 493448N, 060600W USING DECCA, BISHOP ROCK LTHO BRG 326DEGS, 23M. STANDS 28FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 325FT. LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH BOW E. BOW TO AFTER END NO.1 HOLD IS A MANGLED MESS. FROM NO.2 TO NO.4 HOLDS THE WK IS UPSIDE DOWN AND FROM NO.4 AFT IT AGAIN LIES MAINLY ON PORT SIDE IN A VERY BADLY SMASHED-UP CONDITION. HAS 'COUNTER' STERN AND ONE BLADE OF PROPELLER AND FULL LENGTH OF SHAFT IS EXPOSED. A 16X3FT HATCH COAMING WAS RECOVERED. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 5.10.76). IGNORING GREEN READING, DECCA PLOTS IN 493424N, 060740W - W.O. CHART AS WK 52FMS IN 493424N, 060740W. R/S. 21.4.78 21.4.78 NOW CHARTED AS WK 97MTRS ON NC 2565. H3943/88 6.11.89 H3943/88 6.11.89 EXAM'D 22.7.89 IN 493400N, 060617W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS AND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 94 IN GEN DEPTH 102MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 010/190DEGS WITH HIGH POINT IN CENTRE. (TH, PILOTAGE & MARINE, HI 465). AMEND TO WK 94MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NE 2565.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 34.038 N,6 6.339 W