This is the information page about the shipwreck Antonis g lemos (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 59.55 N,2 11.107 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)
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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: ANTONIS G LEMOS (PROBABLY)
Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4425 ton
Cause: vessel, built in 1911 by bartram & sons and owned at the time of loss by antonis g lemos' sons, sank following a collision with hms keith, in fog. was on passage danzig to buenos aires (dods). ex scatwell. sank in 500000n, 021000w, approx. (sea breezes, aug '81).
Year of registration: 1951
Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm
Known since: 1951, last detected: 1990
Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 500000N, 021000W, APPROX. H03504/51 13.9.51 H03504/51 13.9.51 OLD, MEDIUM SIZED WK LOCATED DURING SEARCH FOR HMS AFFRAY IN 495924N, 021036W [OGB] USING DECCA. ORIENTATED 070/250 DEGS. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 24.7.51). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 28.1.80 28.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FR 878 [DEC '79 EDN]. H1270/81 5.8.81 H1270/81 5.8.81 AMENDED TO USC 40MTRS. BR STD. HH090/496/01 11.10.90 HH090/496/01 11.10.90 EXAM'D 26.7.90 IN 495933N, 021106.4W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58.7 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 9MTRS. LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 105/285DEGS WITH BOW SECTION DAMAGED AND NEARLY DETACHED FROM MAIN SECTION. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE APPARENT. IT LISTS TO THE N WITH A 2MTR HIGH SAND BANK ALONG MUCH OF THE S SIDE. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1008, HI 496). DCS3 SEEMS TO INDICATE CONSIDERABLE SUPERSTRUCTURE. AMEND TO WK 58MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW SECTION NEARLY DETACHED. SANDBANK CLOSE S
Position: 49 59.55 N,2 11.107 W