This is the information page about the shipwreck Appolonia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 7.769 N,0 3.915 W (54.1294833, -0.06525)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: APPOLONIA

Length 101.8 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 2861 ton
Load: armament

Cause: Ex-galtia, ex-paros, ex-bellagio, ex-venetia '11. built in by reihersteig schiffswert as a passenger liner for hapag service (hamburg to new york). owned at time of loss by sicilia societa di nav, palermo. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 276 hp, single shaft. struck a mine, or possibly torpedoed by u32. seven crew recovered.

Year of registration: 11

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 167 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2011/000131153 2.8.11 WK LOCATED IN 5407.769N, 0003.915W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.36MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN DTD 12.7.11 FOR HI 1358). BR STD. 12.10.11 LENGTH 105MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 167/347 DEGS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1358). INTACT, COLLAPSED, UPRIGHT. TWO BOILERS PROMINENT. ?BOWS S. NCA. 23.3.15 WK WAS DIVED IN 2014 AND FOUND TO BE APPOLONIA. KNOW AS 'BIG SHELLS'. (CARL RACEY, EMAIL DTD 22.3.15). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, ?BOWS S, 2 BOILERS

Position: 54 7.769 N,0 3.915 W

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