This is the information page about the shipwreck Arabic, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 56.426 N,8 29.218 W (50.672716666667, -8.4715)

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: ARABIC

Length 182.9 meter, width: 19.8 meter, draught: 14.3, tonnage 15801 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1903 by harland & wolff, belfast. owned at time of loss by oceanic steam navigation co (white star). six boilers, twin quadruple expansion engines of 1228nhp, twin shaft. passage liverpool for new york. torpedoed by u-24 and sank in 10 minutes. 44 lives lost, 390 saved. (sii).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 108 meter, Height above seabed: 178 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H109/45 H109/45 JULY 1945 POSN 505548N, 082700W. LENGTH 280FT HEIGHT 30FT. (WEST APPS LIST). 10.5.96 10.5.96 WK IDENTIFIED AS THE `ARABIC' FOUND IN 505626.5N, 082901W. CINC REQUESTED. (E GILES 24.4.96). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH284/500/04 2.4.04 HH284/500/04 2.4.04 LOCATED BY MBES IN 5056.391N, 0029.211W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 110MTRS. (MV GEOGRAPH, VIA E GILES). APPEARS TO HAVE SETTLED SINCE ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN 1985. PURPLE AREA OFF THE STERN ON SUPPLIED GRAPHIC IS THE PROP LYING FLAT ON THE SEABED. (E GILES). MBES DTM SHOWS LENGTH 170MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 9MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. SMALL DEPRESSION 2MTRS DEEP CLOSE S (PROP). AMEND WK 105MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 23.10.07 23.10.07 CINC CAVEAT REMOVED. (E GILES E-MAIL DTD 19.10.07). SEP 2019/000217721 13.09.19 WRECK LOCATED IN 5056.3846N, 0829.2083W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 98.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 109.2MTRS. LENGTH 177.5MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 11MTRS, ORIENTATION 178/358 DEGS. SCOUR DEPTH 6 MTRS. WRECK IS INTACT, AFT DAMAGED, LITTLE SCOUR AROUND BOW. (RV CELTIC VOYAGER, INFOMAR CV1904, H525). AMEND WK 98.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2021/000179868 19.7.21 EXAM'D BY BDC WRECK LOCATED IN 5056.426N, 0829.218W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 98.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 108.5MTRS. LENGTH 195.6MTRS, WIDTH 67.5MTRS, HT 18.86MTRS, ORIENTATION 178DEGS.(IRISH GOVERMENT SURVEY, RV CELTIC VOYAGER, INFOMAR CV1904, H525). RETAIN NDW DEPTH 98MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN ONE PIECE, PROP LIES CLOSE S, DIMENSIONS BY MBES

Position: 50 56.426 N,8 29.218 W

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