This is the information page about the shipwreck Aracataca, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.12 N,0 1.82 E (50.577250, -0.082600)

 

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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.

 

1. 010
2. Aracataca
3. Aristos
4. Ashford
5. Barn hill
6. Blanefield
7. Branksome chine (possibly)
8. Braunton
9. Broadhurst (probably)
10. Celtic
11. Charles m
12. City of brisbane
13. City of waterford
14. Clan macmillan
15. D144 (possibly).
16. Dagana
17. Davenport
18. Devon coast
19. Eduard (possibly)
20. Esperanza
21. F/v joanna c
22. Fife coast (possibly)
23. Fortuna
24. Fulham vii (probably)
25. George sutton
26. Gerlen (possibly)
27. Girlvine (possibly)
28. Glenarm head (possibly)
29. Glenarm head (possibly)
30. Glendinning (possibly)
31. Gull (possibly)
32. Hms avanturine
33. Hms borneo
34. Hms inverclyde
35. Hms keryado (probably)
36. Hms lancer ii
37. Hms minion
38. Hms ocean sunlight
39. Hms taipo
40. Holme force (possibly)
41. Huntsmoor
42. Hush wing
43. Ikeda (possibly)
44. Inger (possibly)
45. Ingo
46. Joseph roberts (possibly)
47. La cycogne (probably)
48. Lalen mendi
49. Lass o'doune (probably)
50. Leven (possibly)
51. Loic lucas
52. Lornaston (possibly)
53. Maaslust
54. Mill gate (probably)
55. Miown
56. Mira
57. Mohlenpris (possibly)
58. Mount stuart
59. Mv adur valley?
60. Newent
61. Noordster
62. Northlands (possibly)
63. Nyon
64. Ouse (possibly)
65. Pagenturm
66. Patrice didier (probably)
67. Pentyrch
68. Petit forban
69. Saint ronaig
70. Seven seas (possibly)
71. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
72. Stanhope
73. T r thompson
74. U 212 (probably)
75. U 275 (probably)
76. U 40 (possibly)
77. U 413 (possibly)
78. U 671
79. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
80. Ub 130
81. Ub 86 (possibly)
82. Vasco
83. Venus
84. Wilhelmina j
85. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: ARACATACA

Length 114.6 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 4154 ton
Load: foodstuffs: preserved,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: vessel, built in 1911 by workman clark & co. and owned at the time of loss by elders & fyffes, sank following a collision with ss 'moliere' while on passage liverpool to dunkirk. (dods).

Year of registration: 1928

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1928, last detected: 20160921

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 17.8.28 SANK IN 503530N, 001130E, APPROX. NCA. H2979/74 11.5.76 WK IN 503552N, 000152E. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES). H2326/75 3.6.76 LARGE WK LOCATED IN 503602N, 000150E. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES, 25.5.76). 8.1.79 INS AS NDW IN 503602N, 000150E. NE 1652. H1965/76 26.11.80 EXAM'D 3.5.80 IN 503603N, 000155E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 106.7MTRS, BEAM 12.6MTRS, HT 12.2MTRS. LYING ON ITS SIDE, N/S, BOWS S. LONG SCOUR TO E OF WK. MAST SEEN LYING ALONGSIDE ON SEABED. (HMS BULLDOG HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 42MTRS. BR STD. H2350/85 16.2.87 EXAM'D 9.8.86 IN 503605N, 000157E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.6 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. SCOUR 6.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 16MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS, BEAM 16MTRS. LYING 121/301DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 317B). NCA. 16.9.91 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE 'ARACATACA'. A PLATE BEARING THIS NAME RECOVERED FROM A DOOR. (C MARTIN, TELECON). COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. HH100/351/04 13.11.91 DIVED SEPT 1991. CHINA PLATE, ELDERS & FYFFES, RECOVERED. BONES SEEN IN HOLD. PRESUME THIS TO BE WK OF 'ARACATACA' WITH A CARGO OF FROZEN MEAT. LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH BOW N AND ABOUT ONE THIRD BURIED IN SEABED. (T W BENNETTO, 2.11.91). SEP 2015/000083466 5.2.16 EXAM'D 21.09.15 IN 5036.120N, 0001.820E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.93MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 51.83MTRS. LENGTH 115MTRS, HT 10.9MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, SCOUR LENGTH 275MTRS TOWARDS 090, SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. BROKEN UP WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, LYING ON ITS SIDE, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT SIDE, BOWS N

Position: 50 36.12 N,0 1.82 E

 

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