Wreck: Arijon (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Arijon (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 45.994 N,5 23.525 W (47.632333333333, -5.5181666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ARIJON (POSSIBLY)
Length 125 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 4374 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products
Cause: built 1938 by w gray & co. owned at the time of loss by cie de navigation d'orbigny. passage antwerp for buenos aires. was torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine in the bay of biscay. (dods & ll ww2).
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 125 meter
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H1819/40 11.6.40 SANK IN 474500N, 052300W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).H3895/72 11.2.85 WK, LEAST DEPTH 120MTRS, LOCATED IN 474600N, 052330W [EUR] BY M CABLE LAYER 'LEON THEVENIN'. (BREST NM 84 42 36). BR STD. 20.1.87 SHOWN AS WK 120MTRS ON FRENCH 6989 [1986 EDN]. 28.3.90 UNKNOWN WK IN 474600.5N, 052330W [EUR] USING SYLEDIS. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. EXAMINED BY FISH SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 120MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 127MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14575048). NCA. SEP 2008/000048875 12.9.08 SHOWN AS WK 118MTRS ON FRENCH 7076 [1ST EDN 2008, 1:350,000]. BR STD. SEP 2009000084718 15.4.10 SHOWN AS WK 120MTRS IN 4745.962N, 0523.575W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [INT 1800] [3RD EDN 2006 CORRECT TO 25-37-09, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD. SEP 2015/000257549 20.1.16 SHOWN AS WK 118MTRS IN 4745.994N, 0523.525W [WGD] ON FR370660. (EDN 5.0, DTD 5.11.15). AMEND NDW 118MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 47 45.994 N,5 23.525 W
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