This is the information page about the shipwreck Aristos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.848 N,0 5.259 W (50.5808, -0.08765)

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: ARISTOS

Length 136.2 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 5198 ton

Cause: Built in 1939 by wm hamilton & co ltd. owned at the time of loss by argo (hellas) shipping co. special s.a. passage piraeus for antwerp. sank following collision in thick fog with norwegian mv linde. (msd).

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H2983/67 1.9.67 DW IN 503544N, 000705W OR 239DEGS, 16M FROM BEACHY HEAD. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH). CHART AS DW.

- NM 1626/67. H2983/67 18.9.67 NO DANGER IN 503456N, 000507W. (TH, 14.9.67). NCA YET. H2983/67 4.10.67 POSN NOW 503414N, 000507W. (TH, 3.10.67). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1824/67. 23.7.71 AMEND TO USC 20MTRS. NC 1652. 14.10.76 CHARTED POSITION IS ALMOST CORRECT - FIXED BY DECCA. WK IDENTIFIED BY BELL, WHICH WAS RECOVERED. WK STANDS UPRIGHT. THE MASTS COULD BE DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (E GILES, SUBSERVS LTD, TELECON 14.10.76). NCA YET. H2979/74 30.11.76 DIVED IN 503436N, 000512W [OGB] USING DECCA. IDENTIFIED BY THE PROPELLER. WK IS UPRIGHT WITH NO VISIBLE DAMAGE. STANDS 55FT HIGH AT THE BRIDGE MIDSHIPS. THE STUMP OF THE AFTMAST STANDS ABOUT 60FT HIGH. MAIN HULL IS APPROX 30FT PROUD OF THE SEABED. FORWARD MAST IS LYING ACROSS THE BOW. LIES IN APPROX 200FT OF WATER. (E GILES, SUBSERVS, 13.11.76). 6.4.78 AMEND TO USC 25MTRS. NE 1652. H2330/84 24.7.85 EXAM'D 13.5.85 IN 503449N, 000510W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.5 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 23MTRS, LENGTH 165MTRS, BEAM 45MTRS. LYING 075/255DEGS, NEARLY UPRIGHT, WITH BOWS NE. SUPERSTRUCTURE AND MAST STILL REMAIN. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240A). AMEND TO WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2330/84 6.12.85 EXAM'D 6.11.85 USING HYDROSEARCH. SHADOW HT OF FOR'D MAST - 22.6MTRS, LENGTH 133MTRS. CONSIDER LEAST DEPTH BY E/S OBTAINED DURING MAY '85 EXAMINATION TO BE DEFINITIVE. (HMS BULLDOG, 28.11.85). NFA. H1310/86/10 1.4.86 EXAM'D IN 1984. VERY LARGE WK WHICH IS DIVABLE WITH CARE. STANDS 20MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES). NCA. H2350/85 17.2.87 LOCATED 31.7.86, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1008, HI 317B). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 24.4.14 EXAM'D 4.3.14 IN 5034.848N, 0005.259W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.38 IN GEN DEPTH 56.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 148MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 18.12MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, STERN COLLAPSING. (NETSURVEY, HI 1435). UPRIGHT, GENERALLY INTACT, BOWS ENE. DAMAGE FWD OF STERN. AMEND WK 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS NE, DAMAGE FWD OF STERN

Position: 50 34.848 N,0 5.259 W

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