This is the information page about the shipwreck Arno mendi, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.312 N,4 49.041 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. Adela (possibly)
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Arno mendi
6. Asmund
7. British viscount
8. Castilian
9. Cognac
10. Conargo
11. Cressado
12. Cressida
13. Dagmar
14. Dundalk
15. Fairearn (probably)
16. Fairisle
17. Farfield
18. Fawn (possibly)
19. Ferocious
20. Fin-ar-bed
21. Harold
22. Hms campina
23. Hms westphalia (possibly)
24. Kirkmichael
25. La rochelle (possibly)
26. Lilly (possibly)
27. Maarten cornelis
28. Marquess of bute (possibly)
29. Mary
30. Meath
31. Minerva
32. Missouri
33. Normandy coast
34. Oria
35. Osseo
36. Pegasus (possibly)
37. Penvearn
38. Rhyl
39. Saint olaf
40. Sarpfos
41. Seagull
42. Slieve bloom
43. Theme
44. Town of wexford (possibly)
45. Treveal
46. Trinidad
47. U 1024 (probably)
48. U 246
49. Uss roanoke
50. Vivar
51. Westward ho

 

Name: ARNO MENDI

Length 95.1 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2828 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1897 by c s swan & hunter, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by sota y aznar, bilbao. triple expansion engine of 244 nhp for 11 knots, single shaft. machinery by the builder. passage agua amarga for ayr. torpedoed by uc-75.

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H4827/75 24.1.77 H4827/75 24.1.77 NEW WRECK LOCATED 1.11.76 IN 533122N, 0044901W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52 IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS. DCS 3 HT 10MTRS. LENGTH 114MTRS. LYING NE/SW. WELL DEFINED HULL APPEARS UNBROKEN. SUPERSTRUCTURE AT NE END. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). BR STD. HH100/351/15 20.12.99 HH100/351/15 20.12.99 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ARNO MENDI BY ARTEFACTS RECOVERED WHICH BEAR THE CREST 'SA' OF THE SHIPPING LINE SOTA Y AZNOR. THE HULL IS UPRIGHT IN ABOUT 67MTRS. DEPTH TO BRIDGE IS 59MTRS AT LW. (J SHAW, LTR DTD 8.12.99). NCA. 2.5.00 2.5.00 CONFIRMED AS ARNO MENDI. BELL RECOVERED BEARING FORMER NAME OF VESSEL. (ZAID AL-OBAIDI, TELECON 2.5.00). NCA. 11.3.13 11.3.13 EXAM'D 6.11.13 IN 5331.312N, 0449.041W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.71 IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 87.9MTRS, WIDTH 12.5MTRS, HT 9.29MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT. BOWS BREAKING UP WITH DEBRIS AROUND THIS AREA. (NETSURVEY, HI 1410). BOWS NE. AMEND WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS NE & COLLAPSED

Position: 53 31.312 N,4 49.041 W

 

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