This is the information page about the shipwreck Athen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20.788 N,2 27.396 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Alex van opstal
4. Amy
5. Apache
6. Athen
7. Binnendijk
8. Black hawk (aft section)
9. Black hawk (fwd section)
10. Bonita
11. Britannia (possibly)
12. British inventor (bow section)
13. Centurion
14. Conch
15. Countess of erne
16. Earl of abergavenny
17. Elena r
18. Elmcrest
19. Enecuri
20. Ethel (probably)
21. Evertsen
22. Finn
23. Forester (& pontoon)
24. Franziska
25. Frigga
26. Frogner ?
27. Gallia
28. Girnigoe
29. Grane
30. Gripfast
31. Gudrun
32. Hartlepool (part of)
33. Hartlepool (part of)
34. Himalaya
35. Hms arfon
36. Hms blackwood
37. Hms boadicea
38. Hms buccaneer
39. Hms delight
40. Hms fisgard ii
41. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
42. Hms gossamer
43. Hms james fennel
44. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
45. Hms landrail (probably)
46. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
47. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
48. Hms remindo (possibly)
49. Hms warrior ii
50. Hmsm a3
51. Hmsm l24
52. Hmsm m2
53. Hmsm p555
54. Hmsm sidon
55. Inisinver
56. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
57. Juvenile delinquent
58. K m b (possibly)
59. Longsand
60. Lst 507 (bow section)
61. Lst 507 (stern section)
62. Lst 531
63. Malka
64. Mallard (possibly)
65. Marie therese
66. Martha
67. Meknes
68. Memnon
69. Merchant royal
70. Minerva (probably)
71. Miniota
72. Neree (possibly)
73. Neree (probably)
74. Netley abbey (possibly)
75. Onward (probably)
76. Orne (possibly)
77. Pas (c.182)
78. Pitchipoy (possibly)
79. Pomeranian
80. Romsdalen (probably)
81. Rowella
82. Royal adelaide
83. Salsette ii
84. Saratoga
85. Scaldis
86. Spiral (possibly)
87. St dunstan
88. Stancrest
89. Sudon (possibly)
90. Terrapin
91. Thera (possibly)
92. Tracy
93. Trito
94. U 322 (possibly)
95. Ub 74
96. Ull (probably)
97. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: ATHEN

Length 69.5 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2199 ton
Load: coal,flammable liquids and gases

Cause: built 1894 by richardson, duck & co, stockton on tees. owned at time of loss by h.a.p.a.g. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 210nhp, single shaft. passage cardiff for rio grande de sul. sank after collision with ss thor. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 72 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H3259/44 H3259/44 PLYMOUTH LIST OF NON SUBS. AUBD 303/35 SONAR CONTACT (PA) 502036N, 022800W. 22.7.55 22.7.55 WK 23FMS 0FT IN 502044N, 022718W. (HMS SCOTT 1954). BR STD. H4007/59 10.2.60 H4007/59 10.2.60 WK CONFIRMED BY A/S. POSN 502040N 022718W. (HM BASE, PORTLAND 13.7.59). H2291/64 18.5.65 H2291/64 18.5.65 EXAM'D IN 502041N, 022738W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 141 IN GEN DEPTH 174FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED COARSE SAND. SONAR RETURN STRONG FROM E & MEDIUM FROM S. (HMS SCOTT, 18.5.64). AMEND TO WK 23FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 907/65. H3950/70 24.5.71 H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO WK 42MTRS. NC 3315. 22.7.87 22.7.87 WK IN 502028N, 022733W IS REPORTED TO BE THE ATHEN. (M SKELSEY). HH100/351/10 8.9.95 HH100/351/10 8.9.95 THIS IS THE WRECK OF THE 'ATHEN'. IDENTIFIED BY THE 'H.A.P.A.G' CREST ON CROCKERY. THE WRECK IS UPRIGHT. (A DUNSTER). HH100/351/11 4.9.96 HH100/351/11 4.9.96 HULL IS INTACT BUT DECKS HAVE COLLAPSED. HULL CONTAINS NUMEROUS 'PATENT CARDIFF' FUEL BLOCKS. VESSEL IDENTIFIED BY HAPAG POTTERY. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH090/961/01 8.12.03 HH090/961/01 8.12.03 EXAM'D 22.7.03 IN 5020.788N, 0227.396W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.0 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LIES 072/252 DEGS WITH BOWS ?TOWARDS 072 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 45MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS ENE

Position: 50 20.788 N,2 27.396 W

 

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