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 (50.346467, -2.456600)

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: 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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