This is the information page about the shipwreck Athenia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 33.32 N,7 21.347 W (55.30775, -7.0756333333333)

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: ATHENIA

Length 145.7 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 8668 ton
Load: personnel,general and mixed goods,animals (land & sea) and birds

Cause: built in 1904 by vickers, sons & maxim ltd, barrow in furness. owned at time of loss by donaldson bros ltd (anchor line). six boilers, two triple expansion engines of 855ihp, twin shaft. passage montreal for glasgow. torpedoed some 20ft from the stern while steaming at 20 knots by u-53. was abandoned and sank. cargo 7000 tons general, 440 horses, 109 distressed british seamen (dms) and 44 military personnel. 15 crew lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 7.5M, 332DEGS FROM INISHTRAHULL. [M71524]. SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 7M N OF INISHTRAHULL I, OFF CO. DONEGAL. (DODS). H4131/68 11.6.68 H4131/68 11.6.68 NOT FOUND IN 553210N, 072200W. (HMS HECATE, 22.12.67). DELETED. 23.6.70 23.6.70 RISDON BEAZLEY HAS LOCATED THIS WRECK AND AFTER PURCHASE WILL SALVAGE. (BOT WAR RISK OFFICE, TELECON 23.6.70). H3740/69 9.10.74 H3740/69 9.10.74 WK IN 553333N, 072145W. POSN BY DECCA. STANDING 45FT HIGH ON SEABED. (BEAZLEY MARINE LTD SURVEY, 1970). INS AS WK 23FMS.

- NM 210/75. H4242/75 15.8.75 H4242/75 15.8.75 RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD PRESENTLY RECOVERING CARGO FROM THE ATHENIA. REPORTED THAT 148FT CLEAR OVER WRECK. (DEPT OF TRADE LTR DTD 13.8.75). 21.10.76 21.10.76 AMEND TO WK 43MTRS. BR STD. H2175/81 9.1.81 H2175/81 9.1.81 EXAM'D 28.10.79 IN 553320N, 072121W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.6MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS. LYING 140/320 DEGS. LARGE, VERY BROKEN UP CONTACT. (HMS HYDRA, HI 21/79-80). BR STD. 26.4.07 26.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5533.320N, 0721.347W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. LENGTH 148MTRS, WIDTH 43MTRS, HT 10.6MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 120/300 DEGS. NO SCOUR. DEBRIS TO THE NORTH. WELL BROKEN UP WITH HIGHEST PART MIDSHIPS. AMEND WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 43.77MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 43MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, HIGHEST PART AT MIDSHIPS

Position: 55 33.32 N,7 21.347 W

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