This is the information page about the shipwreck Athos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 32.119 N,0 41.281 W (54.4542667, -0.3978333)

 

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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. Adine (probably)
2. African transport (probably)
3. Afrique
4. Aigburth
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Ardgantoch
8. Athelstane
9. Athos
10. Atlas (possibly)
11. Atwing (possibly)
12. Audax
13. Battersea
14. Beaumanoir (probably)
15. Ben aden
16. Berwick (possibly)
17. Black prince (possibly)
18. Botha (possibly)
19. Brentwood
20. Castleford (probably)
21. Commercial
22. Constantia
23. Corsham
24. Corsican prince
25. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
26. Creteblock
27. Crimdon (possibly)
28. Dayspring (probably)
29. Defiant
30. Disperser
31. Eaglescliffe (probably)
32. Earl percy
33. Ellida (probably)
34. Ferruccio
35. Fervent
36. Florentia
37. Fred everard
38. Garthwaite
39. Gimle
40. Glow (part of) (possibly)
41. Glow (part of) (possibly)
42. Gothia
43. Gwalia (possibly)
44. Harrow (probably)
45. Hartley
46. Helene
47. Hercules
48. Highgate
49. Hms desire (possibly)
50. Hms dromio
51. Hms locheil
52. Hms lord ridley
53. Hms ruthin castle
54. Hms swallow
55. Hurstwood
56. John miles
57. Lady helen
58. Lampada (probably)
59. Lanthorn
60. London
61. Lowtyne (possibly)
62. Lucy
63. Madame renee
64. Marchioness of londonderry
65. Marie stuart
66. Melanie (probably)
67. Membland (possibly)
68. Merrie islington
69. Modemi (possibly)
70. Moorlands
71. Moorwood (possibly)
72. Oakwell
73. Pandora
74. Pathfinder
75. Paul
76. Philander (probably)
77. Polanna
78. Polruan
79. Quaggy (probably)
80. Rosella (probably)
81. Rutil
82. Saint ninian
83. Sarah thinnesen
84. Schaldis (possibly)
85. Sir francis
86. Skane
87. Springhill
88. Stora-korsnas-link i
89. Suntrap (probably)
90. Talisman (possibly)
91. Tatiana (possibly)
92. Teesdale (possibly)
93. Ub 30
94. Uc 70
95. Wallsend
96. Woodstock (bow section)
97. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: ATHOS

Length 80.8 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1708 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1913 by nylands vaerjsted, christiana. owned at time of loss by d/s, a/k concordia. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 152hp, single shaft. passage rouen for middlesbrough. in ballast. torpedoed by ub 34.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20170106

Details measurements/cartography: H576/18 MAST, VISIBLE 1FT ABOVE LW, IN 543215N, 004130W. - FNM 87/18. H4653/18 18.8.18 NO LONGER CONSIDERED A DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (SNO TYNE). H3752/26 11.6.26 AMEND TO NDW (1918). H4593/59 9.11.59 AMEND TO DW. NC 1200. H6331/87 20.1.89 NOT FOUND. NO INDICATION OF WRECKAGE ON DCS3. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). DELETED.

- NM 596/89. HH100/351/10 24.11.95 DIVED IN 543207N, 004117W [WGD] USING GPS. WELL BROKEN UP ON A SILTY SEABED. VISIBILITY OFTEN POOR. HIGH POINTS AT STERN AND MIDSHIPS. STEAM TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. ENGINES AMIDSHIPS. HEIGHT 3MTRS. IN BALLAST. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). INS AS USC 17MTRS.

- NM 24/96. SEP 2015/000095701 1.6.15 EXAM'D BY BDC 19.46MTRS IN 5432.116N, 0041.279W [WGD]. NFS. (CEFAS SURVEY, DS9). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 8.5.17 EXAM'D 06.01.16 IN 5432.119N, 0041.281W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 20.2MTRS, HEIGHT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 65/245 DEGS. WRECK LIES WELL DEGRADED ON A ROCKY SEABED, THE LINE OF THE WRECK IS DISRUPTED WITH THE BOW DISJOINTED FROM THE REST OF THE WRECK. IDENTIFIABLE AMONGST THE DEBRIS ARE TWO BOILERS, THE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, PROPELLER SHAFT AND STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE BOW AND STERN. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND DW 19.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 54 32.119 N,0 41.281 W

 

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