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 (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)

 

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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. Elemore
34. Ellida (probably)
35. Ferruccio
36. Fervent
37. Florentia
38. Fred everard
39. Garthwaite
40. Gimle
41. Glow (part of) (possibly)
42. Glow (part of) (possibly)
43. Gothia
44. Gwalia (possibly)
45. Harrow (probably)
46. Hartley
47. Helene
48. Hercules
49. Highgate
50. Hms desire (possibly)
51. Hms dromio
52. Hms locheil
53. Hms lord ridley
54. Hms ruthin castle
55. Hms swallow
56. Hurstwood
57. John miles
58. Lady helen
59. Lampada (probably)
60. Lanthorn
61. London
62. Lowtyne (possibly)
63. Lucy
64. Madame renee
65. Marchioness of londonderry
66. Marie stuart
67. Melanie (probably)
68. Membland (possibly)
69. Merrie islington
70. Modemi (possibly)
71. Moorlands
72. Moorwood (possibly)
73. Oakwell
74. Onslow
75. Pandora
76. Pathfinder
77. Paul
78. Philander (probably)
79. Polanna
80. Polruan
81. Quaggy (probably)
82. Rosella (probably)
83. Rutil
84. Saint ninian
85. Sarah thinnesen
86. Schaldis (possibly)
87. Scotia
88. Sir francis
89. Skane
90. Springhill
91. Stora-korsnas-link i
92. Suntrap (probably)
93. Talisman (possibly)
94. Tatiana (possibly)
95. Teesdale (possibly)
96. Trelyon
97. Ub 30
98. Uc 70
99. Wallsend
100. Woodstock (bow section)
101. 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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