This is the information page about the shipwreck Atlantis (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.782 N,4 53.209 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ATLANTIS (POSSIBLY)
Length 68.1 meter, width: 10.3 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1171 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1906 by nylands versted christiana, norway. owned at time of loss by a-s svolder. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 121nhp, single shaft. passage barry for le havre. torpedoed by ub 112. two men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1974
Water depth above wreck: 81 meter, Height above seabed: 156 cm
Known since: 1974, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: H3895/74 19.9.74 H3895/74 19.9.74 WK IN 495444N, 045317W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 75MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 83MTRS. NO SCOUR. APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT. LIES 160/340DEGS. DCS3 HT APPROX 8MTRS. (HMS HECATE, HI 1/74). COULD BE GANYMEADE. CHART AS WK 75.0MTRS (41 FMS).
- NM 1871/74. H1288/76 1.10.76 H1288/76 1.10.76 WK LOCATED. LYING APPROX SE/NW. (K S MCGREGOR, TRAWLER SKIPPER, HELSTON, CORNWALL, 27.8.76). NCA. H1309/75 6.7.76 H1309/75 6.7.76 WK LOCATED IN LISTED POSN BY DECCA. (CPO CAKEBREAD, RNAS CULDROSE). NCA. HH091/059/01 6.4.05 HH091/059/01 6.4.05 EXAM'D 21.8.04 IN 4954.782N, 0453.209W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 76.8 IN GEN DEPTH 81.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 63MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 5.1MTRS. LIES 156/336 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 76MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/21 5.9.05 HH100/351/21 5.9.05 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS A LARGE DEGRADED COLLIER, UPRIGHT IN GEN DEPTH 85MTRS. TWO FWD AND TWO STERN HOLDS, EACH WITH A DISTINCTIVE SMALL HATCH TO THE SIDE. ONE OR TWO BOILERS, SINGLE SHAFT. ORIGINALLY FITTED WITH A FOUR BLADED PROPELLER BUT ALL BLADES NOW MISSING. FORMAST STILL STANDS. BOW BROKEN ON THE PORT SIDE WITH A LARGE DANFORTH ANCHOR STILL IN THE HAWSE. BRASS TELEGRAPH HEAD RECOVERED WHICH INDICATES A SCANDANAVIAN ORIGIN. POSSIBLY THE 'ATLANTIS'. (G FFOULKES-JONES, EMAIL DTD 1.9.05).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT
Position: 49 54.782 N,4 53.209 W