This is the information page about the shipwreck Atxeri mendi, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 9.772 N,6 3.493 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)

 

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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. Arcadian (possibly)
2. Atxeri mendi
3. Avance
4. Beemsterdijk (possibly)
5. Begerin (possibly)
6. Caomhuala
7. Ceres
8. Cite d'aleth
9. Clara
10. Copeland (possibly)
11. Cymrian
12. Daru (possibly)
13. Earl
14. Egda (possibly)
15. Ethel
16. Grainville
17. Havna (possibly)
18. Highcliffe
19. Hildefjord
20. Hms kethailes
21. Iverna ii
22. Manchester market
23. No worries
24. Notre dame du sacre coeur
25. Pilar de larrinaga (possibly)
26. Rask (possibly)
27. Renegade
28. San conrado (possibly)
29. St672
30. Success
31. Thoralf (possibly)
32. Tripoli
33. Tweed (possibly)
34. U 1169 (possibly)
35. Uc 33
36. Vandalia (possibly)
37. Wheatflower (possibly)
38. Ydun

 

Name: ATXERI MENDI

Length 88.4 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2424 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1899 by w grey & co. owned at time of loss by compania naviera sota u aznar. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 246 nhp, single shaft. passage glasgow for barcelona. torpeded by ub-125. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 87 meter, Height above seabed: 43 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: 2.9.18 M41001 2.9.18 POSN 6 M SE OF TUSKER LTHO. (BOT WR 191/5). 8.9.18 M014192 8.9.18 5 MILES SE OF TUSKER LTH. (AP MILFORD). AUBD 319/190 L 150 FT, H 36 FT, D 140/320. (C IN C WA). H3058/53 18.5.53 H3058/53 18.5.53 INS AS NDWPA IN 520920N, 060320W. NC 1410. 21.11.72 21.11.72 AMEND TO USCPA 35FMS. NE 1410. H3140/69 13.5.77 H3140/69 13.5.77 LOCATED 28.10.76 IN 520944.9N, 060325.6W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 79 IN GEN DEPTH 97MTRS. DCS3 HEIGHT 12.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 040/220 DEG. LENGTH 90MTRS. WK APPEARS INTACT. (HMS FAWN, HI 55/76 & 44/75). BR STD. 24.8.12 24.8.12 EXAM'D 5209.7723N, 0603.4931W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 76.9 N GEN DEPTH 87MTRS. SCOUR 2.3MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 86.1MTRS, WIDTH 11.5MTRS, HT 10.1MTRS. LIES 043/223 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. (INFOMAR CV 12_02, VIA K SHEEHAN, MARINE INSTITUTE, IRELAND, EMAIL DTD 23.8.12). INTACT, UPRIGHT, SCOUR EXTENDS SOME 40MTRS N AROUND BOW. AMEND WK 76MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS NE, STERN COLLAPSING

Position: 52 9.772 N,6 3.493 W

 

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