Wreck: Austria (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Austria (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.043 N,5 32.368 W (50.217383, -5.539467)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: AUSTRIA (POSSIBLY)
Length 78.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.7
Load: coal
Cause: ex-nicholas vagliano. built in 1883 by bartram, haswell & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cie de nav, internacional, bilbao. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 192 nhp, single shaft. machinery by j dickson, sunderland. passage penarth for nantes. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1907
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1907, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H2959/73 11.7.73 H2959/73 11.7.73 STRONG MAGNETOMETER READINGS IN THIS VICINITY. POSN NOT YET OBTAINED. POSSIBLY BESSEMER CITY OR AUSTRIA. TO BE EXAMINED LATER. (E GILES, 21.6.73). HH100/351/14 13.11.98 HH100/351/14 13.11.98 DIVED IN 501300.5N, 053218.5W [OGB] USING GPS. MUCH SCATTERED WRECKAGE BOTH FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS. PLATING, GIRDERS, BOLLARDS ETC COVER A WIDE AREA. NOT CONSIDERED A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SHORE. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. 26.7.06 26.7.06 [EUT] POSN: 5013.043N, 0532.368W. BA 1168 [3RD EDN, JULY '02]. 14.12.09 14.12.09 MEASURED TO STAND 3MTRS ABOVE BOTTOM IN GEN DEPTH 3-12MTRS. SMASHED UP AND SCATTERED. ROCKS ARE GENERALLY HIGHER THAN WRECKAGE. CONSIDER THAT THIS IS LIKELY TO BE AUSTRIA. (G J LOCKETT, REPORT DTD 5.12.09). 14.12.11 14.12.11 LOCATED 30.1.11 BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. SLIGHT ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SCATTERED WRECKAGE, V CLOSE TO SHORE
Position: 50 13.043 N,5 32.368 W
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