This is the information page about the shipwreck Begum, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 44 N,12 28 W (47.483333333333, -12.183333333333)

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.

Name: BEGUM

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 4646 ton

Cause: built in 1907 by chas connel & co. owned at time of loss by asiatic steam navigation co. triple expansion engine of 427nhp for 11 knots. sunk by torpedo & gunfire from u-90. 15 men lost. (dods & krieg zur zee).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 4100 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: 5.6.18 5.6.18 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 474400N, 122800W. (DIR OFF DINGLE). 7.6.18 M28920 7.6.18 SINKING POSN 200 MILES SW OF SCILLY ISLES. (MMAC). 13.7.87 13.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 270 MILES W BY S OF BISHOPS ROCK. (DODS & WW1SL). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 44 N,12 28 W

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