This is the information page about the shipwreck California, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 8.52 N,10 16.54 W (51.142, -10.275666666667)

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: CALIFORNIA

Length 143.3 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 8669 ton

Cause: built in 1907 by d & w henderson, glasgow, with triple expansion engines of 827 nhp for 15 kts. owned at time of loss by anchor line. passage new york for glasgow. torpedoed, by german submarine u 85, 38m w by s of fastnet and sank in 7 minutes. of 205 persons on board, 43 were lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 134 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] SONAR CONTACT IN 510830N, 101630W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3506/58 29.5.58 H3506/58 29.5.58 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. UNLIT BUOYS IN 510830N, 101630W. (NAVEAM 6253). NO PREVIOUS RECORD OF WK IN THIS POSN. HH100/351/16 8.1.01 HH100/351/16 8.1.01 VESSEL WAS LOCATED BY RISDON BEASLEY IN 5108.5N, 1016.5W. DEPTH 350FT. POSN FROM A CROTHALL'S BOOK. (R MARTIN, EMAIL DTD 8.1.01). INS AS NDW PA. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 8.52 N,10 16.54 W

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