This is the information page about the shipwreck Californian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 14.942 N,2 13.079 W (46.424966666667, -2.0163166666667)

 

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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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4. Argos
5. Ave maria stella
6. Babieca
7. Bachi
8. Belgica
9. Californian
10. Chaddi
11. Coquimbo
12. Elswick lodge
13. Entente cordiale
14. Espoir du forgeron
15. Felicite albert
16. Fortunio
17. Hyacinthe yvonne
18. Jeanne mathilde
19. John g maccollough
20. Lurgorri
21. Madonne (?madone)
22. Maori
23. Maria-desire
24. Marie fred
25. Marmion
26. Paul-marie-gaston
27. Petit emile
28. Pierre le grand
29. Reina victoria de burela
30. Royal sceptre
31. St jacques
32. Utile

 

Name: CALIFORNIAN

Length 125.9 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 5658 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1900 by union iron works, hit a mine & sank in the bay of biscay. owned at the time of loss by american hawaiian ss co. (dods). sank while on passage from new york to st nazaire. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: 22.6.18 DW IN 461900N, 021200W APPROX. (U-BOAT FILE). H2967/22 18.5.22 DW PA (1918) IN 461500N, 021245W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H1142/28 18.2.28 AMEND TO NDW PA (1918) IN 461500N, 021300W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 28.8.79 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH 6788. 16.4.82 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 20MTRS [11FMS] ON FRENCH 6902 [1981 EDN]. BR STD. 25.3.88 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 461500N, 021300W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7069 [1986 EDN]. POSN ACCURACY 1M [=PA]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14562045). INS AS NDW PA. NC 2663. 28.11.08 SHOWN AS WK USC 20MTRS ON FRENCH 7211 [4TH EDN 2008, 1:1,000,000]. NCA. SEP 2009000114592 24.8.10 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 20MTRS IN 4614.995N, 0213.129W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6990 [3RD EDN 2009 CORRECT TO NM 33/29/09, 1:350,000]. NE 2663.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 46 14.942 N,2 13.079 W

 

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