This is the information page about the shipwreck Camiola (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.283 N,6 7.785 W (49.947816666667, -6.3925666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: CAMIOLA (POSSIBLY)
Length 88.4 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2226 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1889 by j redhead & sons, south shields. owned at time of loss by r chapman, newcastle-upon-tyne. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 250 nhp, single shaft. passage barry for malta. sank after striking seven stones at night in good weather. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1892
Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 216 cm
Known since: 1892, last detected: 2016
Details measurements/cartography: 21.9.72 WK SUNK AFTER STRIKING THE SEVEN STONES. (DODS) POSN 500212N, 060748W FOR FILING ONLY. 2.5.78 CHART AS USC PA 20MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1148. HH100/351/18 3.9.02 OLD WRECK, POSSIBLY CAMIOLA, LOCATED & DIVED IN 5003.284N, 0607.784W [WGD] USING DGPS, IN GEN DEPTH 75MTRS. 2 BOILER COAL BOAT, WITH MID ENGINE. FULL CARGO OF COAL. DONKIN STEERING PEDESTAL MANUFACTURED 1889. (G POUND, DIVE REPORT REC'D 15.8.02). AMEND TO NDW IN NEW POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000143596 15.11.2016 EXAM'D 05.06.16; IN 5003.283N, 0607.785W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 64.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS, LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HEIGHT 5.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 036/216 DEGS. REMAINS OF THE WRECK COMPRISE OF TWO BOILERS, THE ENGINE AND THE OUTLINE VISIBLE ON THE SEABED. THERE ARE NO REMAINS OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE OUT THE LINE OF THE PROP SHAFT RUNNING AFT FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE SHOAL POINT OF THE WRECK IS SITUATED ON THE EASTERN BOILER. (MMT, HI 1470). AMEND WK 64MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 3.283 N,6 7.785 W