This is the information page about the shipwreck Cape finisterre (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.165 N,5 1.723 W (50.036083, -5.028717)

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: CAPE FINISTERRE (PROBABLY)

Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 4380 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1907 by russell & co, port glasgow. owned at the time of loss by cape finisterre ss co (lyle shipping co). triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage new york for falmouth. torpedoed by ub-17. 35 men lost. steel cargo salvaged between the wars. (ww1sl, ll ww1, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H4417/71 24.9.71 WK FOUND IN 500210N, 050136W, OR 125DEGS, 1.48M FROM MANACLES CG STN DURING SALVAGE TRIALS WITH VICKERS VENTURER/PISCES. LOCATED WITH TRANSIT SONAR. (DECCA SURVEY, 15.9.71) CHART AS NDW. NC 154. 2.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC 28MTRS. NC 154. H4239/73 15.8.74 LOCATED IN 500209N, 050138W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE). AMEND TO WK 39MTRS. BR STD. HH090/521/01 27.1.92 EXAM'D 18.7.91 IN 500209.5N, 050140W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. INTACT AND LYING 315/135 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE A MEDIUM SIZE FV OR COASTER. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 521). AMEND TO WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 9.5.03 HAS BEEN LOCATED IN 5002.14N, 0501.66W [WGD]. POSN IS MIDSHIPS. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. (J ROSEVEARE, TELCON). NCA. HH232/420/06 15.12.04 EXAM'D IN 5002.160N, 0501.738W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51.7MTRS. LENGTH 109MTRS, WIDTH 33MTRS. LIES N/S. (RESON/FATHOMS SURVEY DTD 18.10.03). RETAIN WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 26.4.13 EXAM'D 28.2.13 IN 5002.165N, 0501.723W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 52.14 IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 118.8MTRS, WIDTH 23.6MTRS, HT 10.86MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. UPRIGHT BUT BROKEN UP. (NETSURVEY, HI 1406). ?BOWS N WITH HOLDS FWD AND AFT COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, ?BOWS N, HOLDS FWD & AFT COLLAPSED

Position: 50 2.165 N,5 1.723 W

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