This is the information page about the shipwreck Captain niko, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 32.723 N,2 35.53 W (49.545383, -2.592167)

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: CAPTAIN NIKO

Length 140.2 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 6680 ton
Load: chemicals,gas

Cause: built in 1948 by ohn cockerill sa, hoboken, belgium. owned at time of loss by soc de transports maritimes sonimar sa. passage rotterdam for alexandria. cargo shifted in gale-force weather. was abandoned by crew and taken in tow by m supply v tender turbot. list continued to worsen and vessel sank. one man lost while manning lifeboats. (msd).

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H3635/71 4.6.73 H3635/71 4.6.73 7.5.73 SUNK 290DEGS, 4.5M FROM PLAT LT. (HBR MASTER, GUERNSEY). INS AS WK 10FMS 2FT IN 333.5DEGS, 5942MTRS [3.2M] FROM MARTELLO TWR NO 11 [492955N, 023317W APPROX].

- NM 1150/73. 14.5.73 14.5.73 LOCATED BY THV STELLA IN 493247N, 023520W. A DIVER HAS CONFIRMED THAT VESSEL IS LYING ON HER SIDE. (LLOYDS VOL.212). H3635/73 15.5.73 H3635/73 15.5.73 POSN 493247N, 023527W [EUR]. POSN BY DECCA. LIES ON SIDE WITH LEAST DEPTH 62FT. (GUERNSEY STATES BOARD, 10.5.73). BR STD. H3635/73 4.6.73 H3635/73 4.6.73 AMENDED TO WK 18.9MTRS. NC 807 & NC 3654. H1286/80/259 21.6.82 H1286/80/259 21.6.82 LIES ON STBD SIDE, BROKEN IN HALF FORWARD OF BRIDGE. IS BASICALLY INTACT WITH LEAST DEPTH 66FT IN GEN DEPTH 150FT. (T E WATSON, 26.8.80). NCA. HH100/351/04 7.6.91 HH100/351/04 7.6.91 LOCATED IN CHARTED POSN. BEING FISHED BY LOCAL FV SO WK NOT DIVED. NO E/S DEPTH OF LESS THAN 35MTRS OBTAINED. (LT P A HUNTER, PORTSMOUTH E RN SUB AQUA CLUB, 24.5.91). NCA. 13.5.04 13.5.04 WGD POSN: 4932.723N, 0235.530W. NE 3654. 28.7.10 28.7.10 LIES ON STARBOARD SIDE, STERN BROKEN OFF & HULL COLLAPSING. (DIVER MAGAZINE AUG '10)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 32.723 N,2 35.53 W

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