This is the information page about the shipwreck Chattahoochee (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 39.638 N,5 31.259 W (49.930316666667, -5.3332333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. A a raven
2. Ada (possibly)
3. Ardgarry
4. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
5. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
6. Aurelien
7. Ballarat
8. Briagha mara
9. Brigamara
10. Carpo (possibly)
11. Catena
12. Chattahoochee (possibly)
13. Christine
14. City of corinth (possibly)
15. Congener
16. Corvus
17. Eva (possibly)
18. Facto
19. Garthclyde (possibly)
20. Graziella
21. Heathdene
22. Henley (possibly)
23. Hms mourne (possibly)
24. Hockwold
25. Kalibia (possibly)
26. Kilmaho
27. Kornog (possibly)
28. Koroller ar mor (possibly)
29. Lady cory-wright
30. Lorle (probably)
31. Lovat
32. Madame midas (possibly)
33. Maidag (possibly)
34. Marie roberts
35. Mervyn (possibly)
36. Nanna (possibly)
37. Noya (possibly)
38. Orion
39. Polycarp (possibly)
40. Royal anne galley
41. Sabre of newquay
42. Semper parates
43. Sidmouth (possibly)
44. U 1018
45. U 1209 (possibly)
46. U 399
47. Umdali mendi (possibly)
48. Vinovia
49. Westwood (possibly)

 

Name: CHATTAHOOCHEE (POSSIBLY)

Length 143.3 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 9.9, tonnage 8007 ton
Load: vehicles,cement,machinery and mechanical parts

Cause: built in 1911 by harland & wolff. owned at time of loss by us government. quadruple expansion engine of 697nhp. passage london for st nazaire. cargo bagged cement and motor vehicles. torpedoed and sunk by ub-55.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 91 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: 28.3.18 28.3.18 SANK APPROX 28 MILES S OF PENZANCE. (BOT MASTER, DOCKET M15890). SUNK IN 483800N, 053500W. (COURT OF ENQUIRY - CO OF HMT YOKOHAMA). H2590/76 15.3.76 H2590/76 15.3.76 CONTACT, CLASSIFIED AS ROCKY OUTCROP 300FT LONG AND 50FT WIDE, EXAM'D IN 493938N, 053110W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 86 IN GEN DEPTH 93MTRS. THOUGHT TO BE TOO IRREGULARLY SHAPED TO BE A WK. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). H2797/74 11.8.77 H2797/74 11.8.77 WK LOCATED BY E/S 14, 18, & 20.5.77 IN POSN BY DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 54FMS. (E GILES, 3.8.77). NCA YET. H1310/82 3.8.82 H1310/82 & H1270/81 3.8.82 WK, 10MTRS HIGH, IN 493948N, 053106W [OGB] USING DECCA. (S N GLINSKI, 15.7.82). CHART AS WK 80MTRS. BR STD. HH090/430/01 12.7.89 HH090/430/01 12.7.89 EXAM'D 11.11.88 IN 493936N, 053112W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 82 IN GEN DEPTH 91MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 9.3MTRS, SHADOW HT 11.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.0MTRS. LARGE BROKEN UP WK LYING 015/195DEGS WITH BOW SSW. LENGTH 94MTRS, BEAM 32MTRS. HIGH POINT AT S END. GIVES LARGE MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 430). AMEND TO WK 82MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 6.11.02 6.11.02 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A LARGE VESSEL. CONTAINS PIPES OF SOME 3 INCH DIAMETER. (G POUND, TELECON). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE BROKEN UP WK

Position: 49 39.638 N,5 31.259 W

 

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