This is the information page about the shipwreck Chicago, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 9.452 N,0 1.645 W (54.1575333, -0.0274167)

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: CHICAGO

Length 135.6 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 7709 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1917 by earl's sb co, hull. owned at time of loss by ellerman wilson line. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 685 hp, single shaft. passage north shields for gibraltar. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk by ub 107.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 339 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160218

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4M NE FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. H3752/26 11.6.26 INS AS NDW(PA). BR STD. H4004/18 5.8.60 21FMS OVER WRECK. (VAEC). 21.6.72 INS AS NDW(PA). NC 129. 5.12.74 AMENDED TO USCPA 20MTRS. NC 129. H4791/76 4.11.76 LOCATED 9.76 IN 540928.5N, 000132W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 200FT. LIES NE/SW APPROX. (DECCA SURVEY). BR STD. HH090/730/01 18.12.97 EXAM'D 12.6.97 IN 540927.4N, 000139.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.0 IN GEN DEPTH 44.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.0MTRS. LENGTH 145MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. NOT SWEPT DUE TO STATIC FISHING GEAR. LARGE, WELL DEFINED WK. UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. DEBRIS SCATTERED LOCALLY. STERN SECTION HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF AND LIES 25MTRS TO THE NW. COLLAPSED SUPERSTRUCTURE IS EVIDENT ON THE DECKS AND SEABED. RETAIN AS WK 36MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD FOR POSN. SEP 2016/000007250 19.5.16 EXAM'D 18.2.16 IN 5409.452N, 0001.645W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.43MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 45.1MTRS. LENGTH 144.6MTRS, WIDTH 30.5MTRS, HEIGHT 9.6MTRS, OREIENTATION 339DEGS. MAINLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (EGS PIONEER, HI1472). AMEND TO NDW 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT. SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED

Position: 54 9.452 N,0 1.645 W

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