This is the information page about the shipwreck Christos markettos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17.497 N,5 36.892 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Bard (possibly)
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Bolette (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Cheerful
21. Chimu
22. Christina
23. Christos markettos
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Clan macnab
27. Conqueror
28. Courtown
29. Dageid
30. Denebola
31. Depois
32. Devon
33. Dunaskin
34. Dundee (probably)
35. Dux (possibly)
36. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
37. Empire kingsley
38. Enrico parodi
39. Fanny lambert
40. Gallier (possibly)
41. Gemini
42. Genevieve (possibly)
43. Glamorgan coast
44. Glendale
45. Gleno
46. Hampshire
47. Helene (probably)
48. Hellopes
49. Hms royalo
50. Hms warspite
51. Hms warspite (part of)
52. Hms warwick
53. Hmy viva 2
54. Hopeful (possibly)
55. Iona
56. J duncan
57. Jose de aramburu
58. Joshua nicholson
59. Juan ferrer
60. Juanita
61. Kate thomas (possibly)
62. Kildonan ?
63. Kintuck
64. Kynance (probably)
65. Lake grafton
66. Lake grafton (possibly)
67. Liberty
68. Lincoln
69. Luna
70. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
71. Luxembourg (probably)
72. Lyminge
73. Madeline
74. Maria de larrinaga
75. Maroc
76. Moorview
77. Mystique (possibly)
78. New pioneer
79. Nile
80. Ocean harvest
81. Onega
82. Oriskany
83. Pacific reliance
84. Peer gynt (possibly)
85. Phoenix 202
86. Phoenix 203
87. Pioneer (possibly)
88. Polesley (possibly)
89. Ponthieu
90. Primo ?
91. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
92. Princess royal
93. Quarnero
94. Reidar (possibly)
95. Rms mulheim
96. Saint guenole
97. Saxon briton
98. Sea viper
99. Secil japan (bow section)
100. Secil japan (stern section)
101. Setubel(probably)
102. Shanes castle
103. Sirius (possibly)
104. Sna i (possibly)
105. St chamond
106. St george
107. St george (possibly)
108. Stabil (possibly)
109. Sten (possibly)
110. Sylvia-mary z-525
111. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
112. Traute sarnow
113. Tungufoss
114. Tyrhaug
115. U 400 (possibly)
116. Umbre
117. Underwood
118. Union crystal (possibly)
119. Union star (parts of)(probably)
120. Veghtstroom (possibly)
121. Vesuvius
122. Vigrid (possibly)
123. Vine branch (possibly)
124. War baron (probably)
125. Wild boar
126. William cory
127. Yewcroft
128. Zone (probably)

 

Name: CHRISTOS MARKETTOS

Length 98.2 meter, width: 12.7 meter, draught: 6.3, tonnage 3048 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-cheltonian, ex-glenvich. built in 1892 by ropner & son, stockton-on-tees for the glens ss co ltd (lindsay, gracie & co), leith. owned at time of loss by ferrovia della stat (italian state railways) having been requistioned. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 273 nhp, single shaft. machinery by blair & co, stockton. passage bilbao for newport. torpedoed by u-95.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK APPROX 4M NW OF GURNARDS HEAD. (LL WW1). H6391/19 CHART AS WK 10FMS IN 501730N, 053830W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 674/20. H2537/28 28.8.28 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10FMS 1918. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 777. H5872/52 19.11.53 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10FMS [18.3MTRS]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 1149. H2959/73 11.7.73 NOTHING FOUND IN 501730N, 053830W BUT WK, BELIEVED TO BE THE GEMINI FROM ITS SIZE, LOCATED USING MAGNETOMETER IN 501730N, 053648W USING DECCA. BOILERS 12FT HIGH, ENGINE 14FT. ENTIRELY FLATTENED AND SCATTERED, LYING NNW/SSE. NO SIGN OF CARGO. (E.GILES) CHART AS WK 25MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/14 13.11.98 DIVED IN 501727.5N, 053649W [OGB] USING GPS. DIFFICULT TO FIND WITHOUT MAGNETOMETER DUE TO LARGE REEFS IN THE VICINITY. SUPERSTRUCTURE ON SEABED BESIDE REMAINDER OF HULL PLATING. TWO BOILERS, ENGINE AND PROP SHAFT STILL RECOGNISABLE AND REASONABLY INTACT. HIGHEST POINT IS TOP OF ENGINE. 'LIVE' 12 POUNDER SHELL FOUND AT STERN, NO SIGN OF GUN AND NO VISIBLE MARKINGS ON SHELL. WELL SALVAGED. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/19 1.10.02 DIVED 28.9.02 WITH BOW POSN: 5017.525N, 0536.898W & STERN POSN: 5017.484N, 0536.867W [WGD] USING DGPS. ORIENTATION 335.5/155.5DEGS. LENGTH 83MTRS. 1 VERTICAL AND 1 HORIZONTAL BOILER, 2 CYLINDER ENGINE, WITH 1FT DIAMETER PROPSHAFT. 2 LARGE WINCHES AFT OF BOILERS ON PORT SIDE. BOW FLATTENED AND UNRECOGNISABLE. HIGHEST POINT IS BOILERS & ENGINE STANDING 4.5MTRS. SEABED DEPTH AT LW NEAPS 33.8MTRS. BRIDGE FLATTENED, HULL IN PIECES. WK IS OF WW1 VINTAGE. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE, TELECON 30.9.02) NCA. 16.12.09 TWO BRASS VALVES RECOVERED FROM MIDDLE CYLINDER WITH MARKINGS: 'M1144'. RESEARCH CONFIRMS THAT BLAIR & ENGINE NUMBER 1144 WAS FITTED TO GLENVECH AT BUILD. VALVES IDENTICAL WITH THOSE FITTED TO 'ZONE', THUS CONFIRMING ENGINE MANUFACTURER TO BE BLAIR AND THIS WK TO BE CHRISTOS MARKETTOS. (G J LOCKETT, PERSONAL VISIT). NCA. 16.12.11 LOCATED 19.3.10 IN 5017.497N, 0536.892W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.17 IN GEN DEPTH 32.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 95.5MTRS, WIDTH 18.8MTRS, HT 4.83MTRS. LIES 157/337 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FLATTENED, ENGINE/BOILER HIGHEST, AMONGST REEFS

Position: 50 17.497 N,5 36.892 W

 

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