This is the information page about the shipwreck City of mexico, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25.28 N,0 30.511 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Alaska
3. Algiers
4. Alison (possibly)
5. Ariel
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Atlas (probably)
8. Axwell
9. Basil-2
10. British commerce
11. Broadhurst (probably)
12. Cairndhu
13. Candia
14. Carbineer
15. City of mexico
16. Clan macmillan
17. Coral
18. Duke of buccleuch
19. Gartland
20. Gascony
21. Germa geisha
22. Giuseppina accame
23. Glenarm head (possibly)
24. Glenlee
25. Hedwig lunstedt
26. Highland corrie
27. Hms evadne (possibly)
28. Hms implacable
29. Hms loyalty
30. Hms minion
31. Hms moldavia
32. Hms northcoates
33. Hms pine
34. Hms sapper
35. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
36. Hooness
37. Huntsmoor
38. Ikeda (possibly)
39. Ingo
40. Jaffa
41. Lightfoot (possibly)
42. Lola (possibly)
43. London trader (possibly)
44. Lulonga (possibly)
45. Maaslust
46. Maid of orleans
47. Marga
48. Marie marguerite (possibly)
49. Molesey (possibly)
50. Ny-eeasteyr
51. Orminster
52. Pagenturm
53. Pentyrch
54. Polandia (possibly)
55. Porthkerry
56. Quail
57. Ramsgarth
58. Ramsholm (possibly)
59. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
60. Ringen
61. Saint andre (probably)
62. Shirala
63. Sines (possibly)
64. Stanwold
65. Stavros (possibly)
66. Teelin head
67. U 86 (formerly)
68. U 86 (possibly)
69. Ub 86 (possibly)
70. Vesuvio (possibly)
71. Vigda
72. War helmet
73. Warilda
74. Whale unit 552 (possibly)
75. Zaanstroom

 

Name: CITY OF MEXICO

Length 78 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1511 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1905 by laxevaags msk & jernskb. owned at the time of loss by harloff & rodseth. triple expansion engine of 149nhp. passage blyth for rochelle. stopped and sunk by a german submarine. (dods & naval staff monographs, vol 17).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 64 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN APPROX 502000N, 002500W. (WW1SL). H4121/76 2.11.76 WK EXAM'D 9.6.76 IN 502515.1N, 003023.6W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 300FT, APPROX. LYING 050/230DEGS. APPEARS FAIRLY INTACT. (HMS FAWN, HI 52/76).

- NM BLOCK 239/77. H1283/79/138 6.8.79 DIVED 17.6.79. LIES UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO STBD. BOWS NW. NO TRACE OF ORIGINAL WOODEN SUPERSTRUCTURE. HOLDS APPEAR EMPTY. 15FT IRON PROPELLER. APPARENTLY AMERICAN BUILT & OPERATED. VALVE MARKED 'JAMES BOYD, PHILADELPHIA' AND DINING PLATE MADE BY 'COOK POTTERTON, TRENTON NJ' RECOVERED. POSSIBLY A WWI VICTIM. (D M DILLINGHAM, 21.7.79). NCA. H1310/88/29 20.6.88 IDENTIFIED AS 'CITY OF MEXICO' BY KITCHEN FORK FOUND WITH NAME ENGRAVED ON BACK OF HANDLE. (T FRANCIS, 20.5.88). HH100/351/01 25.8.89 CONFIRMED AS WK OF 'CITY OF MEXICO' BY RECOVERED BELL. (DIVERS IN 'BUBBLES II', 21.7.89). HH090/952/01 30.10.03 EXAM'D 14.6.03 IN 5025.280N, 0030.511W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 35.5, FOUL 35.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.6 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.4MTRS. LIES 064/244 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 244 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND TO SW 35MTRS.

- NM 423/04.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 50 25.28 N,0 30.511 W

 

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