This is the information page about the shipwreck City of mobile, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 23.935 N,5 17.223 W (54.480516666667, -5.4166666666667)

 

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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. Amber
2. Arantzazu mendi
3. Archbald finney
4. Audentia
5. Ave maria
6. Barrister (possibly)
7. Betsey / bessy
8. City of mobile
9. Coalman
10. Daybreak (probably)
11. Dunmore
12. Empire tana
13. Enterprize (poss)
14. Florrieston (probably)
15. Fredanja (probably)
16. Frieda
17. Fulmar
18. Georgetown victory (part of)
19. Georgetown victory (part of)
20. Green hill (part of)(probably)
21. Harold
22. Helgoland
23. Hunsdon
24. Inverurie
25. Jenemi
26. Kafue
27. Kempock
28. Kilbroney (probably)
29. L'amite
30. Lagun
31. Leeds city
32. Loch sunart
33. Maja
34. Marianne toft (possibly)
35. Mermaid
36. Neotsfield
37. Peshawur
38. Pins wreck (nimble)
39. Rebecca
40. Rexmoor
41. Rfa industry (probably)
42. Saint barchan
43. Silver quest 2
44. Speedbird
45. St. mungo (possibly)
46. Thornfield
47. Three sisters
48. Tide (probably)
49. Tornamona
50. Ulabrand (possibly)
51. Ulrica
52. Upas

 

Name: CITY OF MOBILE

Length 136.3 meter, width: 17.2 meter, draught: 9.6, tonnage 6614 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,flammable liquids and gases

Cause: ex-kentucky. built in 1912 by workman & clark & co. ltd, belfast. owned at time of loss by ellerman & bucknall ss co ltd, london. five boilers, quadruple expansion engine of 412nhp. passage glasgow for liverpool. bombed and sunk by enemy aircraft. all 76 crew saved. (llww2 & wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 84 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] SANK IN 542300N, 051530W. (WRECKS OFFICER RECORD CARD) H2112/75 4.2.75 H2112/75 4.2.75 WK LOCATED IN 542348N, 051712W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 86.6 IN GEN DEPTH 90MTRS. DCS3 HT 13.3MTRS. SEABED FINE SAND. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 51/74). INS AS WK 76MTRS.

- NM 396/75. HH208/400/05 18.4.01 HH208/400/05 18.4.01 LOCATED IN 5423.970N, 0518.570W [WGD]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84.3MTRS. (HMS ROEBUCK, SIGNAL DTD 2.4.01). DATA MAY BE IN ERROR. NCA YET. HH090/821/01 13.7.01 HH090/821/01 13.7.01 EXAM'D 18.3.01 IN 5423.935N, 0517.223W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72.6 IN GEN DEPTH 77MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS WITH BOWS N. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 821). INTACT AND UPRIGHT WITH CENTRE SUPERSTRUCTURE. AMEND WK 72MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, BOWS N

Position: 54 23.935 N,5 17.223 W

 

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