This is the information page about the shipwreck Clangula (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 56.735 N,4 35.904 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: CLANGULA (PROBABLY)
Length 86.9 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 1755 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1917 by swan, hunter & wigham richardson. owned at the time of loss by cork ss co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 318nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for rotterdam. torpedoed by uc-77. 15 men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H1247/69 26.9.78 H1247/69 26.9.78 WK THOUGHT TO BE THE CLANGULA LOCATED IN 505642N, 043550W [OGB] USING DECCA. (R DAVIS, 15.9.78). INS AS USC 8FMS (15MTRS). BR STD. 29.11.78 29.11.78 APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DISPERSED. THE LITTLE THAT REMAINS STANDS ABOUT 12FT ABOVE SEABED. (R DAVIS). NCA. 23.8.11 23.8.11 LOCATED 3.4.10 IN 5056.735N, 0435.904W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.75 IN GEN DEPTH 28.55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 15.70MTRS, WIDTH 5.7MTRS, HT 3.8MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). DIMENSIONS APPEAR TO BE FOR BOILERS ONLY. VAGUE OUTLINE OF WK WITH LENGTH 78MTRS, LIES APPROX 010/190 DEGS. (SDC REPROCESSING). TWO BOILERS AND ?ENGINE EVIDENT. PROBABLY BOWS N. AMEND WK 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: FULLY COLLAPED WITH BOILERS PROMINENT
Position: 50 56.735 N,4 35.904 W