This is the information page about the shipwreck Cliftonian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.42 N,8 56.207 W (51.300333333333, -9.084)

 

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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.

 

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Name: CLIFTONIAN

Length 115.8 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 8.1, tonnage 4303 ton
Load: coal,coke

Cause: built in 1011 by northumberland shipbuilding co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the cambrian steam navigation co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 367 nhp, single shaft. passage cardiff for marseilles. torpeded by u-72 without warning. no lives lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 80 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1985

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4.5M S 3/4 E FROM GALLEY HEAD. (WW1SL). 30.8.78 INS AS WK USC PA 55MTRS IN 512724N, 085610W. NC 2424. H1310/85/27 10.9.85 NOT FOUND IN 512724N, 085610W USING MAGNETOMETER. (G WILLIAMS, 17.8.85). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 27.42 N,8 56.207 W

 

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