This is the information page about the shipwreck Dallas city (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.535 N,2 1.263 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)
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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: DALLAS CITY (POSSIBLY)
Length 130.1 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 7459 ton
Load: chemicals,gas
Cause: built by the furness sb co. oil engine, single shaft. passage tees for curacao, brisbane & townsville. cargo 7469 tons ammonium sulphate. had been damaged in collision with ss 'flimston'. was abandoned on fire following air attack. presumed sunk.
Year of registration: 1993
Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1993
Details measurements/cartography: HH090/588/01 3.11.93 HH090/588/01 3.11.93 EXAM'D 11.7.93 IN 500732.1N, 020115.8W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.2 IN GEN DEPTH 58.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS, LENGTH 73MTRS, BREADTH 12MTRS. LARGE UPRIGHT WK LYING 045/225 DEG ON HARD SEABED. (NP 1008, HI 588).
- NM 4010/93. 10.8.05 10.8.05 WK NOT LOCATED IN THIS POSN. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE, UPRIGHT WK
Position: 50 7.535 N,2 1.263 W