This is the information page about the shipwreck Dalton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 11.998 N,5 13.844 E (43.287333333333, 5.3166666666667)
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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: DALTON
Length 71.6 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1275 ton
Load: ore
Cause: built in 1877 by a leslie & co. owned at time of loss by ergasteria ss. co. compound engine of 136nhp. passage ergasteria for marseilles. cargo ore. wrecked at planier lighthouse.
Year of registration: 1928
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter
Known since: 1928, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H2617/63 19.7.63 NDW SHOWN IN 431204N, 051355E OR 346DEG 0.8C FROM PLANIER LT ON FRENCH 6423. LC 3414. 23.4.81 SHOWN AS WK 20.0MTRS IN 431204N, 051355E [EUR] ON FRENCH 6739 [1980 EDN]. AMEND TO WK 11FMS. BR STD. 13.8.85 LARGE CARGO SHIP 'DALTON' LOCATED BY IN 431204.1N, 051355E [EUR]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984/85). NC 150. H4878/84 14.4.86 NOW WK 15MTRS. (FRENCH NM 86 11 32).
- NM 418/94. [WGD] POSN: 4311.998N, 0513.844E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 43 11.998 N,5 13.844 E