This is the information page about the shipwreck Demetrios, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.209 N,3 43.463 W (50.203483, -3.724383)

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.

Name: DEMETRIOS

Length 160 meter, width: 21.9 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 9705 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: passage dunkirk for piraeus under tow of m tug nastorozhennyy. tow parted in heavy weather and vessle drifted ashore. later broke in two. had been damaged by fire in dunkirk when named 'long lin'. (ll).

Year of registration: 1992

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1992, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: HH232/480/02 13.1.93 HH232/480/02 13.1.93 ASHORE ON ROCKS IN 501212N, 034324W. (LL, 19, 21.12.92). 13.1.93 13.1.93 LIES HARD AGAINST CLIFF ABOUT 200YDS W OF PRAWLE POINT WITH BOW NW. BROKEN FOR'D OF MIDSHIPS. BOW IS UPRIGHT AND STERN LIES WITH ABOUT 30DEG LIST TO SEAWARD (PORT). RUMOURED THAT A SALVAGE COMPANY HOPES TO BREAK HER 'IN SITU'. (BRIXHAM CG, TELECON 13.1.93). NCA YET. 15.2.93 15.2.93 DESCRIBED AS VERY CONSPICUOUS IN 501212N, 034326.5W. (S YARDE). HH232/480/02 25.8.93 HH232/480/02 25.8.93 SHIPBREAKERS HAVE REDUCED THE VESSEL INTO 'MANAGEABLE' SECTIONS. WK HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED FOR WANT OF A SUITABLE BARGE TO MOVE IT. (LL, 18.8.93). HH232/480/02 24.11.93 HH232/480/02 24.11.93 SALVAGE WORK BEING CONDUCTED BY SOUTHERN OCEAN SALVAGE, SWANAGE. (DOT, 1.11.93). HH090/596/01 16.12.93 HH090/596/01 16.12.93 EXAM'D 7.7.93 IN 501207.8N, 034325.2W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. POSNS OBTAINED AT BOW & STERN. LIES STRANDED ON ROCKS, BROKEN IN TWO. SALVAGE OPS IN HAND. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 596). HH232/480/02 9.1.96 HH232/480/02 9.1.96 WK REDUCED TO SMALL SECTION. (NERC PHOT 16.6.94, SORTIE 4/94). BR STD. 4.9.98 4.9.98 STILL PIECES THE SIZE OF DOUBLE DECKER BUSES UP ON THE ROCKS. THE ENGINES SHOW AT LW. (DIVER MAGAZINE 9.1998). HH232/480/03 3.9.99 HH232/480/03 3.9.99 WK HAS LARGELY BEEN DISPERSED. ALL THAT REMAINS ARE SOME VERY RUSTY SECTIONS OF HULL STRANDED ALONG THE ROCKS ABOUT 10MTRS ABOVE MHWS & SOME ENGINE PARTS COVERED IN BARNACLES IN THE INTERTIDAL AREA. ASSUME A FOUL AREA REMAINS BELOW WATER. SHOULD NO LONGER BE CHARTED AS CONSPICUOUS. (P ADAM, 1.9.99). AMEND TO STP. DELETE LEGEND 'WRECK'.

- NM 3552/99. 16.8.11 16.8.11 EXAM'D 22.1.11 IN 5012.209N, 0343.463W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH DRIES 2.33 IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 33MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 5.33MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. CONFIRMED AS PORTION OF WK. AT THE VERY EDGE OF ACHIEVABLE SURVEY COVERAGE THUS DIMENSIONS MAY BE INACCURATE. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1356). AMEND STP DRIES 2.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PORTION OF ?HULL

Position: 50 12.209 N,3 43.463 W

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