This is the information page about the shipwreck Dimbovita, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 22.044 N,4 46.446 W (49.06035, -5.0807)

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: DIMBOVITA

Length 130.1 meter, width: 18 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5369 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1971 by zhdanov, leningrad. owned at time of loss by the government of romania. passage rotterdam for istanbul. took on list during heavy seas. was abandoned by crew and later taken in tow by dutch tug 'gelderland' but sank while under tow towards falmouth. (msd).

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 93 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H3160/69 9.12.73 H3160/69 9.12.73 SANK IN 492230N, 044600W [OGB]. (LANDSEND RADIO). INS AS WK USC PA 25FMS.

- NM 88/74. 19.1.77 19.1.77 AMEND TO WK USC PA 46MTRS. NC 2565. 9.1.78 9.1.78 WK 70MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 94MTRS, IN 492212N, 044622W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1978). AMEND TO WK 70MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/85/17 10.6.85 H1310/85/17 10.6.85 WK LOCATED IN 492200N, 044700W. UPRIGHT, LYING 010/190DEGS. SOME SALVAGE WORK MAY HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT. NO FISH ON THIS WK. LARGE SANDBANKS TO BE FOUND IN THE VICINITY. (C WILLIAMS). 28.6.99 28.6.99 EUR POSN: 4922.202N, 0446.375W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 23.11.05 HH091/059/01 23.11.05 EXAM'D 8.5.05 IN 4922.044N, 0446.446W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 73.9 IN GEN DEPTH 93MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 139MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS, HT 19.1MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS WITH BOWS N. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT. S END PARTLY BROKEN AND LIES 025/205DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND TO WK 73MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 15.9.09 15.9.09 WK 70MTRS SHOWN IN 4922.14N, 0446.47W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6930 [2ND EDN 2009 1:150,000]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS N, STERN 1/3 BENT TO PORT

Position: 49 22.044 N,4 46.446 W

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