This is the information page about the shipwreck Egypt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 6.545 N,5 29.939 W (48.399083333333, -5.3334666666667)

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: EGYPT

Length 152.4 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 7941 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1897 by j caird & co., with triple expansion engines of 11,000ihp. owned at the time of loss by peninsular & oriental steam navigation co. passage tilbury for india. sank following a collision with fr ss 'seine' in thick fog. 86 of the 338 passengers and crew were lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 118 meter

Known since: 1926, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H3157/22 26.5.22 SANK IN 481000N, 053000W APPROX. (LL, 26.5.22).INA AS WK PA (1922) [OLD SYMBOL] IN 481000N, 053000W. BR STD. H3157/22 26.4.26 SALVAGE ATTEMPT TO BE MADE TO RECOVER BULLION. (THE TIMES, 26.4.26). H3157/22 3.6.26 SALVAGE ATTEMPT CONFIRMED. (LL, 18.5.26-25.5.26). H3579/26 4.6.26 BUOYAGE LAID FOR ABOVE OPERATIONS. (FRENCH NM 50/1040). - TNM ISSUED. H1291/28 SYMBOL AMENDED TO NDW PA (1922). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BR STD. H3579/26 18.6.36 SALVAGE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED WHEN WEATHER AND CONDITIONS PERMITTED BETWEEN 1926 AND 30.10.1935 BY ITALIAN SALVAGE COMPANY 'SORIMA'. ABOUT 1.2 MILLION POUNDS WORTH OF GOLD AND SILVER WERE RECOVERED. 23.2.79 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 5316. DELETE. NE 2643. 11.1.80 SHOWN AS WK 101MTRS [55FMS] IN 480636N, 052948W [EUR] ON FRENCH 5316 [1979 EDN]. BR STD. 1984 LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984, NO.14585071. HH100/351/20 6.8.03 DIVED IN 4806.598N, 0529.846 [EUR]. BEAM 15MTRS. STANDS 10MTRS HIGH BY DIVE COMPUTER. NO SCOUR. LIES NW/SE WITH BOWS TOWARDS NW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED HAD SAND AND GRAVEL. EXTENSIVE DEBRIS AROUND STBD SIDE. BOW REMAINS UPRIGHT AND INTACT, BROKEN AFT OF THE FOCS'LE. WK THEN PETERS DOWN TO SEABED LEVEL WHERE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND HULL SHOW OBVIOUS SALVAGE AREA. HOLDS ARE CLEAR WITH REMAINING HATCH COMBINGS. IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERED CHINA WITH SHIPPING LINE CREST. (L BISHOP). NCA. SEP 2009000084718 18.2.10 SHOWN IN 4806.545N, 0529.939W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [INT 1800] [3RD EDN 2006, CORRECT TO NM 25-37-09, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW INTACT, REST FLATTENED, HT BY DIVER.

Position: 48 6.545 N,5 29.939 W

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