This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire tana, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 23.373 N,5 34.405 W (54.233466666667, -5.7177166666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: EMPIRE TANA

Length 123.8 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 6148 ton
Load: armament

Cause: 14.2.41 ex-carso '41. built 1923 by stabliment techico triesto, trieste. completed as carso for lloyds triestino.triple expansion engine, single shaft. scuttled 14.2.41 atkismayn, italian somaliland when port was captured by british forces. passed to the ministry of war transport and renamed empire tana. was extensivly damaged in a multiple collision in fog on 9.2.44 off casablanca and was declared not worthy of repair. sunk in june 1944 as part of goosebury 5, sword beach, ouistreham. raised in 1947 and towed by tug zealandia for strangford lough for scrapping. grounded in and could not be refloated. lay half-submerged from 1947 to march 1966 when during salvage ops a depth charge exploded.

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1953, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: H6996/53 25.11.53 H6996/53 25.11.53 ST SHOWN IN 542325N, 053427W [OSI] OR 125DEGS, 1.90C FROM BALLYHENRY I. STONE BN ON E9623. (HMS SCOTT, 1953).

- NM 2688/53. H4894/54 24.8.54 H4894/54 24.8.54 STF IN 542322N, 053422W [OSI]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 6.1.82 6.1.82 WK HAS BEEN PARTIALLY DISMANTLED AND IS NOW CONSIDERABLY SMALLER IN 542322N, 053422W [OSI]. (PHOTOPLOT PG1636/3 - LP1). NCA. HH288/420/03 13.10.98 HH288/420/03 13.10.98 KNOWN AS THE 'LEES WRECK'. REPORTED TO CONTAIN UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE. (MARITIME & CG AGENCY, LTR DTD 7.10.98). HH288/420/03 18.11.98 HH288/420/03 18.11.98 LOSS DETAILS AS NOTED ABOVE. AT HIGH WATER THE WK IS JUST UNCOVERED. KNOWN AS THE 'LEES WRECK' AFTER A SCRAP MERCHANT WHO USED TO BRING VESSELS INTO STRANGFORD LOUGH IN ORDER TO BREAK THEM UP. (D W CARLISLE, MCA, LTR DTD 13.11.98). 18.3.08 18.3.08 AMENDED TO STP, AS CARRIES INTER-TIDAL TINT, IN 5423.373N, 0534.405W [EUT]. NE 2159. 12.5.14 SEP 2014/000086137 12.5.14 WK DOES NOT QUITE COVER AT HW. TIP OF BOLLARDS (AT W END) WOULD BE ABOUT 0.7MTR ABOVE MHWS. AS BITS DO FALL OFF FROM TIME TO TIME CONSIDER PRUDENT TO RETAIN AS DRYING. (G HENNIGAN & N KEAN, EMAIL DTD 24.4.14). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 23.373 N,5 34.405 W

 

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