This is the information page about the shipwreck Enrico parodi, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.065 N,5 33.299 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: ENRICO PARODI
Length 103.3 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 3818 ton
Load: coal
Cause: ex-king edgar, ex-boscome. built in 1903 by osbourne graham & co, sunderland. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 315 nhp, single shaft. machinery by g clarke ltd, sunderland. passage cardiff for messina. went aground in dense fog under gurnards head. was refloated and taken in tow by salvage vessel lady of the isles. developed a serious leak and sank. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 62 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H4917/16 22.8.16 H4917/16 22.8.16 SUNK IN 501300N, 053315W WITH LEAST DEPTH 6.5FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK 6.5FMS (11.9MTRS).
- NM 918/16. 3.1.72 3.1.72 LOCATED LYING E/W AND REPORTED AS SINKING INTO THE SANDY SEABED. SALVAGE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN ATTEMPTED USING EXPLOSIVES AS SEPARATE PIECES OF WRECKAGE LIE IN VICINITY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H2959/73 11.7.73 H2959/73 11.7.73 CONFIRMED AS WK IN 501300N, 053315W. (E GILES, 20.6.73) NCA. HH100/351/04 15.3.91 HH100/351/04 15.3.91 DIVED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN 501300.5N, 053314W [OGB] USING DECCA. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. HH100/351/19 1.10.02 HH100/351/19 1.10.02 DIVED REGULARLY BY GROUP KNOWN AS DIVE ST IVES. LOCATED IN 5013.045N, 0533.214W [WGD] UJSING DGPS. SEABED DEPTH AT MID-TIDE 33MTRS. LARGE WK STANDING 6MTRS HIGH. 2 BOILERS. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE, TELECON 30.9.02). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 8.9.04 8.9.04 FULLY COLLAPSED AND GENERALLY BROKEN DOWN TO THE SEABED. TWO ATHWARTSHIPS BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST POINT. (DIVER MAGAZINE, 9.04). NCA. 14.12.11 14.12.11 LOCATED 30.1.11 IN 5013.065N, 0533.299W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.67 IN GEN DEPTH 26.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 22.8MTRS, WIDTH 19.2MTRS, HT 4.68MTRS. LIES 062/242 DEGS WITH BOWS ENE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED
Position: 50 13.065 N,5 33.299 W