This is the information page about the shipwreck Exmouth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 28.554 N,1 38.466 W (56.243633333333, -1.8570333333333)

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: EXMOUTH

Length 118.9 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 4979 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex- blue triangle, built 1920 at hog island, p.a., with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine, 4 boilers, single shaft. owned at time of loss by american export lines, new york. on passage hull to new york. struck 2 mines after straying into an allied minefield and broke in two. crew of 43 & 27 armed guard rescued after taking to lifeboats. (sibi, i easingwood, b baird)

Year of registration: 2007

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 2007, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 38M ENE OF MAY ISLAND. (LL WW1). HH091/152/01 20.9.07 HH091/152/01 & SEP 2007/000069355 20.9.07 EXAM'D 3.9.06 IN 5628.554N, 0138.466W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.1 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 126.4MTRS, WIDTH 28.5MTRS, HT 15.9MTRS. LIES 075/255 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE, UPRIGHT WK BROKEN AT NE END. NO DEBRIS FIELD. (GARDLINE, HI 1152). POSSIBLY "DESABLA". INS AS WK 37MTRS.

- NM 4719/07. 16.1.09 16.1.09 LOCATED & DIVED ON 8.8.08. LARGE VESSEL, UPRIGHT ON SEABED IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. LYING E/W AND OUTLINE VISIBLE FROM A DEPTH OF 25MTRS. OPEN HOLDS SEEN SO DEFINITELY NOT THE TANKER "DESABLA". BRIDGE AREA AT DEPTH 38MTRS. GUN TUB WITH GUN LYING ON SEABED; ANOTHER GUN TUB WITH GUN INTACT AT THE BRIDGE AREA; COMPASS BINNACLE, STEERING PEDESTAL & TELEGRAPHS IN PLACE IN BRIDGE. CROCKERY RECOVERED MARKED "AMERICAN EXPORT LINES" WHICH IDENTIFIED WK AS EXMOUTH. PHOTOS & DRAWING SUPPLIED. (I EASINGWOOD, E-MAIL DTD 13.1.09) IDENTITY AMENDED. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE UPRIGHT WK, BROKEN AT NE END

Position: 56 28.554 N,1 38.466 W

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