This is the information page about the shipwreck Flavia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 18.829 N,8 59.489 W (55.370083333333, -8.6902833333333)
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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: FLAVIA
Length 51.8 meter, width: 17.3 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 9291 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,animals (land & sea) and birds
Cause: ex-campanello, ex-campania, ex-british empire. built in 1902 by palmers' co ltd, newcatel-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by cunard steam shipping co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 453hp, single shaft. passage philadelphia for portishead. torpedoed by u-107.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 101 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 30M NW BY W FROM TORY ISLAND. (WW1SL) SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 552300N, 090400W. (LL WW1) H7723/68 6.3.69 LOCATED 1.8.68 IN 551853N, 085934W [OGB] USING LAMBDA. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 297FT IN GEN DEPTH 333FT. NO SCOUR. FAIR SONAR CONTACT. SEABED FINE SAND. (HMS HYDRA, ROS DTD 11.10.68). BR STD. 27.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5518.829N, 0859.489W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 101MTRS. LENGTH 76MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 11MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 095/275 DEGS. WELL BROKEN UP. AMEND WK 89MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 18.829 N,8 59.489 W