This is the information page about the shipwreck Galicia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.306 N,3 26.358 W (50.555100, -3.439300)

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: GALICIA

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 5922 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1901 by wigham richardson & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the pacific steam navigation co. twin triple expansion engines for 411 hp. passage liverpool for valparaiso. struck a mine laid by uc-17 and foundered. no lives lost. later dispersed. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 3M E FROM TEIGNMOUTH. (WW1SL). H7476/17 2.2.18 WK (OLD SYMBOL) IN 503318N, 032615W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 164/18. H6165/23 26.11.23 WK IN 503317N, 032613W. DISPERSED TO 40FT LWST. (TH, 97/23). CHART AS WK 6.5FMS. BR STD. H8109/38 19.12.38 WK IN POSN 5.42M, 037DEGS 35MINS FROM ST MARYS CHURCH, BABBACOMBE. (HMS GLEANER, 8.12.38). AMEND POSN TO 503315N, 032614W. BR STD. H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 503317N, 032613W. DEPTH OVER WK 38FT. WK 13FT ABOVE SEABED. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 2FT. BR STD. 14.8.67 REQUEST TO PURCHASE BY S V OATES FOR SALVAGE. (N/CP 55740/67). BOUGHT BY C W STEVENS, AUGUST 1968. H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10.9MTRS IN 503317N, 032613W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2656. 10.12.80 SALVAGE WORK HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT ON THIS WRECK IN 503319N, 032620W [OGB]. POSN BY DECCA. (C CURRIE, EXMOUTH). NCA. H2923/83 20.11.84 EXAM'D 15.6.84 IN 503316N, 032617W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.8MTRS, FOUL AT 10.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.1 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. NO SCOUR DCS3 HT 4MTRS. VERY BROKEN-UP & DISPERSED. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 9.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3214/84. [WGD] POSN: 5033.301N, 0326.356W. SEP 2015/000019320 7.7.15 EXAM'D 10.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.69MTRS IN 5033.306N, 0326.358W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 15MTRS. LENGTH 138.6MTRS, WIDTH 33.7MTRS, HEIGHT 3.8MTRS. ORIENTATION 060/240 DEGS. VERY BROKEN AND DISPERSED. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 10.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN & DISPERSED

Position: 50 33.306 N,3 26.358 W

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