This is the information page about the shipwreck Germania, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 9.865 N,3 52.562 W (49.4055, -3.5834166666667)

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: GERMANIA

Length 82 meter, width: 11.9 meter, tonnage 1704 ton
Load: chemicals,general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1962 by corbasta of santander. owned at time of loss by iberhansa maritima sa. caught fire in no.1 hold while on passage hamburg to barcelona. was abandoned by crew and drifted for five days, burning fiercely and with intermittent explosions, before sinking. crew recovered. (msd).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 80 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 22.12.71 SANK IN 491000N, 035300W, APPROX. (LLOYDS VOL.206). NCA YET. 14.1.72 PADDLE MARKED 'GERMANIA' FOUND ON BEACH AT MOUSEHOLE. (LLOYDS VOL.207). 15.1.72 DRUMS OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS BEING WASHED UP ON S.CORNISH COAST. (LLOYDS VOL.207). 3.2.72 LIFEBUOY MARKED 'GERMANIA' FOUND ON PORLOCK BEACH. (LLOYDS VOL.207). 7.2.72 INS AS NDW PA IN 491000N, 033500W. BR STD. 29.5.72 WK LOCATED BY DIVERS OF COMPAGNIE MARITIME D'EXPERTISE. LIES IN 90MTRS N OF ILE DE BATZ. (LLOYDS VOL.208). H5493/69 25.6.72 WK STANDS 23MTRS HIGH IN 490955N, 035230W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 72 21 07). INS AS WK 36FMS.

- NM 1192/72. H3160/69 17.10.72 NOW WK 60MTRS. (FRENCH NM 72 38 12). AMEND TO WK 33FMS. BR STD. 8.8.88 POSN AND LEAST DEPTH CONFIRMED. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987). 8.8.88 AMEND TO WK 60MTRS. NC 2668. HH100/351/05 26.6.92 VERY LARGE WK LOCATED IN 490957.5N, 035236W [EUR] USING DECCA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. 21.6.99 LISTED IN 4909.925N, 0352.472W [EUR] IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT WITH 2 MASTS

Position: 49 9.865 N,3 52.562 W

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