This is the information page about the shipwreck Henry r james, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 48.647 N,3 46.348 W (48.7184, -4.0740833333333)

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: HENRY R JAMES

Length 99.1 meter, width: 15.1 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3146 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: vessel, built 1909 by j l thompson & sons, mined and sunk 10m e by n of ile de bas with the loss of 24 lives. vessel was on passage from bilbao to middlesborough. owned at the time of loss by henry r james ss co. (dods). vessel was torpedoed by uc48 off the brittany coast. the submarine remained undetected, hence the attribution to being mined in 'dods' and 'ww1 sl'. confirmation in 'der kreig zur see'. (b burke).

Year of registration: 1995

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter

Known since: 1995, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 26.1.95 WK 35MTRS IN 484842.5N, 034615.5W [EUR]. (FR WK RECORDS 1994). BR STD. 7.3.96 SHOWN AS WK 35MTRS IN 484842.5N, 034619W [EUR] ON FR 7151 [1995 EDN]. BR STD. 30.4.01 NOW IN 4848.707N, 0346.258W [EUR]. POSN BY DGPS. FWD PART LIES 045/225 DEGS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. AFTER PART LIES IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED. HOLDS FULL OF IRON ORE. BOILERS VISIBLE. (FR WK RECORDS 2000). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED

Position: 48 48.647 N,3 46.348 W

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