This is the information page about the shipwreck Iberian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.487 N,9 38.54 W (51.283666666667, -9.4673333333333)
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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: IBERIAN
Length 133.2 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 5223 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1900 by sir j laing & sons. owned at time of loss by f leyland & co. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 470 nhp, single shaft. passage manchester & liverpool for boston, usa. captured by u-28, crew abandoned and vessel torpedoed. 7 men lost, 61 recovered. (ww1sl, dods, shipwrecks of irish coast, vol 1 & sii).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 104 meter
Known since: 1915
Details measurements/cartography: 26.1.71 26.1.71 SUNK 9M S BY W FROM FASTNET. (WW1SL). POSN 511428N, 093800W FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 14.487 N,9 38.54 W