Wreck: Ikaria (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Ikaria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 40.855 N,0 1.339 W (49.6809167, -0.0223167)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: IKARIA
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H4984/74 24.9.75 SHOWN AS OBSTN, LEAST DEPTH 25MTRS [13FMS 4FT], IN 494048N, 000124W ON FR 6614.
- NM 2128/75. H4984/74 11.12.79 NOW SHOWN AS WK 15MTRS [8FMS 1FT] IN 494052N, 000121W ON FR 6603 [1979 EDN].
- NM 43/80. 16.11.89 SHOWN AS WK PD 15MTRS IN 494051N, 000119W ON FR 6736 [1989 EDN]. WK 15MTRS IN 494051N, 000119.5W [+/-500MTRS]. GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. HT ABOVE SEABED 12MTRS. DESCRIBED AS LARGE CARGO SHIP LYING ON STBD SIDE WITH FORE & AFT SECTIONS INTACT. PROPELLER, 6.6 RADIUS, HAS 4 BLADES. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14590316). CHART AS WK 15MTRS IN 494051N, 000119.5W. NE 2146. HH351/352/02 12.2.92 EXAM'D 9.10.90 IN 494054N, 000115.5W [+/-20MTRS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.5 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 140MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 160/340DEGS. (FR WK RECORDS 1991 NO.14590316). BR STD. 28.2.94 IDENTIFIED AS REMAINS OF THE 'IKARIA' FROM NUMBER ENGRAVED ON BILGE PUMP. WELL BROKEN. CARGO WAS AMMUNITION AND HORSES - MANY BONES FOUND. (S JOHNSON, CHANNEL DIVERS, TELECON). 3.10.01 ON STBD SIDE. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2001). NCA. 16.5.07 LIES IN 4940.909N, 0001.258W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 4940.855N, 0001.339W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, WELL BROKEN
Position: 49 40.855 N,0 1.339 W
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