This is the information page about the shipwreck Ilios (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 59.524 N,1 21.041 W (54.992067, -1.350683)

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: ILIOS (POSSIBLY)

Length 83.8 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 2020 ton

Cause: sunk in collision with ss pierremont while off soutar, south shields. (dods).

Year of registration: 1949

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter

Known since: 1949, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H01771/42 8.12.49 EXAM'D IN 545930N, 012052W [OGB] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA 33FT, FOUL AT 38FT. THE TRUCK AND ABOUT 1FT OF WOODEN MAST WERE REMOVED FROM WK BY SWEEP WIRE. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54FT IN GEN DEPTH 80FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1.11.49). INS AS WK 5FMS 3FT.

- NM 2400/49. H01771/42 8.12.49 G CONICAL LT BUOY. FL G 10 SEC, CLOSE SE OF WK. (TH NM 132/49).

- NM 2526/49. H01771/42 AMEND TO WK 9FMS 3FT. DELETED LT BUOY.

- NM 1532/51. H01771/42 9.8.60 SWEPT IN 545931N, 012056W [OGB] USING HSA AFTER DISPERSAL. SWEPT CLEAR 58FT, FOUL AT 59FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 26FT. GENERAL DEPTH 84FT. LIES APPROX N/S AND IS ABOUT 200FT LONG OR LESS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, SWEEP REPORT 25.7.51). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 4FT. NC 3104. H2433/71 21.4.71 SONAR CONTACT LOCATED DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (ISS, ROS DTD 31.12.70). 8.6.72 AMENDED TO SW 9FMS 4FT. BR STD. 15.5.73 AMENDED TO SW 17.7MTRS. NC 152. 9.10.75 AMENDED TO SW 17.2MTRS. NC 152. (CHANGE OF DATUM). H1310/88/7 2.2.88 WK IN 545931N, 012056W, APPROX, THOUGHT TO BE THE HEBBLE, OR POSSIBLY THE FOLMINA. (D COX, 14.1.88). HH090/796/01 31.12.98 EXAM'D 25.7.98 IN 545931.6N, 012102.3W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.7, FOUL 23.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8 IN GEN DEPTH 24.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.8MTRS. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. CLUSTER OF LINEAR CONTACTS. BELIEVED TO BE THE REMAINING DEBRIS FROM THIS WRECK. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2019/000043627 EXAM’D 24.3.19 IN 5459.524N, 0121.041W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.40MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. LENGTH 22.3MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 2.3MTRS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 4MTRS, WIDTH 5.1MTRS, 0.2MTRS DEEP. DEBRIS FIELD (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DERBIS FIELD

Position: 54 59.524 N,1 21.041 W

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