This is the information page about the shipwreck Iolanthe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.667 N,2 8.067 W (50.461117, -2.134450)

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: IOLANTHE

Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3081 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials,vehicles,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine uc76 while on passage glasgow to helen's roads. (ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 15.4.45 ESCORT GROUP 17 REPD NSC IN 502754N, 020806W, ACCURATE TO WITHIN 200YDS ON 15.4.45. (AUBD 304/114). H2291/64 19.5.65 SMALL RIDGE RUNNING 080/260DEGS RISES TO 126FT IN SURROUNDING DEPTHS OF 24FMS, BUT BOTTOM IS RATHER IRREGULAR IN VICINITY SONAR RETURN WEAK & FROM NORTH OF RIDGE ONLY. (HMS SCOTT 1964). HH100/351/07 13.9.93 LOCATED IN 502739N, 020759W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES SSE/NNW, BOWS SSE. STERN ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED IN SEABED BUT BOW STANDS WELL CLEAR AS DO BOILERS AND CONDENSER. HIGHEST PART - FOR'D MAST AND DERRICKS WHICH STAND 6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. STRAW FOUND IN FWD HOLD. RAILWAY LINES, BOGEY WHEELS AND TRUCKS IN OTHER HOLDS. VARIOUS PLATES AND WRECKAGE LIES EITHER SIDE OF THE WRECK. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. (M WELCH, 9.9.93). CHART AS USCPA 30MTRS.

- NM 3273/93. HH100/351/08 9.11.93 SUNK BY SUBMARINE UC 76. (M WELCH, 13.10.93). HH090/533/01 13.5.94 EXAM'D 28.2.94 IN 502740N, 020804W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. NO SCOUR DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. APPEARS TO BE FAIRLY INTACT, POSSIBLY INVERTED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533).

- NM 1100/94. 11.7.07 INTACT, FULLY COLLAPSED. ONLY BOILERS, BOW AND STERN RISE 4MTRS ABOVE THE GENERAL WRECKAGE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JUNE 2007). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, FULLY COLLAPSED

Position: 50 27.667 N,2 8.067 W

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