This is the information page about the shipwreck Iona, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 12.975 N,1 12.111 W (58.952316666667, -1.4778833333333)
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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: IONA
Length 109.9 meter, width: 13.6 meter, draught: 8, tonnage 3344 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1892 by gourlay brothers & co, dundee. owned at time of loss by cairn line steamships ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 408nhp, single shaft. passage the tees for montreal. stopped and torpedoed by u-19. (llww1 & sibi).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 110 meter
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: 11.5.72 INS AS NDW IN 591300N, 011200W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). BR STD. 27.9.78 AMEND TO WK USC PA 100MTRS. NC 1942. 20.2.80 POSN GIVEN AS 591400N, 011200W. (US P/O DTD 16.10.76). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 59 12.975 N,1 12.111 W