This is the information page about the shipwreck Isis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 24.967 N,10 46.659 W (49.6505, -10.842333333333)
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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: ISIS
Length 114.7 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4454 ton
Cause: 8.11.1936 built in 1922 by deutsche werft, hamburg. owned at time of loss by the hamburg-amerika linie. oil engines of 717nhp. passage hamburg for new york. reported to be in distress with no 1 hatch stove in on 8.11.1936 in 493400n, 110900w. several ships went to her assistance but she sank before help arrived. one survivor of the crew of 40, a cabin boy, was picked up by ss 'westernland'. (dods).
Year of registration: 1974
Water depth above wreck: 157 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm
Known since: 1974, last detected: 1999
Details measurements/cartography: H3449/74 27.7.74 H3449/74 27.7.74 WK LOCATED IN 492457N, 104642W. LEAST DEPTH 143 IN GEN DEPTH 159MTRS. (FRENCH SURVEY [K6846]). INS AS WK 78FMS. BR STD. 10.10.77 10.10.77 POSN: 492458N, 104642W. GEN DEPTH 157MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, 1977). BR STD. 6.1.00 6.1.00 EXAM'D BY ROV WITH BOW IN 4924.957N, 1046.662W [WGD] & STERN IN 4924.977N, 1046.728W [WGD]. IDENTIFIED AS 'ISIS' BY ARTEFACTS. INVERTED & INTACT BUT BOW MISSING. LENGTH 90MTRS. LIES 115/295DEGS. CINC REQUESTED. (G JESSOP, TELECON 6.1.00). RETAIN WK 143MTRS IN MEAN POSN: 4924.967N, 1046.659W [WGD]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW MISSING, INVERTED, LENGTH BY ROV
Position: 49 24.967 N,10 46.659 W