This is the information page about the shipwreck Jacona (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 0.202 N,2 43.156 W (57.8675, -2.9783333333333)
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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: JACONA (POSSIBLY)
Length 97.5 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2969 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1889 by j laing. owned at time of loss by carin line of steamships. triple expansion engine of 285nhp. passage archangel for hull, banffshire. 29 lives lost. mined. (llww1, ww1sl & dods).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 71 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 SANK 25M NNW FROM TROUPE HEAD. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) CHARTED AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 580000N, 024730W ON BA 2182A. H3875/26 18.6.26 NDW PA (1915) CHARTED IN 580000N, 024730W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 1823. 31.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 580012N, 024400W, APPROX. LENGTH 105FT, HT 30FT. (AUBD 314/69). H1270/73 22.8.78 INS AS WK PA 58MTRS IN 580012N, 024400W.
- NM 2042/78. H2336/84 WK OF DESTROYER REPD IN 580013N, 024246W BY LOCAL FISHING SKIPPER. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). H2336/84 22.7.86 AMEND TO USC 55MTRS IN 580013N, 024246W. BR STD. H2336/84 8.10.87 EXAM'D 10.8.86 IN 580013N, 024303W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61 IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.1MTRS. LIES 063/243 DEG ON SMOOTH SEABED. (HMS FOX, HI 246). BR STD. 18.3.03 NDW STILL CHARTED IN ERROR, IN 5800.00N, 0247.50W ON BA 222. DELETE. NE 222. SEP 2012/000201261 3.10.12 EXAM'D 23.6.12 IN 5800.202N, 0243.156W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.56 IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. LEAST DEPTH OVER MAST FROM WATERCOLUMN DATA 43.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 99.2MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS, HT 10.4MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1372). BOWS ENE. AMEND WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 5249/12.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS ENE.
Position: 58 0.202 N,2 43.156 W