This is the information page about the shipwreck John g maccollough, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 32.22 N,2 16.62 W (46.8, -11.083333333333)
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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: JOHN G MACCOLLOUGH
Length 77.7 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 1985 ton
Cause: built in 1890 by the union dry dock co. owned at the time of loss by the united states ss co. triple expansion engine of 149nhp. torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine. (dods).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 44 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: 24.5.18 VESSEL SANK IN 463310N, 021620W APPROX. (MASTER IDSA). - FNM 385/18. H2847/18 24.5.18 POSN GIVEN AS 463310N, 021600W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1302/19 4.1.19 WK IN 463315N, 021618W APPROX. (PARIS NM). H1142/28 18.2.28 AMEND TO NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 16.4.82 SHOWN AS WK USC 20MTRS ON FRENCH 6902 [1981 EDN]. 28.3.88 SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 463318N, 021615W ON FRENCH 7069 [1986 EDN]. POSN ACCURACY 500MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14562028). BR STD. HH353/510/04 11.7.01 NOW NDW PA IN 4632.280N, 0216.540W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 01 25 17). BR STD. HH353/510/06 5.9.03 NOW WK USC PA 20MTRS. (FRENCH NM 03 33 06).
- NM 4479/03. 13.5.05 SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 4632.220N, 0216.620W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7402 [2ND EDN 2002, ONLY CORRECT TO 03 06 18, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2997. AMEND TO WK USC PA 20MTRS. 27.11.08 SHOWN AS WK USC 20MTRS ON FRENCH 7211 [4TH EDN' 08, 1:1000,000]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 46 32.22 N,2 16.62 W