This is the information page about the shipwreck Keramiai, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 37 N,7 46 W (48.616666666667, -7.8)
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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: KERAMIAI
Length 125.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 5085 ton
Cause: vessel, built 1917 by swan, hunter & wigham richardson, torpedoed by submarine whilst en route london to cuidad trujillo. owned at time of loss by cephalonian maritime co. twenty-eight survivors later picked up. (dods).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 130 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 15.1.41 H095/39 REPD SUNK. (WESTERN APPS LIST 15.1.41 & LETTER DATED 3.3.40). 27.11.79 27.11.79 SHOWN AS NDW ON FR 4735. NOT LISTED IN FR WK RECORDS. 13.01.87 13.01.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 100MTRS IN 483700N, 074600W ON FR 6989. ALSO LISTED IN FR WK RECORDS 1984. CHART AS WK USC 100MTRS. NE 2649. [STS FOR PA].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Chart No: BA 2649
Position: 48 37 N,7 46 W