This is the information page about the shipwreck Kondor (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 37.08 N,2 48.696 W (49.465666666667, -2.6346666666667)
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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: KONDOR (PROBABLY)
Length 65.8 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 887 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1952 by adler wreft gmbh, bremen. owned at time of loss by the adriana shipping co. passage rotterdam for piraeus. cargo condensed milk. sank following a collision with portuguese mv 'h capelo'. ten lost.
Year of registration: 1973
Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm
Known since: 1973, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10 MILES NW OF JERSEY IN 493600N, 024800W. (MSD). 11.9.73 WRECKAGE SIGHTED IN 494100N, 024600W. (LLOYDS VOL.213). 29.10.75 INS AS USC PA 20FMS IN 493600N, 024800W. NE 2649. H3635/71 26.4.77 INS USC PA 20FMS.
- NM 1054/77. 12.2.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FRENCH 878 [DEC 1979 EDN] & ON FRENCH 5069. 29.9.88 AMENDED TO USC PA 36MTRS. NC 2669. HH100/351/04 16.5.91 WK, KNOWN AS THE 'KONDOR', LOCATED IN 493703N, 024839W [OGB] USING DECCA. (B R HOSKING, 3.5.91). RETAIN AS USC 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. [EUR] POSN: 493709N, 024839W. HH090/912/01 20.11.01 EXAM'D 19.8.01 IN 4937.080N, 0248.696W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57.8 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 47MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.4MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. TWO DISTINCT SECTIONS OF A WK LYING PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND APPROX 15MTRS APART. (GARDLINE, HI 912). AMEND TO WK 57MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, PARALLEL AND APPROX 15MTRS APART
Position: 49 37.08 N,2 48.696 W