This is the information page about the shipwreck Landonia (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 22.8 N,5 28.45 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)
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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: LANDONIA (PROBABLY)
Length 91.4 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2504 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: torpedoed by german submarine u 91. sank at once. 21 killed. gunlayer captured. 4 survivors. passage bilbao for glasgow.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 90 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 1980
Details measurements/cartography: 23.4.18 23.4.18 POSN 522400N, 052800W APPROX. (M20468). POSN 27M N BY W 1/2 W FROM STRUMBLE HD. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). POSN ACCEPTED AS PA 522400N, 052800W. INS ON CHARTS. SONAR CONTACT 522400N, 052700W. L 150FT, H 44FT. (CINC W, AUBD 319/118). H3058/53 18.5.53 H3058/53 18.5.53 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1410. 28.11.72 28.11.72 AMEND TO USCPA 40FMS. NE 1410. H1950/76 12.11.80 H1950/76 12.11.80 TWO WKS, OR PARTS OF WK, EXAM'D 20.5.80 USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. N PART IN 522250N, 052824W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 76.5 IN GEN DEPTH 90MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 13MTRS. APPROX LENGTH 30MTRS. LYING N/S. S PART IN 522245N, 052830W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. APPROX LENGTH 50MTRS. LYING NE/SW. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). CHART AS WKS 76MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS 200MTRS APART, DIMENSIONS OF TOTAL WK
Position: 52 22.8 N,5 28.45 W