This is the information page about the shipwreck Loanda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 8.994 N,1 24.599 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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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: LOANDA
Length 100 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2702 ton
Load: wine,armament,general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: liquid
Cause: Built 1891 by naval construction & armaments co. wned at time of loss by elder, dempster & co. passage hamburg for west coast of africa. triple expansion engine of 253 nhp. sank while under tow of dover tugs following collision with russian ss junona. (dods).
Year of registration: 08
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm
Known since: 1908, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H1714/08 3.6.08 H1714/08 3.6.08 WK, TWO MASTS VISIBLE, IN 510900N, 012450E, MARKED BY G WK BUOY 0.6C W OF WK & WK MARKING LT VESSEL EXHIBITING REGULATION LIGHTS AT NIGHT. (TH NM 25/08). INS WK [OLD SYMBOL] (MASTS).
- NM 907/08. H2888/09 15.8.09 H2888/09 15.8.09 DISPERSED TO 41FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HMS HALCYON, REMARK BOOK DTD 11.8.09). AMEND TO WK 41FT AND DELETE BUOY.
- NM 1205/09. H6345/26 H6345/26 AMEND TO WK 41FT ON 1828.
- NM 2092/26. H998/37 8.10.37 H998/37 8.10.37 LEAST DEPTH 46FT IN 510854N, 012446E. (HMS KELLETT, 8.7.37). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.
- NM 1791/37. H012/39 20.2.40 H012/39 20.2.40 LOCATED BY PAVS 2.10.39. (DOVER SECRET ORDERS 15.2.40). 4.3.69 4.3.69 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 2FT. [LAT]. NE 1828. 13.6.72 13.6.72 AMEND TO WK 13.4MTRS. NC 1828. H4453/72 19.4.79 H4453/72 19.4.79 EXAM'D 24.4.78 IN 510857N, 012443E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 AND TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.4 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 22.4MTRS. APPEARS ENCROACHED BY SAND. RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN NEW POSN. (HMS ENTERPRISE HI 53/77). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/647/01 1.8.96 HH090/647/01 1.8.96 EXAM'D 8.7.96 IN 510857.4N, 012442.6E [OGB] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 13.6, FOUL 13.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.2 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 647). AMEND TO SW 13.6MTRS IN 510857.5N, 012442.5E [OGB]. BR STD. 25.11.99 25.11.99 UPRIGHT AND STANDS 7MTRS PROUD. SWEEPING AND COLLISION DAMAGE HAVE EXPOSED THE ENGINES. BOTTLES EVERYWHERE, BUT CONTENTS NOT DRINKABLE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, DEC 1999). 28.1.11 28.1.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5108.994N, 0124.599E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.99MTRS. LENGTH 104MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 9MTRS. INTACT BUT AREA AFT OF BOW APPEARS TO HAVE COLLAPSED. SHOAL DEPTH MIDSHIPS ON SUPERSTRUCTURE ALTHOUGH A MAST IS EVIDENT WITH SIMILAR DEPTH. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). AMEND WK 13.0MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT
Position: 51 8.994 N,1 24.599 E