This is the information page about the shipwreck Mangara, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 12.646 N,1 41.303 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: MANGARA
Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1821 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: Built by a stephen & sons, glasgow. owned at time of loss by maclay & macntry, glasgow. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 149hp, single shaft. passage bilbao for west hartlepool cargo 2400 tons iron ore. torpedoed by ub-16. eleven men lost.
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 27 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 0.25 MILE E OF SIZEWELL BUOY. (DODS). H3211/17 26.5.17 DISPERSED 4M 99DEG FROM SIZEWELL BUOY. (TH). SHOWN ON CHARTS AS WK 7FMS. (DATE NOT KNOWN). 1923 SHOWN AS WK 45FT ON CHARTS. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H7019/30 24.3.59 SWEPT OVER AT 47FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 48FT. (HMS FITZROY, E3163). H3273/61 10.9.62 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR 49FT, FOUL 50FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50FT IN 70FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS SCOTT, 17.4.62). BR STD. H909/60 18.5.66 LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 54FT IN 67FT. NO SCOUR. GOOD SONAR CONTACT AT 1100 YDS. (HMS MYRMIDON, 30.11.65). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 14.9MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H2917/83 2.4.85 EXAM'D 4.12.84 IN 521237N, 014125E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.7 IN GEN DEPTH 17.5 TO 18MTRS. NO SCOUR. CLEARLY DISPERSED - HULL POSSIBLY BROKEN IN TWO. WRECKAGE ORIENTATED 030/210 DEG. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. SEP 2017/000148722 22.6.17 EXAM'D 19.6.17 IN 5212.646N, 0141.303E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.32MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS, LENGTH 61.9MTRS, WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HEIGHT 1.83MTRS, ORIENTATION 27/217 DEGS. ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI1495 H102_010). AMEND DW 14.3MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2016/000091759 1.9.17 EXAM'D 11.12.16; IN 5212.646N, 0141.303E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.31MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS, LENGTH 61.9MTRS, WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HEIGHT 1.83MTRS, ORIENTATION 027/207 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 24.12MTRS, 2.05MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 007 DEGS. WRECK IS ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 14.3MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 12.646 N,1 41.303 E