This is the information page about the shipwreck Manistee (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 59.717 N,8 4.383 W (48.934016666667, -8.1673666666667)
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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: MANISTEE (POSSIBLY)
Length 107 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 3869 ton
Cause: built in 1904 by swan hunter & wigham richardson. owned at time of loss by leders & fyffes. triple expansion engines of 515nhp for 12 knots. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine. five killed. (dods).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 115 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1993
Details measurements/cartography: 5.5.69 5.5.69 WK IN 485900N, 080800W USING DECCA. (MANIERES BOOK, P.197). POSSIBLY THE 'MANISTEE'. 30.1.78 30.1.78 SHOWN AS NDW IN 485900N, 080800W ON NC 2649. H4226/85 14.9.88 H4226/85 14.9.88 NDW IN 485943N, 080423W [EUR] USING DECCA. (EPSHOM, 10.6.88 FR WK NO.14588003). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 11.2.93 11.2.93 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 485943N, 080423W [EUR] ON FR 6989 [1992 EDN]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Chart No: BA 2649
Position: 48 59.717 N,8 4.383 W