This is the information page about the shipwreck Mar adriatico, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 43.11 N,1 21.976 W (45.718500, -1.366267)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: MAR ADRIATICO

Length 89.9 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2410 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: vessel, built 1895 by w pickersgill & sons. owned at the time of loss by cia maritima del nervion. sunk by a german submarine in bay of biscay. (dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H5619/17 29.9.17 WK, 2 MASTS SHOWING, IN 454328N, 012318W. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 167/17 & NM 1014/17. H1302/19 4.1.19 WK IN 454344N, 012310W APPROX, OR 315DEGS 0.5M FROM GIRONDE WHISTLE BUOY. (PARIS NM).

- NM 658/19. H2967/22 18.5.22 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA (1917) IN 454300N, 012245W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2910. H3351/25 27.11.25 WK 18MTRS [9.75FMS] IN 454312N, 012200W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2910. H5696/31 13.8.31 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS, MARKED BY BUOYS. (PARIS NM 31 1444 31). NCA. H4203/32 15.6.32 2 MORE BUOYS LAID WHILE WORK OF SALVING CARGO PROCEEDS. (PARIS NM 23 1146 32). NCA, WK IS IN CHANNEL MARKED 'CLOSED TO NAVIGATION 1929'. H8479/33 10.1.34 SHOWN AS WK 18MTRS IN 454307N, 012204W ON FRENCH 5490. NE 2664. 31.1.77 SHOWN AS WK 17.8MTRS ON FRENCH 6335 [1976 EDN]. 19.9.83 SHOWN IN 454312N, 012154W ON FRENCH 6336 [1983 EDN]. NC 2910. 20.9.83 WK 17.8MTRS IN 454312N, 012154W [EUR]. LARGE MERCHANT VESSEL 'MAR ADRIATICO', LEAST DEPTH 17.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS BY E/S. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983). 15.3.90 WK IN 454311N, 012154W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 500MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1988, NO.14551039). 19.6.03 SHOWN AS WK PA 17.8MTRS IN 4543.130N, 0121.985W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7426 [INT 1845] [1ST EDN 2002]. NC 3057.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3563/18

Position: 45 43.11 N,1 21.976 W

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