This is the information page about the shipwreck Marion lightbody, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 53 N,8 48 W (51, -8.8333333333333)

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: MARION LIGHTBODY

Length 88 meter, width: 13 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 2176 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built 1888 by d & w henderson and co ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by rederiaktieb aura (j. tengstrom). sunk 40m s of galley hd. no lives lost. (sii). passage valparaiso for uk. captured and sunk by german submarine u20, 50m s of cape clear. (naval staff monographs vol 14).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 22.8.75 22.8.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 50M S OF CAPE CLEAR. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14). NCA POSN 503500N, 093100W FOR FILING ONLY. 22.3.07 22.3.07 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 5053.00N, 0848.00W. (LLWW1). NCA, POSN FOR FILING AMENDED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 53 N,8 48 W

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