This is the information page about the shipwreck Mediterranean (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 53.892 N,6 54.991 W (51.867, -6.7975)
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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: MEDITERRANEAN (POSSIBLY)
Length 25.6 meter, width: 6.5 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 105 ton
Load: iron ingots,coal
Cause: built of wood in 1867 by j evans, aberystwyth. owned at time of loss by mrs a cadogan, coosheen. passage newport, mon, for schull, co cork. captured then sunk by gunfire from german submarine. no lives lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2012
Details measurements/cartography: 16.2.71 16.2.71 SUNK 13 MILES S FROM HOOK POINT WATERFORD. (WW1SL). POSN 515424N, 065536W FOR FILING ONLY. H1933/79 13.4.81 H1933/79 13.4.81 NOT FOUND DURING DCS3 & MAGNETOMETER AREA SEARCH. (HMS FOX, HI 51B/79). AMENDED TO DEAD. NCA. 11.6.07 SEP 2007/000043224 11.6.07 POSSIBLE WK LOCATED IN 5153.892N, 0654.991W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 7.2MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 070/250 DEGS. LINE OF DEBRIS WITH HIGHEST PART AT THE SW. MINOR SCOUR. POSSIBLY THIS VESSEL AND CARGO. INS AS WK 59MTRS.
- NM 3030/07. 17.7.12 17.7.12 LEAST M/B DEPTH 62.67MTRS. (IRISH WKS LIST). AMEND WK 62MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LINE OF DEBRIS, HIGHEST PART AT SW, MINOR SCOUR
Position: 51 53.892 N,6 54.991 W