This is the information page about the shipwreck Messina, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.447 N,1 49.285 W (50.307450, -1.821417)

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: MESSINA

Length 70.3 meter, width: 9 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1063 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1872 by denton grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by r m sloman, hamburg. two boilers, inverted compound expansion engine of 110nhp, single shaft. machinery by t richardson, west hartlepool. passage lisbon for hamburg. sank following collision with ss numida of london. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 76 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 20210222

Details measurements/cartography: 11.1.56 NSC REPD IN 501820N, 014921W [OGB]. PERSISTENT ECHO, CONTACTED ON 235DEGS & 339DEGS. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY 1955). HH090/962/01 13.12.02 EXAM'D 8.5.02 IN 5018.448N, 0149.280W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.6 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS. LIES 082/262 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS WK 42MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/21 9.10.03 A WELL BROKEN WK WITH A LARGE PILE OF IRON ORE CARGO. UPRIGHT COMPOUND ENGINE AND ONE BOILER. PROPELLOR LIES OFF THE WK. (N R CHIPCHASE & I TAYLOR, SKIN DEEP DIVING). NCA. 13.5.05 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MESSINA BY THE BELL AND A NAMEPLATE. (D C WENDES). SEP2020/000273534 9.8.21 EXAM'D 22.2.21; IN 5018.447N, 0149.285W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.53MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS, LENGTH 75.2MTRS, WIDTH 10.48MTRS, HT 5.84MTRS, ORIENTATION 76/256 DEGS. WELL BROKEN WRECK WITH DISTINCT REMAINS OF ENGINE AND BOILER STILL INTACT. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1595-H525-18911). AMEND NDW 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN WK WITH DISTINCT REMAINS OF ENGINE AND BOILER STILL INTACT.

Position: 50 18.447 N,1 49.285 W

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