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 (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Advanti
2. Ajax
3. Albert c field (probably)
4. Alexandrovna
5. Aparima
6. Arctic dawn
7. Arfon
8. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
9. Azemmour
10. Badger (probably)
11. Balmoralwood
12. Baron garioch
13. Betsy anna
14. Bissen
15. Bobbyb
16. Borgny
17. Braedale (probably)
18. Brestois
19. Bretagne
20. Britannia (probably)
21. Carentan
22. Castlereagh
23. Cathrine
24. Charles rogers (probably)
25. Chasseur 6
26. Chasseur 7
27. Cheyenne
28. Clarinda
29. Coquetdale (probably)
30. Dagmar
31. Dallas city (possibly)
32. Derna (probably)
33. Deucalion
34. Dumfries
35. Dungrange
36. Eika
37. El kahira
38. Eleni stathatou
39. Emile miguet
40. Eugene schneider (probably)
41. Eugene schneider (probably)
42. Everleigh
43. Fluent
44. Gairsoppa
45. Georgios kyriakides
46. Goathland
47. Guernsey coast
48. Halsewell
49. Hartburn (probably)
50. Hartley (possibly)
51. Heronspool
52. Hms courageous
53. Hms dark gladiator
54. Hms eleanor (probably)
55. Hms john mitchell
56. Hms new dawn
57. Hms sargasso
58. Hms waterlily
59. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
60. Hmsm upstart
61. Ice prince
62. Ioannis fafalios
63. Janna
64. Jeanne
65. Kafiristan
66. Kolga
67. Kong guttorm (probably)
68. Kyarra
69. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
70. Lenda
71. Leticia
72. License to kill (possibly)
73. Lil boat
74. Lochavon
75. Louisiane
76. Luxor
77. Messina
78. Miefield
79. Milo
80. Mount myrto
81. Myrtlegrove (probably)
82. Neree (possibly)
83. Normandy
84. Nurnberg
85. Oiekast (probably)
86. Pangani
87. Pescalanza
88. Rapana
89. Reindeer
90. Rosehill (probably)
91. San fernando
92. Seahawk
93. Security (possibly)
94. Snowdrop
95. Sphene
96. Spyros (possibly)
97. Start
98. Terlings
99. Theodoros t
100. Tiiu
101. U 480
102. U 672 (possibly)
103. Ub 37 (probably)
104. Uffe
105. Venezuela
106. Vera (probably)
107. Vikholmen
108. Waitara
109. Westville
110. Xania

 

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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