This is the information page about the shipwreck Mexico city, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 5.483 N,5 22.083 W (53.371616666667, -5.6589166666667)

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: Mexico City

Length 121.9 meter, width: 14.5 meter, draught: 6.2, tonnage 5078 ton

Cause: ex-narrung. built in 1896 by sunderland shipbuilding co ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by mexico ss co ltd. four boilers, quardruple expansion engine of 516 nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool and milford haven for alexandria. torpedoed by u 101. 29 men lost. (sibi & dods).positional analysis: u101's ktb position plots 5nm nw ofthis wreck. the report by ss war bracken in irish sea (tna adm 137/1514) gives the position where four survivors from mexico city were found. it plots 8.6nm nw ofthe wreck.archival analysis: the few survivors stated ship was hit in region of no2 hold, probably on starboard side and ship sank at once by the bow(tna adm 1514). u101 's ktb states the course of the ship was 21 odeg. this is consistent with the orientation of the wreck. mexico city carried copper and may have been salvaged in the past.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 117 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20190512

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 SS MEXICO CITY SANK 10M OFF KISH LTV. (M7033 & 7771). 8.2.18 POSN NOT KNOWN. SKERRIES OR STACK LT ON PORT BEAM WHEN SUNK. (REPORT BY SURVIVOR PICKED UP BY  SS WAR BRACKEN IN 531000N, 053400W - M7088). 8.2.18 NO INFORMATION REGARDING SINKING POSN. (M6982) SANK 15M W X S 1/2 S FROM S STACK LT. (WW1SL, DODS, LL WW2). GIVES POSN APPROX 5314N, 0506W FOR FILING ONLY. H5141/53 14.8.53 INS AS NDWPA. NC 1411. AMEND TO USCPA 35MTRS. NC1468. ( DATE NOT RECORDED). H1935/80 4.2.83 EXAM'D 19.3.82 IN 530529N, 052205W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 89 IN GEN DEPTH 101MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK, ABOUT 100MTRS LONG. LYING NE/SW ON SMOOTH SLOPING SAND. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRNS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). BR STD. 20.2.96 VESSEL FORMERLY NAMED 'NARRUNG', BELL RECOVERED ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO, BUT LOCATION NOT KNOWN. (BOB DAVIS, ECHOSCAN/M HOLLANDS, TELECON 20.2.96) 13.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 12/5/2019: MBES DATA APPERS TO BE AN UPRIGHT STEAMSHIP OF APPROX LENGTH 114MTRS AND 15.4MTRS WIDE. THE WRECK IS A CLOSE FIT ON WIDTH BUT IS SHORTER ON LENGTH. THE FORE SECTION LOOKS TO HAVE BROKEN OFF, MOST LIKELY WHEN THE SHIP IMPACTED THE SEABED. BELIEVED TO BE WRECK OF "MEXICO CITY". (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 5.483 N,5 22.083 W

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