This is the information page about the shipwreck Miniota, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.452 N,2 29.227 W (49.93155, -2.7776666666667)

 

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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. Aeneas (probably)
2. Antonis g lemos (probably)
3. Athen
4. Baden
5. Beatty rose (possibly)
6. Bonita
7. Britannia (possibly)
8. Cap horn des mers
9. Centurion
10. Conch
11. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
12. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
13. Elmcrest
14. Finn
15. Finnborg
16. Frigga
17. Gallia
18. Ginette
19. Girnigoe
20. Grace (possibly)
21. Gudrun
22. Hms blackwood
23. Hms delight
24. Hms gossamer
25. Hms warrior ii
26. Hmsm affray
27. Ievoli sun
28. Johan (possibly)
29. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
30. K m b (possibly)
31. Klein famile
32. Mahenge (possibly)
33. Malka
34. Marie therese
35. Maud pierre andre (possibly)
36. Meknes
37. Memnon
38. Merchant royal
39. Miniota
40. Mon ami
41. Netley abbey (possibly)
42. Pan
43. Perra (possibly)
44. Phoenix c1/131
45. Regina coeli (possibly)
46. Romsdalen (probably)
47. Solway prince (possibly)
48. Spiral (possibly)
49. U 1055 or u 1191 (probably)

 

Name: MINIOTA

Length 127.7 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 6422 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,armament,general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built 1914 by w gray & co, ltd of west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by the canadian pacific railway co. triple expansion engine of 490 nhp. 3 boilers. torpeodoed by u19 and later sank while under tow. passage montreal for liverpool. general cargo inc 50 tons aluminium and 200 tons brass. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 20150625

Details measurements/cartography: POOR SONAR CONTACT IN 500300N, 022930W, APPROX. E BOAT WK. (AUBD 303/72). H4618/55 15.9.55 WK 28MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33FMS IN 500332N, 022903W. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (SCES & HMS SCOTT, 31.8.54). INS AS WK 28FMS. LC 2454. H2270/54 11.10.55 INS BY NM.

- NM 2415/55. 7.3.73 AMEND TO WK 51MTRS. NC 2519. 22.1.80 SHOWN AS WK PA 51MTRS ON FRENCH 878 [DEC 1979 EDN]. HH090/496/01 8.8.90 EXAM'D 14.5.90 IN 500327N, 022914W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.8 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LIES 150/330DEGS WITH HIGH POINT AT S END WHERE THERE IS A LARGE SLAB-LIKE FEATURE. LIST TO W. (NP 1008, HI 496). AMEND TO WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/11 4.9.96 DIVED IN 500325N, 022911.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK IS WELL COLLAPSED WITH 3 BOILERS. STERN AND BOWS INTACT. 3MTR SCOUR AT BOWS. ALL HOLDS CONTAIN MUNITIONS, INCLUDING 18PDR SHELLS DATED 1917. AFTER HOLD CONTAINS ALUMINIUM INGOTS. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 INDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED BY BELL. PREVIOUS NAME WAS 'HACKNESS'. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. SEP 2015/000166241 21.10.15 EXAM'D 25.6.15 IN 5003.452N, 0229.227W [WGD]. LEAST WCD 32.8MTRS, GEN DEPTH 62MTRS, LENGTH 128.9MTRS, WIDTH 31.7MTRS, HT 8.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 160/340. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WRECK UPRIGHT. (MMT(UK), HI 1479). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT SUNK IN SEABED

Position: 50 3.452 N,2 29.227 W

 

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