This is the information page about the shipwreck Modemi (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 29.245 N,0 28.638 W (54.4542667, -0.3978333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amulet
5. Anboto mendi (possibly)
6. Angelo rose
7. Ard aidhm
8. Ardens (probably)
9. Ardgantoch
10. Athelstane
11. Athos
12. Audax
13. Avance (probably)
14. Balfron (probably)
15. Ballater
16. Ballogie
17. Battersea
18. Beaumanoir (probably)
19. Berwick (possibly)
20. Black prince (possibly)
21. Bonhomme richard
22. Botha (possibly)
23. Brentwood
24. Bur
25. Cap palos (part of)
26. Castleford (probably)
27. Commercial
28. Constantia
29. Corsican prince
30. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
31. Creteblock
32. Crimdon (possibly)
33. Defiant
34. Deptford
35. Disperser
36. Doris burton (probably)
37. Eaglescliffe (probably)
38. Earl percy
39. Eli
40. Ellida (probably)
41. Erich lea
42. Ferruccio
43. Florence (possibly)
44. Florentia
45. Fred everard
46. Garthwaite
47. Gem (bow section)
48. Gem (stern section)
49. Gimle
50. Glamorganbrook
51. Glengarry (probably)
52. Glow (part of) (possibly)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Gwalia (possibly)
55. Hannah
56. Harrow (probably)
57. Hercules
58. Highgate
59. Hms banyers
60. Hms desire (possibly)
61. Hms desire (possibly)
62. Hms dromio
63. Hms garmo (probably)
64. Hms locheil
65. Hms lord ridley
66. Hms swallow
67. Hms thalia
68. Hornsund (probably)
69. Houghton
70. Hurstwood
71. Jane
72. Jerv
73. Lady ann
74. Lady helen
75. Lampada (probably)
76. Lanthorn
77. Leersum (probably)
78. Lerwick (probably)
79. Linaria (probably)
80. London
81. Lowtyne (possibly)
82. Lucy
83. M c holm
84. Madame renee
85. Manx queen
86. Marchioness of londonderry
87. Marie stuart
88. Martina
89. Melanie (probably)
90. Membland (possibly)
91. Merrie islington
92. Modemi (possibly)
93. Moorlands
94. Moorwood (possibly)
95. Namorado field jacket
96. Norenda (possibly)
97. Norhilda
98. Novillo
99. Oakwell
100. Pandora
101. Paul
102. Phare (probably)
103. Philander (probably)
104. Polanna
105. Polruan
106. Princess olga (possibly)
107. Quaggy (probably)
108. Rikard nordraak
109. Runswick
110. Rutil
111. Saint ninian
112. Sapphire (probably)
113. Sarah thinnesen
114. Sir francis
115. Sixty-six
116. Skane
117. Sna ii
118. Southborough
119. Springhill
120. Sumus (probably)
121. Suntrap (probably)
122. Tangistan
123. Taurus (probably)
124. Ub 30
125. Ub 41
126. Ub 75
127. Uc 70
128. Vaaren
129. Vaaren (possibly)
130. Victo (bow section)
131. Victo (stern section)
132. Victoria (probably)
133. Wallsend
134. Westowrie
135. Woodstock (bow section)
136. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: MODEMI (POSSIBLY)

Length 74.1 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1481 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1912 by antwerp enginineering co, antwerp. owned at time of loss by i a christensen. triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by maccoll & pollock ltd, sunderland. passage rouen for the tyne. in ballast. torpedoed and sunk by uc-48.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 4 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: H6954/17 22.11.17 REPD SANK QUICKLY IN 542900N, 003000W. H3752/26 11.6.26 INS AS NDWPA (1917) IN 542900N, 003000W. BR STD. H4593/59 9.11.59 AMENDED TO NDWPA. NC 1200. 28.8.73 AMENDED TO USCPA 20MTRS. NC 129. H4069/72 3.12.75 NOT LOCATED DURING SURVEY. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). DELETED. BR STD. H6331/87 25.1.89 WK EXAM'D 20.4.88 IN 542914N, 002832W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.9 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. SOMEWHAT DECAYED AND APPARENTLY PARTIALLY BURIED. HIGH POINT AMIDSHIPS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). INS AS WK 43MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2017/000002822 24.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5429.245N, 0028.638W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.97MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. LENGTH 73.5MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 5.76MTRS, ORIENTATION 004/184 DEGS. WK BROKEN UP. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 29.245 N,0 28.638 W

 

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