Wreck: Modemi (possibly) (Steam ship)
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 (54.487417, -0.477300)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
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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