This is the information page about the shipwreck Mohegan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.736 N,5 2.586 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: MOHEGAN
Length 147 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 9.5, tonnage 6889 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: ex-cleopatra. built in 1898 by earle & co, kingston-upon-hull. owned at time of loss by atlantic transport co. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 894 nhp, single shaft. passage london for new york. was badly off course and struck maen voes rock and foundered within 15mins. 106 of the 149 passengers and crew onboard were lost. (dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1964
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm
Known since: 1964, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H2132/62 12.3.64 LOCATED IN 500243N, 050236W [OGB] APPROX. LIES N/S IN 60FT OF WATER. HIGHEST PART OF WK ARE THE BOILERS, IN CENTRE OF WK, AND WHICH STAND ABOUT 15FT HIGH. MUCH WRECKAGE STREWN ABOUT. (R. DAVIS). NCA. 24.11.70 WRECKAGE LIES IN 60FT ON SEAWARD SIDE OF VASE RK. (R DAVIS & R LARN). NCA. H1288/83/361 19.3.84 DIVED ON IN 1982. LIES IN 500302N, 050204W [OGB]. COMPLETELY FLATTENED, PLATE ON PLATE, WITH BOW FACING W. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. (S HUMPHREY). POSN APPEARS TO BE TOO FAR TO E FOR GEN DEPTH QUOTED. FILE IN 500302N, 050216W. HH090/521/01 27.1.92 NOT EXAM'D DUE TO PROXIMITY OF ROCKS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 521). NCA. 6.7.98 STATED AS LYING ON VARSES ROCK. (CORNISH SHIPWRECKS). STATED AS LYING ON OUTSIDE OF VOICES IN 500240N, 050233W. (DIVER GUIDE TO SOUTH CORNWALL). POSNS GIVEN DIFFER TOO MUCH TO CHART. 27.11.98 DIVED ON 14.10.98, CENTENARY OF VESSEL'S SINKING. 'VAST BOILERS LIE VISIBLE AMONG PLATES AND METAL SPARS IN 26MTRS OF WATER. A LOT OF THE SHIP HAS COLLAPSED'. (DIVER MAGAZINE, DEC '98). NCA. 4.10.99 WELL BROKEN AND EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED IN THE PAST. HALF OF REMAINS OF ENGINE PROJECT ABOVE GENERAL LEVEL OF WRECKAGE, FORWARD OF THE ENGINE ARE 3 LARGE BOILERS. (DIVER MAGAZINE OCT '99). HH100/351/15 16.2.00 LOCATED IN 5002.736N, 0502.586W [WGD] USING DGPS. MIN DEPTH 18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH 160MTRS, WK TOO BROKEN UP TO ESTIMATE WIDTH. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 4.5MTRS. LIES NNE/SSW WITH BOWS SSW. SEABED ROCK & SAND. THE BOILERS STAND AS THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WK. 1984 DESCRIPTION CORRECT. (J ROSEVEARE). INS AS WK 18MTRS. BR STD. 26.4.13 LOCATED 6.3.13 IN 5002.748N, 0502.662W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.12 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 55.5MTRS, WIDTH 18.2MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. CONFIRMED TO BE 60MTRS W OF PREVIOUS LISTED POSN. BROKEN UP WITH 4 BOILERS CLEARLY REMAINING. (NETSURVEY, HI 1406). PLOTS IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS ON ROCKY PATCH. POSN CONSIDERED INCORRECT. RETAIN WK 18MTRS IN 5002.736N, 0502.586W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP, BOWS SSW, 4 BOILERS VISIBLE
Position: 50 2.736 N,5 2.586 W