This is the information page about the shipwreck Mongolian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 11.033 N,0 8.164 W (54.1838833, -0.1360667)

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: MONGOLIAN

Length 121.9 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 4892 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Torpedoed by german submarine.on voyage middlesbrough to london. built in 1891 by d & w henderson & co. owned at time of loss by the indian and peninsular steam navigation co. triple expansion engines of 582 nhp for 12 knots. 36 men lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 344 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160217

Details measurements/cartography: H4220/18 4M SSE(MAG) FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. (TH). H5032/18 19.8.18 INS AS WK 11FMS. H4144/18 POSN 541110N 000800W. (VAEC). - FNM 489/18. M35245 28.7.18 POSN 541000 000830W, SANK IMMEDIATELY. (BOT). H4220/18 8.8.18 POSN 541005N, 000910W. BUOY NORTH EASTWARD FROM WRECK. - (FNM507/18). H4470/18 8.8.18 VERIFIED POSN: 247DEG (TRUE) SPEETON MILL 4.2M OR 541101N, 000812W. MARKED BY BUOY NORTH EASTWARD (TH). H3752/26 AMENDED TO NDW. BR STD. 14.3.69 AMENDED TO WK 11FMS. BR STD. 5.12.74 AMENDED TO WK 19MTRS. NC 129. HH090/730/01 17.12.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NO EVIDENCE IN PREVIOUS SURVEY DETAILS TO SUPPORT POSN OR SURVEYED LEAST DEPTH. AMEND TO USCPA 19MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/13 30.4.98 LIES IN 541104N, 000807W [WGD] BY GPS. LEAST DEPTH 24MTRS. GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. HIGH POINT IS THE BOWS. POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FROM THE BELL. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY, LTR DTD 14.4.98). AMEND TO WK 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 28.7.99 IN ONE PIECE, UPRIGHT. BOW AND STERN INTACT. SIDES COLLAPSING IN PLACES. HOLDS OPEN. BOILERS AND ENGINES CLEAR FROM THE TOP. WINCHES IN POSITION. FOUR ANCHORS ON THE DECK. MASTS LYING CROSSWISE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1999). SEP 2016/000007250 19.06.16 EXAM'D 17.02.16 IN 5411.033N, 0008.164W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.1 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 125.3 MTRS, WIDTH 23.9MTRS, HT 11.4 MTRS, ORIENTATION 343/163. SCOUR LENGTH 13.2MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 024DEGS. THE WRECK SEEMS TO BE MAINLY INTACT, ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT THE WRECK HAS BROKEN IN TWO ALONG THE CENTRE, CAUSING THE BOW AND STERN TO LEAN IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. THERE IS A MINOR AMOUNT OF DEBRIS ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND TO DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 11.033 N,0 8.164 W

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