This is the information page about the shipwreck Monte izaskun, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 38.087 N,9 54.73 W (51.634783333333, -9.9121666666667)
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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: MONTE IZASKUN
Length 34.1 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 184 ton
Cause: ran aground on foilnaboe rock, then sank. sister ship failed to refloat. listed heavily to port during night and abandoned by crew. now evident trawler badly holed and reports of refloating unfavourable. later reported sunk. (ll).
Year of registration: 1974
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter
Known since: 1974, last detected: 1974
Details measurements/cartography: 29.11.74 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS OFF FOILNABAE ROCKS,. (LL, 29.11.74). 30.11.74 'NO CURE, NO FEE' CONTRACT DRAFTED FOR SALVAGE BY NEVADA DIVING & SALVAGE CO LTD, DONAGHEE. SALVAGE OPS COMMENCED 30.11.74. VESSEL STILL AGROUND ON FOILNABOE ROCKS. REPD ON 23.12.74 TO HAVE SUNK. (LL. 3.1.75). POSN 513804N, 095442W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 38.087 N,9 54.73 W