This is the information page about the shipwreck Mosel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.82 N,5 11.061 W (49.963667, -5.184350)

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: MOSEL

Length 106.4 meter, width: 12.3 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 3200 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,general and mixed goods,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: on voyage from bremen to new york with 620 passengers, and a valuable cargo of specie mail and 400 tons of english woolen goods, when she struck bass point directly beneath the lloyds signal station. bullion, mail and some passengers were taken off and some of the cargo later transferred to tugs standing by. soon after, a fire broke out and the crew and the rest of the passengers abandoned ship and were landed safely. the wreck was partially salvaged but broke in half on 24 august and sank below bass point where the greater part of it still lies. (cornish shipwrecks vol 1). stranded in fog. (bsac wk register).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter

Known since: 1977, last detected: 1982

Details measurements/cartography: H1282/77 4.5.77 H1282/77 4.5.77 REPD LOST AT BASS POINT. (P R JONES, 25.2.77). 18.1.82 18.1.82 WELL BROKEN UP. NO MORE THAN SCATTERING OF STEEL PLATING. SUBJECT TO HEAVY GROUND SEAS. STANDS 1.5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 4). NCA. POSN 495747N, 051100W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 57.82 N,5 11.061 W

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