This is the information page about the shipwreck Nautilus (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 41 3.1 N,9 41.6 E (41.051666666667, 9.6933333333333)
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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: NAUTILUS (POSSIBLY)
Length 87.5 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2070 ton
Cause: built 1921 by f krupp a.g. owned at time of loss by nereide soc. anon di nav. oil engine of 371 bhp, single shaft. passage la maddalena for civitavecchia. torpedoed by british submarine 4m off cape figari. (dods & navi mercantili perdute vol iii).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 80 meter
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 198DEGS, 4M FROM CAPO FIGARI, SARDINIA. (NAVI MERCANTILI PERDUTE). H5183/51 18.3.53 NDW PA SHOWN IN 410315N, 094130E ON ITALIAN 159. BR STD. H5183/51 20.4.59 POSN NOW 410254N, 094100E. (GENOA NM 10/3/59). BR STD. H2112/73 31.8.76 'NAUTILUS', SUNK 13.10.1942. POSN GIVEN AS 026DEGS, 6075MTRS FROM CAPE FIGARI SEMAPHORE LT. DEPTH OF WK 69MTRS, LYING ON A SANDY BOTTOM. NO CONTACT MADE ON 21.6.58. (ITALIAN WK DATA). 4.6.86 [MOD] POSN: 410257N, 094124E. NC 1211. 31.10.11 SHOWN AS NDW IN 4103.003N, 0941.337E [WGD] ON IT400323 [EDN 1.11]. 31.10.11 SHOWN AS WK USCPA 20MTRS ON IT 910 [EDN 2 DTD 2011, 1:250,000]. NCA. SEP 2011/000215006 21.11.11 NOW IN 4102.77N, 0941.11E [MOD]. (ITALIAN NM 21/7/11). [WGD] POSN: 4102.808N, 0941.090E. BR STD. SEP 2011/000226789 7.12.11 NOW NDW. (ITALIAN NM 22/8/11). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Restricted Area 150m.
Position: 41 3.1 N,9 41.6 E