This is the information page about the shipwreck Novillo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 22.308 N,0 22.475 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)
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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: NOVILLO
Length 96.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, tonnage 2336 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Ex-amasis. built in 1895 by hawthorn & leslie, newcastle. owned at time of loss by sociedad anonime de navigation sud atlantica (managers, r rasonussen, copenhagen). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 276 hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for blayne. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk by ub-57. four lost.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160220
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 141 DEG, 1 MILE FROM CAN BUOY T. (AUTH'Y NOT KNOWN). SANK 8 MILES NE FROM SCARBOROUGH. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H3752/26 INS NDW (PA) (1917) IN 542300N, 002242W ON 1191. 21.6.72 AMEND TO NDW (PA). NC 129. 29.11.74 AMEND TO USC PA 20MTRS. NC 129. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 WK DIVED IN ON IN 542215N, 002215W. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS (HWS). (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). AMEND TO WKPA 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/06 24.2.93 LOCATED IN 542217.5N, 002223W USING GPS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND TO WK 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 EXAM'D 12.7.97 IN 542218.6N, 002228.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.0MTRS. LENGTH 69MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK BROKEN IN TWO. BOW SECTION ON SIDE (?INVERTED), STERN SECTION IS UPRIGHT. NOT SWEPT DUE TO POTS. (GARDLINE, HI 730). AMEND TO WK 34MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/17 25.4.01 INTACT FROM STERN TO MIDSHIPS BUT ON PORT SIDE WITH DECK ALMOST VERTICAL. ENGINE IN CORRECT POSN AND LAID OVER WITH THE STERN. BROKEN BETWEEN ENGINE AND BOILERS AND EVERYTHING FWD HAS COLLAPSED. 'SUD ATLANTICA' POTTERY AND 'HAWTHORN LESLIE' BILGE PUMP COVER LOCATED CONFIRMING IDENTITY. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 13.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5422.308N, 0022.475W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. LENGTH 87.1MTRS, WIDTH 21.4MTRS, HT 10.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 015/195. MAINLY INTACT, BROKEN APART MIDSHIPS. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 33MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly intact, collapsed around midships.
Position: 54 22.308 N,0 22.475 W