This is the information page about the shipwreck Noya (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.866 N,5 23.706 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)
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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: NOYA (POSSIBLY)
Length 112.8 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4282 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,general and mixed goods,oil
Cause: built in 1912 by w doxford & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the english & american shipping co ltd. triple expansion engine of 310nhp, single shaft. passage new orleans for falmouth. torpedoed by u-62. abandoned and sank. one man lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 13 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2004
Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 4.7.45 H0113/45 SONAR CONTACT IN APPROXIMATE 495442N, 052336W. LENGTH 101FT, HEIGHT 39FT. DIRN 045/225DEGS. GAVE OFF OIL. (PLYMOUTH LIST 840/2, 4.7.45). GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495442N, 052336W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH 1945, AUBD 301/205). GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495442N, 052300W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH 1945, AUBD 301/206). 29.3.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495400N, 052400W. LENGTH 101FT, HEIGHT 30FT. DIRN 045/225DEGS. OIL AND WRECKAGE. (HMS ESSINGTON 29.3.45 AND 10.4.45, AUBD 301/210). H5051/70 13.11.70 H5051/70 13.11.70 INS AS NDW IN 495442N, 052332W. NC 777. 6.6.75 6.6.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC 45.0MTRS. NE 777. H4551/76 27.10.78 H4551/76 & H1286/78 27.10.78 WK IN 495503N, 052336W [OGB] USING DECCA. HEIGHT 5FMS [9MTRS] IN GEN DEPTH 37FMS [68MTRS]. (AUTORITY NOT STATED). AMEND TO WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 7.4.05 HH091/059/01 7.4.05 EXAM'D 19.9.05 IN 4954.866N, 0523.706W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 58.7 IN GEN DEPTH 64.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS, HT 5.8MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 58MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL COLLAPSED
Position: 49 54.866 N,5 23.706 W