This is the information page about the shipwreck Nyassa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.852 N,5 6.9 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Andola
4. Andromeda
5. Arab
6. Ardgarry
7. Arvor
8. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Ballarat
13. Bamse (probably)
14. Bay of panama
15. Beatrice (possibly)
16. Bellucia
17. Ben asdale
18. Ben rein
19. Benito
20. Bjornvik (possibly)
21. Brest
22. Bretonne (probably)
23. Brigamara
24. Cape finisterre (probably)
25. Carmarthen
26. Caroline
27. Caroni river
28. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
29. Centurion (possibly)
30. Cieszyn
31. Citrine
32. City of corinth (possibly)
33. City of ghent
34. Clan apline
35. Clan malcolm
36. Corvus
37. Cromdale
38. Cyrenian
39. Czar
40. Dispatch (possibly)
41. Elisabeth (possibly)
42. Epsilon
43. Erato
44. Eric calvert (possibly)
45. Eskdale
46. Eva (possibly)
47. Forde
48. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
49. Ganymede
50. Gap
51. Glendale
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hansy
56. Happy returns (possibly)
57. Hera
58. Hmml 380
59. Hms almond (after part)
60. Hms almond (bow part)
61. Hms anson
62. Hms brandlebas
63. Hms comet
64. Hms gloaming
65. Hms javelin (stern section)
66. Hms kurd
67. Hms lady of the isles
68. Hms primrose
69. Hms rinovia
70. Hms roche bonne
71. Hms torrent
72. Hmy sappho (possibly)
73. Hnlms brielle
74. Hockwold
75. Ilston
76. Jersey queen (possibly)
77. John
78. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
79. Juno
80. Karen marie
81. Kerris reed
82. Krosfond
83. Kwester
84. La suippe
85. Lady cory-wright
86. Lady dalhousie
87. Le vieux tigre
88. Leander
89. Leon martin (part of)
90. Libourne
91. Loe bar wk
92. Lord snowden (probably)
93. Lorle (probably)
94. Lucent (possibly)
95. Lydie
96. Merle
97. Mervyn (possibly)
98. Mina cantiquin
99. Mitera marigo
100. Mohegan
101. Mosel
102. Mountby
103. Mourne (probably)
104. N g petersen
105. Normand
106. Noya (possibly)
107. Nyassa
108. Ocklinge
109. Omer denise
110. Ospra
111. Pearl (possibly)
112. Penelope jane (possibly)
113. Pindos
114. Plantaganet
115. Poljames
116. Poljames
117. Ponus
118. Port chalmers
119. Queen (possibly)
120. Rigmor (possibly)
121. Robert
122. Rock island bridge
123. Royal anne galley
124. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
125. Schiedam
126. Secil japan (bow section)
127. Secil japan (stern section)
128. Shoal fisher
129. Spital
130. Spyridion vagliano
131. St anthony (possibly)
132. Stanwood
133. Twilight water
134. U 1018
135. U 399
136. U 95
137. Ub 106 (possibly)
138. Ub 112 (possibly)
139. Ub 128 (possibly)
140. Ub 86 (possibly)
141. Ub 97 (possibly)
142. Uc 66
143. Ula
144. Veritas
145. Vigrid (possibly)
146. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
147. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
148. Violet
149. Volnay
150. War tune
151. Westwood (possibly)
152. Wyndcliffe
153. Zebra

 

Name: NYASSA

Length 95.7 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2579 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-sceptre. built in 187 by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by the glasgow navigation co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 244nhp, single shaft. machinery by central marine works, hartlepool. passage cardiff for rouen. torpedoed on port side by u-96. 11 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 118 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: 5.5.60 POOR SONAR CONTACT OBTAINED IN 495800N, 050618W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). HH100/351/12 26.3.97 WK DIVED IN 495802N, 050648W [WGD] USING DECCA. A '3-ISLAND' SS. UNENGRAVED BELL FOUND. LARGE GUN ON STERN. (G J POUND, 5.3.97). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. 14.11.12 DIVED IN 4957.836N, 0506.881W [WGD]. BUILDER'S PLATE RECOVERED MARKED: 'WM GREY & CO LTD, SHIP NO 5040, 1897'. CONFIRMED AS BEING NYASSA. WRECK COLLAPSED WITH ONLY BRIDGE SCREEN STANDING. (G J POUND, TELECON 14.11.12). AMENDED POSN FROM GPS. RETAIN NDW IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014.//000153151 22.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 4957.852N, 0506.900W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.03 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 101MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 9.97MTRS. LIES 118/298 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (MMT, HI 1455). BOWS SE, STERN COLLAPSED. AMEND 57MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: '3-ISLAND' VESSEL, UPRIGHT, NW END COLLAPSED

Position: 49 57.852 N,5 6.9 W

 

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