This is the information page about the shipwreck Old father, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 39 10.735 N,20 10.558 E (39.178916666667, 20.175966666667)
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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: OLD FATHER
Length 80.8 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 1598 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products
Cause: ex-sopot '88. built in 1966 by ivan dimitrov shipyard, rousse. owned at time of loss by old shipping co ltd. passage constantza for chioggia. had problems with rudder & ran aground in fog. cargo steel pipes in bundles. crew recovered by fv. considered a constructive total loss. (msd).
Year of registration: 1991
Water depth above wreck: 18 meter
Known since: 1991, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: HH380/350/01 10.3.92 AGROUND AT CAPE HIROS, PAXOI ISLAND IN 391036N, 201048E. PARTIALLY SUNK. (LL 287). NCA YET. HH380/350/01 21.5.92 WK REMAINS AS STRANDED. NO SALVAGE PLANNED. OIL BUNKERS REMOVED. (LL 287 & 288). CHART AS ST PA.
- NM 1645/92. HH381/400/01 29.6.92 REMAINS IN SAME POSN. NO SALVAGE DEVELOPMENTS. (LL 288). HH381/400/04 28.7.98 NOW DW PA IN SAME POSITION. (GREEK NM 5/88/98).
- NM 3123/98. 28.6.12 SHOWN IN 3910.735N, 2010.558E [WGD] ON GR3CFV68 [EDN 1.19].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 39 10.735 N,20 10.558 E