This is the information page about the shipwreck Pangani, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 1.3 N,1 47.66 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)
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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: PANGANI
Length 98.2 meter, width: 14.1 meter, draught: 8, tonnage 3054 ton
Cause: built in 1903 by j c tecklenborg a g. owned at time of loss by f laeisz & co. a four masted barque. passage hamburg for valparaiso. sank following collision with french ss phryne, 2817 tons. sank very rapidly. 30 men lost, 4 recovered. (dods).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: H03738/44 6.10.44 WK IN 500300N, 014800W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 2153/44. H03504/51 24.7.51 OLD WRECK IN 500112N, 014748W BROKEN IN TWO PARTS; 140FT & 70FT, WITH OVERALL LENGTH 350FT, HT 45FT, ORIENTATION 250/070DEGS. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH 24.7.51). CHART AS NDW. SQ. DATE. 23.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FRENCH 878 [DEC '79 EDN]. NCA. 20.9.88 SHOWN AS WK 40MTRS ON FRENCH 6940 [1982 EDN]. NC 2669. 1.3.90 WK 45MTRS SHOWN IN 500118N, 014748W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6857 [1986 EDN] & IN FRENCH WK NO.18101007, AUTHORITY: BRITISH HYDRO SERVICE. NCA. 6.2.96 WK 54MTRS IN 500121N, 014732W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK NO.18101007). OGB POSN: 500115.5N, 014732W.
- NM 888/96. HH100/351/21 9.10.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS THE PANGANI, IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL IN 1997. STERN IS INTACT AND STANDS SOME 12MTRS HIGH WITH A FALLEN MAST ACROSS IT. NEAR MIDSHIPS ON THE PORT SIDE THE SOLIDIFIED CONTENTS OF MANY BARRELS HAVE ROLLED OUT ONTO THE SEABED. BOW SECTION IS DETACHED AND PARTLY INTACT. POTTERY MARKED: 'MAASTRICHT, HOLLAND' LIES WITH THE HULL. (N R CHIPCHASE & I TAYLOR, SKIN DEEP DIVING). NCA. SEP 2007/000035208 1.8.07 WK 52MTRS IN 5001.30N, 0147.66W [WGD] SHOWN ON FRENCH 6857 [INT 1705] [3RD EDN '07]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: OLD WK, IN TWO PARTS
Position: 50 1.3 N,1 47.66 W