This is the information page about the shipwreck Philotis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 36.995 N,5 9.226 W (51.616583, -5.153767)

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.

Name: PHILOTIS

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 880 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-grebe '37. built in 1926 by ailsa shipbuilding co ltd, troon. owned at time of loss by moss hutchison line ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 175 nhp, single shaft. passage swansea for lisbon. cause of loss not stated. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 1977

Details measurements/cartography: H109/45 9.5.43 H109/45 9.5.43 IN WESTERN APPROACHES LIST AS W N173. AUBD 320/50 SONAR CONTACT IN 513700N, 051000W. (C IN C WA). 7.4.72 7.4.72 NDW PA SHOWN IN 513700N, 051024W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1478. 12.12.72 12.12.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK USC PA 34MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 2878. H3804/72 3.10.77 H3804/72 3.10.77 LOCATED 24.10.76 IN 513658.11N, 050909.79W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH 38.6 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 64MTRS, LYING APPROX N/S. THOUGH 4C E OF ORIGINAL POSN SIZE WOULD INDICATE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE PHILOTIS. IN WELL BROKEN-UP STATE. (HMS WOODLARK, ROS DTD 17.12.76). BR STD. H4919/77 20.1.78 H4919/77 20.1.78 NOT FOUND BY MAGNETOMETER. (E GILES). 12.10.05 12.10.05 [EUT] POSN: 5136.995N, 0509.226W. NE 3273. 31.12.08 31.12.08 CONFIRMED AS PHILOTIS. HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERED CHINA PLATE BEARING NAME OF THE OWNER. (G JONES, EMAIL DTD 31.12.08). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 51 36.995 N,5 9.226 W

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