This is the information page about the shipwreck Pontos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50.377 N,2 54.18 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Athenic
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bremse
14. Brummer
15. Busy bee (part of)
16. Carolina thornden
17. Carron
18. Charisma
19. Clan mackinlay
20. Clio
21. Clio ii
22. Collingdoc
23. Copeland
24. Corinthia (stern section)
25. Cotovia (probably)
26. Croma
27. Daghestan (probably)
28. Danmark (after part)
29. Dresden
30. Duna
31. Edinboune
32. Elegance
33. Elton
34. Emerald wings
35. Empire parsons (possiby)
36. Empire seaman
37. Empire seaman
38. Energy
39. Ephram
40. Excelsior
41. F2
42. Faro
43. G101
44. G103
45. G104
46. Gartmore
47. Giralda (possibly)
48. Gondolier
49. Grosser kurfurst
50. Gunnaren
51. Hessen
52. Hindenburg
53. Hmd chance
54. Hmd imbat
55. Hmd lustring
56. Hmd lustring
57. Hmd lustring
58. Hms albacore (bow section)
59. Hms dewey eve
60. Hms endeavour
61. Hms loch garry
62. Hms narborough
63. Hms opal
64. Hms roedean
65. Hms rose valley
66. Hms royal oak
67. Hms strathgarry
68. Hms vanguard
69. Hms zarefah
70. Ilsenstein
71. Invader
72. Irene
73. James barrie
74. Johanna thorden
75. Juanita
76. Juniata (fore part)
77. Jv 526
78. Jv 751
79. Kaiser
80. Kaiserin
81. Karlsruhe
82. Kathe niederkirchner
83. Koln
84. Konig
85. Kronprinz wilhelm
86. Lapland
87. Lizzie bain (possibly)
88. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
89. Loch maddy (stern section)
90. Lorne
91. Lycia
92. Mara
93. Markgraf
94. Martis
95. Martis
96. Minieh
97. Naja (part of)
98. Napier star
99. Navena
100. Neptune
101. Numidian
102. Numidian
103. Ocean racer
104. Pennsylvania
105. Pinnace 288
106. Pinnace 744
107. Pontos
108. Prinzregent luitpold
109. Prudentia
110. Radiation
111. Reginald
112. Reinfield
113. Remus
114. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
115. Rosewood
116. S 36 (bow section)
117. Seydlitz
118. Skua flaes beacon
119. Stellatus
120. Sunbeam
121. Swiftsure
122. Tbf fn899
123. Teeswood
124. Tennessee
125. Tern 1
126. Thames
127. Thunfisch
128. U 18 (probably)
129. Ub 116
130. V 78 (part of)
131. V83
132. Yc 21

 

Name: PONTOS

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 43 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585022N, 025410W, 196.5DEG, 2600FT FROM SPOT HEIGHT (107) ON BURRAY. ENTIRE HULL INTACT WITH BOWS TOWARDS BEACH. ABOUT 8FT HIGH AT HW, DAVIT AFT SHOWS AT HW. AT LW ALL SHIP SHOWS. FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE THERE BUT BRIDGE COLLAPSED. BIG GASH MIDSHIPS. HOLDS HAVE LAYER OF CONCRETE AND ROCKS WHICH MAKES WK VERY STRONG. PROPELLER AND SHAFT SUBMERGED. STERN RUNS INTO CLIO. TWO MASTS INTACT. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS AS STF (MASTS). BR STD. H1270/76 9.3.76 LARGE PORTION OF HULK VISIBLE ABOVE THE LEVEL OF MLW. STERN IS EITHER BELOW WATER LEVEL OR HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF. PORTION ABOVE WATER IS ABOUT 85MTRS LONG. ORIENTATED 043.5/223.5DEG. POSN 585024.1N, 025405.0W. THIS WRECK COINCIDES WITH POSN OF WRECK 'PONTOS' ON SURVEY [E8535/5]. (ORDNANCE SURVEY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 73/137 DTD 16.5.73 FOR PHOTOPLOT PG 1482-LP1) 19.8.80 COVERED BY 'BLOCKSHIPS SEE NOTE' LEGEND ON NE 2162. 1.9.92 LIES 12MTRS OFF SE END OF BARRIER. CLEARLY VISIBLE, THE FORWARD SECTION OF HULL WITH DISTICTIVE TALL MAST STILL STANDING. TWO EMPTY LIFEBOAT DAVITS CAN BE SEEN JUST AFT OF THE MAST. WELL CORRODED BUT SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Covered by Legend (Underwater obstns)

Position: 58 50.377 N,2 54.18 W

 

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