This is the information page about the shipwreck Portugal, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.989 N,5 11.548 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acadian
2. Alcyon (possibly)
3. Angele (possibly)
4. Anna sophie
5. Antoinette (probably)
6. Arthurtown
7. Bard (possibly)
8. Brava
9. Brisk (probably)
10. Camelot challenger (possibly)
11. Carasa (possibly)
12. Carl
13. Cristina
14. Dageid
15. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
16. Dumfries
17. Elna e
18. Ezra weston (bow section)
19. Ezra weston (stern section)
20. Fanny lambert
21. Genevieve (possibly)
22. Germaine
23. Gleno
24. Hanover
25. Hemsley 1
26. Hmcs regina
27. Hms warwick
28. Hmy viva 2
29. Hugin
30. Humbergate (probably)
31. Hunsgrove
32. Island maid
33. John taylor
34. Kai (possibly)
35. Kynance (probably)
36. Lake edon
37. Lake owens
38. Lia'g
39. Lombard (possibly)
40. Madeline
41. Madryn
42. Marcelle
43. Marguerite pry
44. Maria asumpta
45. Mefjord (possibly)
46. Nile
47. Norma (possibly)
48. Onega
49. Orfordness
50. Peer gynt (possibly)
51. Petersham
52. Portugal
53. Prestige
54. Primo ?
55. Princess royal
56. Quarnero
57. Risoy (probably)
58. Rossmore (possibly)
59. Runswick
60. Saphir
61. Shanes castle
62. Shoreham (probably)
63. Siracusa
64. Sphene (probably)
65. St george (possibly)
66. St joseph
67. St stanislas
68. Sten (possibly)
69. Svint
70. Tagona
71. U 1021 (possibly)
72. U 325 (possibly)
73. U 400 (possibly)
74. Ub 65
75. Vesuvius
76. War baron (probably)
77. Warnow (possibly)
78. Zone (probably)

 

Name: PORTUGAL

Length 71.9 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1462 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1909 by chantiers navals anverois of hoboken. owned at time of loss by armement adolf deppe. passage le havre for newport. torpedoed by u-113 between 3-5m wnw of trevose hd and sank in 5 minutes. (dods, llww1, ww1sl, krieg zur zee, sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: 6.8.18 6.8.18 POSN 5M WNW OF TREVOSE HD. (DOCKET M012930). 8.8.18 8.8.18 POSN ABOUT 3M WNW OF TREVOSE HD. (BOT WR 8/95, DOCKET M37289). H6391/19 8.3.20 H6391/19 8.3.20 POSN 503312N, 050640W APPROX CLOSE TO 'LAKE OWENS'. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). POSN ACCEPTED AS 503312N, 050640W, CHART AS WK PA [OLD SYMBOL]. NE 1178. H2537/28 27.8.28 H2537/28 & H4337/28 27.8.28 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1918). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 1178. H2409/32 27.5.32 H2409/32 27.5.32 NO WK FOUND IN 503312N, 050640W. (HMS BEAUFORT). DELETE.

- NM 892/32. HH220/440/03 13.3.97 HH220/440/03 13.3.97 DIVED IN 1988 IN 503357N, 051130W [WGD] USING GPS. GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. SEABED SAND. NO CARGO ON WK, LENGTH 230FT, BEAM 30FT. LARGE MARKED BELL FOUND. NAME 'THEODOR ZEISS' FOUND ON ONE OF PROPELLER BLADES. (G J POUND, 5.3.97 & FAX DTD 8.3.97). INS AS USC 35MTRS IN 503355N, 051126W [OGB].

- NM 1534/97. HH100/351/15 31.3.00 HH100/351/15 31.3.00 DIVED IN MARCH 2000 IN 5033.949N, 0511.494W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 85MTRS. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. SEABED COARSE SAND & ROCK. EXTREMELY BROKEN UP, THE ONLY RECOGNISABLE FEATURES ARE THE BOILERS AND THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE BLOCK STANDS AS THE HIGHEST PART WITH 44MTRS OVER AT HW SPRINGS. THE MAIN WRECKAGE IS COMPRISED OF RIBS AND PLATES FROM THE HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE. (J ROSEVEARE). AMEND TO WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 3.8.00 3.8.00 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS 'PORTUGAL' FROM LETTERS ON PART OF NAME PLATE. (G POUND, TELECON 28.7.00). HH090/799/01 8.9.00 HH090/799/01 8.9.00 EXAM'D 9.4.00 IN 5033.989N, 0511.548W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.1 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 36.4MTRS, WIDTH 8.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.4MTRS. LIES 110/290DEGS WITH BOWS 110DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 65MTRS TOWARDS 270DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HULL OUTLINE APPEARS IN ONE PIECE. (NP 1008, HI 799). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOILERS HIGHEST PT

Position: 50 33.989 N,5 11.548 W

 

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