This is the information page about the shipwreck Powhatan (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 33.5 N,6 0.183 W (59.558333333333, -6.00305)

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: POWHATAN (PROBABLY)

Length 128 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 6117 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: vessel built in 1898 by sir j laing & sons. 567 nhp, with triple expansion engines. owned at time of loss by tank storage & carriage company. sunk by german submarine. (dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 136 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: 9.8.72 SUNK 25 MILES N BY W FROM RONA. (DODS). 1.4.96 SUNK IN 593200N, 060300W. (WW1SL). BR STD. HH260/500/02 15.7.98 LOCATED IN 593330N, 060011W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 122 IN GEN DEPTH 136MTRS. HEIGHT 14MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. APPEARS UPRIGHT. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD 11.7.98). BR STD. HH260/500/02 17.8.98 LIES IN 593327N, 060009.5W [WGD]. DCS3 HT 12.4MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 122MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HN DTD 21.7.98, SEEN IN WKS 17.8.98).

- NM 3492/98. HH090/777/01 8.9.98 NO SCOUR. INTACT. HIGH POINT AT CENTRE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 777). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 59 33.5 N,6 0.183 W

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