This is the information page about the shipwreck Pytheas, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 42 31.298 N,3 7.371 E (42.5, 29)

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: PYTHEAS

Length 96 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2690 ton

Cause: built in 1895 by richardson, duck & co. owned at time of loss by o a t skjeibred. torpedoed by u-35. (dods, ww1sl & krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 22.2.71 DWP, WITH MAST, LYING APPROX NW/SE SHOWN IN 423119N, 030722E ON FRENCH 5130. NE 1506. 1.3.76 [EUR] POSN: 423122.2N, 030726.8E. NC 1506. H1272/85 5.9.85 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 5130 [1985 EDN]. DELETE. BR STD. H3147/81 25.3.87 WK 4.6MTRS SHOWN IN 423122N, 030727E [EUR] ON FRENCH 7002 [1986 EDN].

- NM 1085/87. 25.3.87 LEAST DEPTH 4.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS IN 423121.8N, 030726.6E [EUR]. NAME GIVEN AS 'PYTHEAS'. (FRENCH WK RECORDS NO.18023012 [1985]). NCA. [WGD] POSN: 4231.298N, 0307.371E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 42 31.298 N,3 7.371 E

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