Wreck: San calisto (Tanker)

This is the information page about the shipwreck San calisto, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 31.914 N,1 24.985 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: SAN CALISTO

Length 140.8 meter, width: 18.6 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 8018 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1937 by lithgows ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by eagle oil & shipping co ltd, london. eight cylinder oil engine of 503hp, single shaft. passage hull for houston. in ballast. mined. six men lost. later dispersed by explosives.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 42 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20170218

Details measurements/cartography: H0215/39 14.12.39 LOCATED IN 513152N, 012502E. MASTS AND FUNNEL SHOW. (HMS FRANKLIN, 4.12.39). INS DW. - FNM 2807/39. H10509/39 6.1.40 POSN CONFIRMED. (HMS BITTERN, HN). NCA. H0215/39 28.4.40 INS ON CHARTS.

- NM 1074/40. H0215/39 24.8.42 WK IN 513153N, 012503E SHOWS 2 MASTS AT ALL STATES OF TIDE. (CAPT M/S, SHEERNESS, 23.8.42). H0215/39 7.9.49 AMEND TO DW, TWO MASTS.

- NM 1922/42. H5748/46 3.10.46 AMEND LEGEND '2 MASTS' TO (MAST). (HMS FRANKLIN).

- NM 3364/46. H0215/39 29.9.47 DISPERSED CLEAR TO 48FT. DRIFT SWEPT 11/12.9.47. CLEAR AT 45FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.5 IN GEN DEPTH 12-13FMS. GOOD A/S CONTACT OBTAINED FROM LARGE AREA OF WRECKAGE (ML 585, 16.9.47). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 3FT.

- NM 2603/47. H926/62 18.8.67 SWEPT CLEAR AT 44, FOUL AT 45FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48 IN GEN DEPTH 62FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 44/67). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 2FT. BR STD. 27.1.69 AMEND TO SW 7FMS 1FT [LAT]. NE 1607. H4525/69 6.8.69 LOCATED. NOT EXAM'D. (HMS ECHO, ROS DTD 18.6.69). 27.9.73 AMEND TO SW 13.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 1607. H1428/74 3.7.74 EXAM'D IN 513153N, 012506E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.1, FOUL AT 14MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.4 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 19MTRS. LARGE, EASILY FOUND WK, LYING NE/SW AND EXTENDING NEARLY 100MTRS. (PLA, SWEEP REPORT NO 5/74). HH090481/01 27.2.90 EXAM'D 26.10.89 IN 513154N, 012506E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.0, FOUL AT 15.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. LIES IN OWN SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.1MTR. DISPERSED WRECKAGE, LYING NE/SW IN 4 SEPARATE PARTS. GIVES LARGE MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 481).

- NM 860/90. HH090/997/01 19.12.02 EXAM'D 28.9.02 IN 5131.928N, 0124.994E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.7, FOUL 15.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.2 IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN INTO TWO DISTINCT PARTS. (NP 1016, HI 997). BR STD. SEP 2017/000123580 12.9.17 EXAM'D 18.2.17 IN 5131.914N, 0124.985E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.81MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS, LENGTH 37.2MTRS, WIDTH 8.1MTRS, HEIGHT 0.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 042/222 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 19.62MTRS, 2.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 075 DEGS. WRECK IS IN TWO AREAS, 22m APART AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND TO DW 14.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 31.914 N,1 24.985 E

 

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