This is the information page about the shipwreck Santa amalia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 54.016 N,7 29.83 W (55.7053, -7.5799166666667)

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: SANTA AMALIA (POSSIBLY)

Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 4306 ton

Cause: built 1906 by russel & co. owned at time of loss by eagle oil transport co. triple expansion engine of 400nhp for 10 knots. passage manchester for puerto mexico. torpedoed & sunk. 43 men lost. (dods & llww1).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 110 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 6.1.18 6.1.18 ESCORT GIVES POSN AS 555300N, 072600W. (ADMIRALTY). SANK 30M N BY E HALF E FROM MALIN HD, CO. DONEGAL. (DODS). H4872/68 24.9.68 H4872/68 24.9.68 WK LOCATED 22.8.67 IN 555405N, 072954W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 331 IN GEN DEPTH 365FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED OF FINE SAND. (HMS HYDRA, ROS DTD 20.1.68). INS AS WK 54FMS. BR STD. 21.10.76 21.10.76 AMEND TO WK 100MTRS. NC 1770. H1310/83/42 24.11.83 H1310/83/42 24.11.83 DIVER REPD WK AS FLUSH-DECKED, 350 X 45FT. 2 HATCHES FWD, 2 AFT. 1 TWEEN DECK. GUN AFT. (F HINDS, 28.10.83). H2317/85 2.12.85 H2317/85 2.12.85 EXAM'D 26.5.85 IN 555402N, 072950W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 100 IN GEN DEPTH 110MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 8MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS. POORLY DEFINED SONAR CONTACT, LYING 135/315DEG. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 262B). BR STD. 17.4.07 17.4.07 LOCATED IN 5554.016N, 0729.830W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 111MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 10.8MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 135/315 DEGS WITH BOWS PROBABLY SE. INTACT BUT COLLAPSED IN AREA OF AFTER TANKS. RETAIN WK 100MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 99.10MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 99MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, ?BOWS SE, AFTER TANK AREA COLLAPSED

Position: 55 54.016 N,7 29.83 W

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