This is the information page about the shipwreck Santos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 50.841 N,7 48.207 E (53.672066666667, 8.0892166666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: SANTOS

Length 119.8 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 5943 ton

Cause: built 1923 by fried. krupp a.g., with triple expansion engines of 410nhp. owned at time of loss by hamburg-sudamerikanische dampfs. ges. bombed and sunk by british aircraft. (dods)

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter

Known since: 1946, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H2885/46 13.6.46 WK, LEAST DEPTH 5MTRS [2FMS 4FT], IN 535102N, 074814E. MARKED BY BUOY, OCC.G.4S, LAID CLOSE N OF WK. (HAMBURG NM 281/46)

- NM 2034/46. H6963/49 30.1.50 LEAST DEPTH NOW 6.9MTRS [3FMS 4FT]. (HAMBURG NM 3031/49)

- NM 2468/49. H2885/46 25.9.51 LEAST DEPTH NOW 6.1MTRS [3FMS 2FT]. (HAMBURG NM 2792/51) - 1903/51. H2196/54 31.1.55 TRIANGULAR TOPMARK NOW ON WK BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)

- NM 146/55. H2885/46 27.11.56 LEAST DEPTH NOW 9.5MTRS [5FMS 1FT] IN 535055N, 074815E. (HAMBURG NM 3191/56)

- NM 2897/56. H2885/46 12.3.58 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 6.4MTRS 3FMS 3FT]. (HAMBURG NM 4492/57)

- NM 204/58. H5658/59 21.3.60 BUOYAGE DESCRIPTIONS AMENDED [NO DETAILS GIVEN]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)

- NM 650/60. H5658/59 16.9.68 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 6.1MTRS [3FMS 2FT]. (HAMBURG NM 3252/68)

- NM 1658/68. H5424/69 14.10.69 BUOYAGE DESCRIPTIONS AMENDED [SEPARATION ROUTE, NO DETAILS GIVEN]. (HAMBURG PNM 3954/69)

- NM 1643-45/69. 21.3.72 SHOWN AS A GOOD SONAR CONTACT ON GERMAN WK CHART 49 [1971 EDN]. H1271/72 26.7.72 WK CLEARANCE UNDER WAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. (HAMBURG NM 2730/72) - TNM 1495/72 ISSUED. H1271/72 26.1.76 REPEAT OF ABOVE. (HAMBURG TNM 88/74) SALVAGE OPS SUSPENDED. (HAMBURG NM 4423/75). H1271/72 18.5.76 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.6MTRS [8FMS]. (HAMBURG NM 1318/76) BR STD. H1271/72 5.1.77 SPOIL GROUND TEMPORARILY ESTAB'D IN POSN OF WK. (HAMBURG TNM 4465/76). H3575/75 11.12.78 SWEPT CLEAR AT 11.8MTRS [ 6FMS 2FT], MARKED BY N CARD BUOY. (HAMBURG NM 4424/78)

- NM 3044/78. HH328/510/01 8.3.93 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HAMBURG NM (21)2/49/92) RW SPAR BUOY TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHEDD IN 535054N, 074816E. (HAMBURG TNM (21)2/7/93)

- NM 201/93. 13.8.15 SHOWN AS DISTRIBUTED REMAINS OF WRECK 12.3MTRS IN 5350.841N, 0748.207E [WGD] ON DE421030. (EDN 25.3, DTD 7.8.15). AMEND FOUL 12.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DISTRIBUTED REMAINS OF WRECK

Position: 53 50.841 N,7 48.207 E

 

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