This is the information page about the shipwreck Sardomene, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 56 N,10 11 W (50.933333333333, -10.183333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: SARDOMENE
Length 82 meter, width: 12 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 1927 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: built 1882 by oswald mordaunt & co. southampton. passage bunburro, australia for london. sunk by german submarine u-20 in the sw approaches, off sw ireland. 10 of 19 crew lost. (naval staff monographs vol 14, sii & ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 104 meter
Known since: 1975, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: 4.9.75 4.9.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS SW APPROACHES OFF SW IRELAND. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14). NCA POSN 493000N, 053500W FOR FILING ONLY. 26.3.07 26.3.07 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS ABOUT 35 M SW OF FASTNET. (LLWW1) NCA, POSN FOR FILING AMENDED TO 505600N, 101100W. POSSIBLY SAME AS WRECK [15910] IN 5055.00N, 1011.00W. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 56 N,10 11 W