This is the information page about the shipwreck Schiller, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 52.194 N,6 25.51 W (49.869900, -6.425167)

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: SCHILLER

Length 116 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 3421 ton
Load: personnel,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: 13.5.69 wrecked on retarrier ledges. bound for plymouth, cherbourg and hamburg from new york. 254 passengers. 314 lives lost. (r edmonds, report 13.5.69, isles of scilly museum publication no.3). vessel, built in 1873 by r napier & sons and owned at the time of loss by german transatlantic steam nav. co., was wrecked on retarrier ledges whilst en route from new york to hamburg. (dods).

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 136 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H3542/68 21.5.69 H3542/68 21.5.69 DETERMINED EFFORTS MADE TO SALVAGE BULLION CARGO. STILL ALLEGED THAT ONE BARREL OF GOLD REMAINS TO BE RECOVERED. LITTLE EVIDENCE OF WRECKAGE IN THE AREA NOW. VERY DANGEROUS FOR DIVERS IN THIS AREA. (R EDMONDS, REPORT, 13.5.69). H2568/71 14.11.73 H2568/71 14.11.73 AREA FULLY INVESTIGATED AND CONSISTS OF A MASS OF BOULDERS & GULLIES. NO OBVIOUS SIGN OF WRECK ON E/S. MR COWANS DIVERS REPORT WRECK TO BE VERY BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED OVER WIDE AREA, KEEL & BOTTOM PLATES STILL RECOGNISABLE BUT RISE ONLY A FOOT OR SO ABOVE SEABED. POPULAR WK FOR DIVERS. (HMS HECATE, ROS DTD 16.7.73). NCA. POSN 495210N, 062540W FOR FILING ONLY. 20.4.82 20.4.82 FLATTENED AND UNDER WEED. KEEL AND BOTTOM PLATES RECOGNISABLE. LIES 45MTRS TO THE W OF HIGHEST ROCK AT RETTARIER LEDGES. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL III). NCA. HH100/351/19 19.2.03 HH100/351/19 19.2.03 VESSEL WAS HEAVILY SALVAGED IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING ITS LOSS. TWO LOCALS ARE CURRENTLY CLAIMING "SALVOR IN POSSESSION" OF WK, THE CLAIM HAS AS YET NOT BEEN UPHELD IN COURT. (J ROSEVEARE, E-MAIL DTD 16.2.03) NCA. HH100/351/21 27.7.07 HH100/351/21 27.7.07 LOCATED IN 4952194N, 0625.510W [WGD] USING DGPS & MAGNETOMETER. ORIENTATION 136/316DEGS. GEN DEPTH 12MTRS AT MHW NEAPS. VERY BROKEN LYING IN GULLIES. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE TELECON 12.7.04) NCA, EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN LYING IN GULLIES

Position: 49 52.194 N,6 25.51 W

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