This is the information page about the shipwreck Sonia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 51.064 N,6 12.857 W (50.8755, -6.1665)
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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: SONIA (POSSIBLY)
Length 39.9 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 330 ton
Cause: sank after a 5 hour chase by irish fishery protection patrol vessel aisling, during which 596 rounds of varying ammunition was fired by latter vessel. [see 16134].
Year of registration: 1984
Water depth above wreck: 92 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 1984, last detected: 1991
Details measurements/cartography: H6346/87/2 16.12.91 LARGELY INTACT WK EXAM'D 10.7.91 IN 505104.2N, 061252W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. UTM COORDS [CM 9 DEG W] 696071E, 5636975N. DECCA USED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 86 IN GEN DEPTH 92MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH 49MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEG. MARKED MAGNETIC ANOMALY OBSERVED. (HMS FAWN HI 429). GIVES POSN 505102N, 061248W [OGB]. - BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WK LARGELY INTACT
Position: 50 51.064 N,6 12.857 W