This is the information page about the shipwreck Sonia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.612 N,4 30.383 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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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11. Captain mclintock
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27. Herbert
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60. Skerries
61. Sonia
62. Theme
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64. Treveal
65. Wern (possibly)
66. Westward ho

 

Name: SONIA

Length 36.1 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 2.6, tonnage 246 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: ex-goldfinch. built in 1903 by selby sb & eng co ltd. owned at time of loss by mrs m fielding. on passage from rostrevor for garston. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 50hp, single shaft. machinery by g t grey, south shields. cargo wood. sprang a leak and sank by the stern.

Year of registration: 1930

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 83 cm

Known since: 1930, last detected: 20210809

Details measurements/cartography: H7223/30 30.10.30 SANK APPROX 8M N BY E OF SKERRIES LTHO. (CG HOLYHEAD). H3838/86 31.3.88 WK EXAM'D 12.3.87 IN 533333N, 043020W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.9 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 56MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.1MTRS. LIES E/W. MAGNETIC ANOMALY INDICATES STEEL VESSEL. (HMS FOX, HI 357). INS AS WK 47MTRS. BR STD. HH090/705/01 3.10.96 EXAM'D 15.7.96 IN 533336.8N, 043024.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S 49.1 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.6MTRS. LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. LIES 080/260DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL WK, INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (NP 1008, HI 705). BR STD. 17.7.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. CONFIRMED AS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. NOT COLLAPSED. VIRTUALLY CERTAIN THAT THIS IS 'SONIA'. (J SHAW, TELECON). NCA. SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 09.08.2021; IN 5333.612N, 0430.382W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. LENGTH 37.1MTRS, WIDTH 8.1MTRS, HEIGHT 6MTRS, ORIENTATION 083/263 DEGS. WELL-PRESERVED WRECK STANDING UPRIGHT ON THE SEAFLOOR. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7365). AMEND NDW 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Well-preserved wreck standing upright on the seafloor.

Position: 53 33.612 N,4 30.383 W

 

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