This is the information page about the shipwreck Sota eduardo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 48.706 N,0 18.981 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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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: SOTA EDUARDO
Length 61 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 800 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: 15.7.85 built in 1974 by ast celaya, bilbao. owned at time of loss by eduardo de ala sota proveda. v16 oil engine of 1125hp, single shalt. passage marin for scarbrough. cargo chipboard. capsized 15.7.85. remained afloat and was secured by tug while salvage attempt made but eventually sank 19.7.85. all crew recovered.
Year of registration: 1985
Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 241 cm
Known since: 1985, last detected: 2016
Details measurements/cartography: H4006/83 29.7.85 SUNK IN 534841N, 001909E [OGB]. CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.3, FOUL AT 22.2MTRS [LAT]. IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. (TH TELEX 21.7.85). MARKED BY N CARD, Q, 1 CABLE N & 2 CABLES N; & S CARD, Q(6)+ LFL 15S, 1 CABLE S OF WK. (TH NM 23/85). INS AS SW 21.3MTRS WITH BUOYAGE.
- NM 2093/85. H4006/83 6.12.85 WK EXAM'D IN 534846.5N, 001905.7E [EUR]. IT LIES ON PORT SIDE, BOWS S, WITH SEDIMENTARY BUILD-UP TAKING PLACE. (BRITISH GAS, 31.10.85). NCA. H4006/83 14.3.86 2 N CARD & 1 S CARD BUOYS DELETED. (THNM 45/86).
- NM 962/86. H1270/84 14.11.86 AMEND TO SW 21MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016/000053291 9.10.16 EXAM'D 6.4.16; IN 5348.706N, 0018.981E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS, LENGTH 64.0MTRS, WIDTH 12.5MTRS, HEIGHT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 241/061 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 30MTRS, TOWARD 156 DEGS. WRECK LIES ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE, THE HULL APPEARS TO HAVE FOLDED WITH BOW AND STERN AT DIFFERENT ORIENTATION. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. UK NM 46/5833/16.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck broken up.
Position: 53 48.706 N,0 18.981 E