This is the information page about the shipwreck South point (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 10.745 N,5 56.992 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: SOUTH POINT (POSSIBLY)
Length 114.3 meter, width: 15.4 meter, draught: 7.5, tonnage 3837 ton
Load: clay products
Cause: built in 1912 by irvines sb & dd co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by furness withy & co ltd, london. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 339 hp, single shaft. passage cardiff for philadelphia. cargo china clay. captured and sunk by torpoedo by u 28.
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 89 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 1980
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK APPROX 60 MILES W OF LUNDY I. (WW1SL). H3251/80 13.10.80 EXAM'D 2.3.80 IN 511042.5N, 055656.5W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84 IN GEN DEPTH 89MTRS. SCOUR 90MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LYING 120/330 DEGS ON SMOOTH SAND SEABED. LENGTH 50MTRS. MODERATE MAG ANOMALY. (HMS FAWN, HI 56A/79). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 10.745 N,5 56.992 W