This is the information page about the shipwreck Star of new zealand, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 22.727 N,4 59.257 W (48.304416666667, -4.8459166666667)
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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: STAR OF NEW ZEALAND
Length 119.8 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 4417 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid
Cause: vessel, built 1895 by workman, clark & co, was wrecked off molene while on passage montevideo for le havre. owned at the time of loss by j p corry & co. (dods).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: H2474/19 11.7.19 WK IN 482230N, 045905W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). INS AS WK PA [OLD SYMBOL]. NE 2694 & 2643. H3479/23 16.5.23 ST (1923) IN 482246N, 045915W. (PARIS NM 23 18 836). BR STD. 15.4.77 SHOWN AS ST ON FRENCH 5287 [1976 EDN]. 19.8.77 ST DRIES 4.5MTRS IN 482246.8N, 045909.6W [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. SIZE, OVER 50MTRS OR 1000TONS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976). 16.10.84 SS 'NEW ZEALAND' STRANDED IN 482247N, 045910W [EUR]. DRIES 4.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984, NO.14584059). SHOWN ON FRENCH 5287. NC 2694. H1271/85 11.8.86 SHOWN AS ST PD DRIES 4.6MTRS ON FRENCH 5287 [1986 EDN]. BR STD. 22.10.09 SHOWN AS ST PD DRIES 4.3MTRS IN 4822.727N, 0459.257W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7123 [3RD EDN 2008, 1:20,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 22.727 N,4 59.257 W